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Hello my friends and followers!! Please pardon any delay in response, or untimely postings. I will be in Florida for the week. I am on the hunt for my perfect wedding dress!! It should be a fantastic week with my family and friends enjoying such an exciting time in my life! Thanks for standing by, I’ll be sure to use Florida pics for week “F” on my A to Z series!! Have a great week!  
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Exposure – How aperture and shutter speed effect it. Exposure refers to the amount of light that is allowed to hit the photographic medium in use. Before digital cameras, that was film. Aperture is primarily used to change the depth of field, (as discussed in “D”) and shutter speed is used to blur or freeze motion (which will be discussed in “S” week). However, aperture is also a measure of how wide the lens opens when you take a photo. Shutter speed it how long the shutter stays open while taking a picture. Both of these setting affect the amount of light hitting hte camera’s image sensor, and this is what determines exposure. When the correct amount of light hits the image sensor of your camera, you get a photograph that is correctly exposed. When there is not enough light, the image is underexposed. Finally when there is too much light, the image is overexposed. If you recall, back in “a” week we discussed the relationship of light and aperture. Large f number means small light and vice versa. So if you have your aperture set to a small number (ignoring the shutter speed right now) you are letting a lot of light into the camera. As you can see, when you are shooting in low light situations, like at dusk, or inside, you probably will need to have your aperture wide open. We’ve covered aperture enough over the weeks, you should have the hang by now. So I am going to move onto the relation of light and shutter speed. Slow Shutter Speed= Large amount of light
Fast Shutter Speed= Small amount of light
Let’s say you are only adjusting the shutter speed and ignoring the aperture. In low-light conditions, you will have to use a slower shutter speed to capture enough light for good exposure. In bright conditions, you can use a range of shutter speeds, but may not be able to use slow shutter speeds since this will let in too much light. Between Shutter Speed and Aperture you can manipulate both to make sure you have the correct exposure! {Overexposed=a slow shutter speed and a small f-stop will both let in more light}
{Correct=a fast shutter speed lets in less light, but a small f-stop lets in more}
{Correct=a slow shutter speed lets in more light, but a large f-stop lets in less}
{Underexposed=a fast shutter speed and large f-stop both let in less light}
Here some quick examples of exposure:  Correct Exposure (or close to):  While this may look underexposed, it was infact taken on an overcast day. The spots of gray and black give depth, and help me know I am near good exposure. You don’t want an image to be white washed and loose that sense of depth (unless that is what you are going for).
 This image is way over exposed. You can see how the highlights take over the image, and the areas of shadowing are lost. Here are a couple images that I took for “E”:  Look at those Eyes! This may be stretching it a bit, but I took this picture of the Evening sun setting on the lake. Gorg! And this is one of my favorites from my last Engagement shoot 🙂 Love these guys! Finally, I think this one is just sort of Enchanting 🙂 Smiles!! Depth of Field But when everything in the image is in focus and it seems to extend far beyond the closest object you are looking at a large depth of field. At first you might think large depth of field is always the way to go because everything looks nice and crisp, however a shallow depth of field can be very useful and add great style to photography. Often times a shallow depth of field is used in portrait photography to keep the main subject in focus and make them stand out. All in all, depth of field is influenced by three main factors: You can see that only the baby is in focus, and all the toys in the background are blurry. Next you will see that the toys become a little more in focus, the caterpillar and the horse are in focus but the table and rings in the far back are still a little fuzzy. This is f5.0: Finally, at f16, you can see that everything is in focus: Playing with depth of field is one of my favorite things to do, you should try it out!! Finally, I will share some of my “D” photos from the past week…though I must admit, this whole taking pictures for each day of the week that start with the letter of the lesson is harder and harder!! My Aunt has this Dog named Chewy. He is a very stinky dog, but he is really quite amusing and cute. He and I became good friends during our visit. This Duck captivated me. He had a beautiful blue bill, (though since I am posting SOOC I seem to have lost that detail), and was so happy in this tiny little pond. It was as if he was King of the Hill! I LOVVVVEEE where I live!! Not necessarily in the heart of Madison, but like on the skirt of the heart of Madison, and I have THIS view within a 5 minute walk from me!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE. This is a Dock that someone very lucky owns on Lake Mendota. Smiles!! It’s the type of reminiscence that the term was made for; the kind where single words evoke laughter when spoken by that one friend. The type where every time you get together with that one good friend you tell the same stories about “when you were younger” but they never get old, and you only grow more fond. That one friend that whenever you see them, whether it is years or days inbetween visits, you revisit the days of your youth, and the distance between you never seems to break that unspoken bond of friendly loyalty, love, and trust. That’s the type of friendship my fiance’ Ryan has with Adam. It makes me chuckle, they’re sort of and unlikely pair, but I suppose that is what makes them fit. In any-case, when Ryan asked me if I was up for doing engagement pictures for Adam I didn’t have to think twice. Of course, however, I enlisted Ryan as my back-up shooter for the night–and the four of us has a blast roaming around downtown Middleton and Madison’s UW Arboretum. Once I was able to break into the back-and-forth ramblings about the latest sports happenings and catchings up on who’s who from highschool between Ryan and Adam, I was able to entice Adam and Candice to show me a little more “romantic” side. ( Of course, inbetween cuddles and kisses, it was back to sports business for them). However, I think Ryan had a little too much fun finding “props” like flowers for hair, or rallying for “the dip”! Regardless of topic of conversation, these two made for an AMAZING shoot! Just look at them! (Note the flower in the hair, (so cute!) thanks Ryan) This is one of Ryan’s shots ^^ These two were awesome at spontaneity! It was so fun to be able to challenge my abilities while creating such fun images totally spur of the moment! Their love is very tender. It is not hard to see that Adam is head over heels for Candice, it wasn’t rare to see Adam gently brush a lock from her cheek, or shoot a subtle glance her way while she wasn’t looking. Their ability to have fun in situations like these, paired with their ability to be spontaneous makes them perfect for each other. What is that saying? Something about your partner making you feel ten years younger when your old and wrinkly or something. Yeah, that is them. If Adam wasn’t making Candice laugh, Candice was likewise. I’m gonna close out with these two that Ry captured! Two of my FaV’s! I better watch out or he might have my job soon! Good job babe! If you liked these, check out some more of my favorites from this session on my facebook fan page. If you like ’em let me know! loading
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