Heaven

I am in heaven. Photographically speaking ofcourse. My lovely D80 has come in and it is love @ first use for sure. I had a portrait session w/a family on Sunday and took my new baby for a test drive.

I read an exceptional article by Ken Rockwell that really hit home. It discusses how it is important to understand shutter speed, aperture, ISO etc...and how they all work. HOWEVER with over 150 years of photographic technology built into your camera shooting on Manual is probably more work than is needed. So I armed with my D80 I shot this session in "p" mode.

Experiment gone totally wrong. I used auto ISO which allowed me to take pictures in places I could not have before. Which one would have thought was a good thing. However the reason why I would not have chosen those particular places or poses is not because I did not have the ISO to do it, but rather with that ISO came grain which I hate.

The photos came out compositionally well. However they are not crisp, not clear, not the caliber that I would have expected from a professional photographer.

Back to the drawing board, armed with my manual I go forth learning from my mistakes.

Here are a few photos for you...