Learning the ropes

I bought my very first DSLR camera shortly before Christmas last year and have enjoyed playing with it and testing its and my own limits.  And even though it seemed daunting at first, manoeuvring through the settings and familiarizing myself with all the functions has been a great experience. 

Conducting these monthly activities has also allowed me to get to know my camera and my own skill-sets.  I believe that an amazing image isn’t just created via the camera tools but the creativity, motivation, passion and drive of the photographer behind the camera.  With that said, not having an assortment of lenses and accessories does limit your creative angles, but does not stop you.

I only own the standard 50 mm lens that came with my DSLR and on many occasions have become frustrated with its limitations.  It is hard to get close-ups of wildlife without scaring them away or getting extremely close to a cool insect without losing focus.  I have even tried shooting rooms with beautiful interior decorating and found that owning a wide-angle lens would have provided me with some more creative freedom. 

Even though I only have one lens, I have accepted the challenge to get great shots at various angles, perspectives, depths of fields, colour combinations. 

Here are a few more images were I have played with depth of field. 

Images of May

Okay, where did April go? 

Even though I did not post any April images, I did get out and shoot some great Spring scenes.  However, none of them followed April’s theme.  On a good note, I have been shooting subjects with shallow depth of field, which is May's theme.  Please take a look at what I was able to capture.