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Photography Basics
LVS
Instructor: Al Mierau
May, 2009
R. Joanne Johnson

Week 2

The Photos for Week 2
Manual Focus

I had a bit of a problem trying to know if my camera is capable of Manual focus. Some sites said no, it doesn't. Others said yes, it did. I found it as part of the functions of a direct button on the side of the camera and was able to control distance with the up and down arrows. I am not sure it made a big difference in the photos I took. I experimented with a scene and found that Auto Focus did a better job!

My photos are a collection of old and new, some with AF and some with MF as designated in each photo's description. At this point, I am not convinced that any photo I take happens to be good because of something I did...it still seems like pure luck that any photo I take turns out to be one that I like. here is hoping that Weeks 3, 4, 5, and 6 change that for me.

The photos:

1. Photo of the Seamen's Inne Restaurant in Mystic, Connecticut AF, which was taken last summer, 2008
2. Butterfly in my front garden, AF, summer 2008
3. Taken using Manual Focus, thread in my sewing room, 2009
4. View of the sewing room taken at a distance with Manual Focus 2009, notice thread in previous slide in relation to the thread in this one
5. Stuff awaiting attention on the front porch, Manual Focus 2009
6. Kitchen table top, Manual Focus 2009
7. Doorway, Mystic, AF, summer 2008
8. House, Mystic, AF, 2008