Photography 101

Two years ago for Christmas Frank's parents bought us a Nikon P80. I wasn't ready to dive into a full DSLR and thought this camera would satisfy my photography interest, as it still had many of the manual options. I finally just got around to taking a photography class and am loving learning all about my camera and what it can do. This past Wednesday turned out to be a gorgeous day (temps in the 40's!) so I walked around a few spots along the Potomac (Gravelly Point, Roosevelt Island, etc) to capture images for my homework assignment:





At dusk, I even broke out my tripod and took pics standing on a relatively busy corner to capture "something slow" - Using a slow shutter speed I was able to capture the trial of tail lights from a car.



I also had a great time learning to "paint with light" - Using very slow shutter speed with a relatively high ISO, you 'draw' with a flashlight.