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Photography!

 Photography  is my hobby, passion, no doubt. After years of taking photos with either a “point and shoot” camera or using the DSLR on automatic setting , I wanted to do something more ,wanted to take it to the next level but didn’t know “how”. I was neither ready to  give up my current job to go  back to school to learn photography, nor did I think I had what it takes to become a professional photographer. My husband, as always came to my rescue , this time by buying a Groupon to a “fundamentals of photography” class as a birthday present. He said, “take this class and see if you really want to have a career in it.” I took the same 3 hour class twice learning nothing but only 3 words; aperture, shutter speed and ISO. I was sort of overwhelmed by the whole thing really not understanding what each term meant. But Marilen, my photographer friend who was teaching the class told me to be patient, always keep the camera on a manual setting and practice taking pictures of different things , people, at different  times, at various places,slowly but surely , you will get the hang of it , the more pictures you take, the better you will get. So, now I had to start thinking like a photographer and get out of the “auto” mode altogether. I came home and started experimenting on the manual mode, adjusting the shutter speed, ISO and  the aperture of my Canon EOS Rebel. I was taking almost 5-6 pictures before I could get a good one to keep. This was  December of 2013. I think I have come a long way since then . Here are some pictures of my children , my favorite subjects and models , pictures from when I first started exploring to some from just last month. All pictures are taken using my  Canon EOS Rebel  with different lenses.  I haven’t used the “auto” mode of my camera since then. Ramblings out of happiness!










                                       

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