Lesson One - Assignment Photos

Here are the first photos from the first week's assignment.  They were taken at 7:15 a.m. in my backyard using a tripod, taken with my Canon 5D Mark II camera, 24-70mm f/2.8L lens at 57mm focal length.  The EFIX with the aperture, shutter speed and ISO are on the pictures.

Notice the bottom left-hand corner in the photos.  There is a yellow slide tucked away behind the lemon tree.  It is not noticeable at all in the f/2.8 aperture, somewhat noticeable but not clear in the f/8 photo and very clear (and ugly) in the f/22 photo.  In addition, the background is nicely blurry in the f/2.8 photo, somewhat blurry in the f/8 photo and clear on the bottom left of the f/22 photo, though not entirely clear in the top third due to the wind blowing the bougainvillea but not due to depth of field or aperture.

I'd say that was a success.  If you are having trouble getting the same results, try putting more space between your subject and the background.  This will increase your depth of field.