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This is just a little gift my mother gave me, for my scrapbook room, on my last birthday.

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Yummy Pacific Coast Clam Chowder!

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One Word - One Photo

There's this really cool blog I've been checking out for the last couple of months http://herspace-myspace.blogspot.com/index.html. Their pictures are amazing. All they do is pick one word for the day and challenge you to take a picture of what that word means to you. Even if you don't participate, it's fun to see what others are doing creatively. Today is my first time to post. The word for the day is "Clean". Here's my contribution.

A Lesson In Light

I took my first photography class last night. I learned a lot about light and speed in relation to a camera. So today we were supposed to take that knowledge and try to create different photos by focusing for light. Here were my first attempts this morning.

This first attempt was set pretty normal. You see a bit of everything. You see the sun rays coming through the clouds. You can see the barn pretty clear - but none of it really stands out as the focus of the picture.

This photo shows more of the light through the dark clouds - do you notice how it's the main focal point now - you almost can't see the barn it's so dark. (Look it's still there - this photo was shot from the same spot as the prior picture.)

Now notice in this picture the clouds are gone. But they're not really, we just adjusted the light in the camera. This picture has the barn being pretty well lit, on a SUPER overcast day, without the use of a flash - but it also means our clouds and sky (and pretty rays of light) have disappeared out of our picture.

It's so cool the things you can do with a camera. My teacher said last night, "It's not about capturing what's in front of you. It's about capturing it in its best light." Which picture had the best light for you? I think I like number 2.

Thanks for looking!

Aubrey