Camera Practice

I decided to go out into Brighton and and tried to familiarise myself with the Nikon D7000 camera.

As I got into Brighton it started to rain, leaving the sky dark and gloomy. This made it challenging to adjust the exposure to make the pictures look clear enough. In the image below I tried to follow the composition tips by excluding unnecessary clutter within the image. I also tried to place the subject slightly off centre, following the rule of thirds composition. I think this image could have been improved by adjusting the shutter speed and aperture so that it would be slightly lighter. I think that increasing the aperture would also make the image look clearer. I would also increase the ISO to make the details in the trees sharper.

f/25, ISO 1250

I then experimented with depth of field and the point of focus. I used the selection button to focus on the graffiti in the background. I think this image would look better if there was more of a contrast been the colours in the foreground and the background.

f/25, ISO 3200

As the sun came out I decided to head down to the seafront. However it was almost too sunny leaving some of my images overexposed, even when lowering the shutter speed.

f/22, 1/3200

f/29, exposure: 1/1600

Here I wanted to focus on the large rock towards the right hand side of the image. This didn't work as successfully as I hoped as I wanted it to have even more of a shallow focus. However I think it still works with just having the edges of the image out of focus.

Here I used the rule of thirds composition but also focused on the centre of the image. I think this image would have been more successful if the focus was placed further towards the right or left hand side.

In this image I wanted to highlight the trail of footsteps as the focus in this image. I also used the golden spiral composition as I think that the eye would initially focus on the bottom right hand side of the image, then the woman and her dog, then the buildings in the top left hand corner, and finally round to the sky and sea.