New Years Eve 2009

I'm usually the one to go to bed when the east coast ball drops, but this year I was going out. We got invited over to a friends house on New Years Eve. When we got there, it reminded me of my life growing up, in a house full of kids. There was so much noise, but it's all happy noises of children being kids. This was a good way to bring in the New Year and I was glad I wasn't at home in bed.

Here are some pictures from that night. I stole Franks camera lens and played around with it. Frank is my camera...genius. He has all the answers. Not only that, but his pictures are amazing. He helped me to understand f/stops a little more than I did. His lens goes down to a f/1.4, which is amazing focus. I am still trying to figure out f/stops. It is really hard for my brain to wrap around.

f/1.4 (on your camera, use the function Av)
Trey is in focus in this picture as the other boys are part of the background. (Tells a story more with this focus)

f/1.4
Morgan is in complete focus. She is my subject. The girl behind her is in the background.(again...tells a story)

f/2.5
The focus is on her foot... and almost halfway up her leg. This is because an f/2.5 is 2x as much focus as a f/1.4. The girls leg is also at a different distance from your camera.. as you move up her leg.

f/1.4
Mattie's face, her hand, and part of the chair are all in focus. Everything behind her is not.

This one is my favorite. f/1.4

The focus is on the bright scissors.You can really see what she is doing BECAUSE of where the focus is. This is what the f/stop is good for. Focusing on a smaller area...or a larger area.

There is alot more to it than this...trust me. Like I said, I just scratched the surface on f/stops. But it's alot of fun from my prospective. I can see, I could get really creative with this function.