Since I’m snowed in, I decided to pull out my “12 Weeks to Better Photos” and practice shutter speed (I’ve been practicing aperture priority mode for a couple of weeks). My challenge was this: Find my kitchen sink (ha ha, not too hard)Locate an object that is going to obstruct the water flowing from the faucet – I used a coffee mug, then turned up the water temperature (hoping that I’d see some steam)Set my shutter speed to 1/80th of a second – turn on the water and take the pictureThen set my shutter really high – I went to 1/1250 and then...

Last night, as the snow was falling and Kitty Paw (my cat) was relaxing, I pulled out the 50 mm and decided to experiment with light. This first one was taken in our office with just the overhead light on – no flash and aperture priority mode. f/1.81.8 sec. (exposure time)ISO 800f/3.51.4 sec (exposure time)ISO-800No flash, but we used a flashlight (as you see shining on the floor)Aperture priority modeNow this one is kinda interesting. I did use a flash, but I used my hand (or a coaster – I don’t remember) to redirect the light. I didn’t feel like adding my speedlite...