I was a lucky girl this Christmas... my hubby got me a new lens for my camera... a 35mm f/1.8 lens that can help get that cool
bokeh look in some of my pictures. I begged the hubs to let me open my present a few hours early because I have been drooling over the Unskinny Boppy's photo from her post "
Taking Glowing Pictures of the Tree." Her cool picture of her son has been flying like crazy through Pinterest and I have been lusting over one of my own.
I started by using her settings: ISO 3200, f/1.8, ss 1/30th... but played a bit to try and get the lighting a bit brighter. I am fairly new to using my camera in manual mode... but I am LOVING experimenting with it!
This was taken with all the lights off, ISO 6400, f/1.8, ss 1/30.
Little sis moves more... so getting a clearer picture of her in low light is a tad bit more tricky, but with the same settings I got this shot- kind of grainy, but I am still in love.
And after Santa stopped in, I snapped a few shots at ISO 1600, f/1.8, ss 1/30.
The one of the whole tree I raised my f-stop up a bit... ISO 1600, f/2.2, ss 1/30.
It is so fun to experiment with having a DSLR! I hope you and your families had a beautiful Christmas and thanks to Unskinny Boppy for the inspiration!
~Christy
