La Belle Vie

Alright so here it is... my attempt at blogging as well as my attempt at photography. I am taking a class on Tuesday nights which basically introduces the SLR camera. SLR means "Single Lens Reflex" - this means what you see in the viewfinder is exactly what your picture will show. Sometime when you use a point and click, what you see on the screen or viewfinder is not exactly what your picture shows. Sometimes you get a little bit more picture than you intended to have, sometimes you might get less. The point is with a digital SLR, what you see (in the viewfinder), is what you get (in your picture).

Wow this feels like a mini lesson... the teacher coming out in me.

Other things my class is covering: Exposure (manual & auto), shutter, f-stop, metering, Depth of Field, Motion, Flash, ISO and last but not least White Balance. For some reason she is not talking about White Balance until the last class. Not sure why... but okay!

SOOOOOOO... Natalia (stand up and wave to everyone!) was gracious enough to think of a blog name, LA BELLE VIE (which means "The Beautiful Life" in French) and start a blog for me. As a thank you I offered to take some Prego pictures of her and her adorable son Tae before her future son, Eli, joins us! In no way do I think I am a professional, but I thought I could get some practice with Metering and ISO while taking pictures of my good friend (and cousin). Here are a few of my faves and they are edited using my little friend... PHOTOSHOP! Enjoy...