CM 101 Class: Week 3

This week we are to start putting everything together.   Can you sense the S-T-R-E-S-S?  I made the mistake of messing with my BBF custom settings and I can't remember what I had it on when I initially set it, so I feel like I've struggled to put it all together......at least smoothly.  I still feel a little bit "all thumbs" when it comes to changing my settings.  And the jumpy meter is about to drive me crazy.
Oh, and I forgot to mention it has rained everyday this week......well until today.  So I begged and pleaded with the kids to be my models yet again for me to practice.

Photo #1: Emily......can't you tell she is just thrilled? I had to work quickly, because her sighs were very audible while I fooled around with my settings.  I would have loved to have her looking at me, but you take what you can get right?

Settings: 50 mm lens, ISO 200, f 4.5, 1/125

Image #2: Jessica out in our front yard.  Sun is to camera left.  She was standing in full shade with dappled light behind her.  I feel like she metered ok, but I really blew out my sky.  I used spot metering and BBF.  

Settings: ISO 100, f3.2, 1/60.  

Image #3: Another image of Jessica taken in backyard with sun behind her.  I still feel this is a bit cool, but I wanted to show it in comparison to photo above.  Settings: ISO 100, 3.2, 1/200

Image #4: Just for fun, I was trying to capture the basketball going through the net and freeze motion.  Settings: ISO 400, 3.5, 1/1250
I was squatting underneath the goal, so I had to scramble to get out the way of the ball so that it didn't hit me or worse yet my camera.  I'm sure it was rather comical to watch!