Journal #2- A + B

A: Autograph

Aperture: f / 9.0

Shutter Speed: 1/60

ISO: 100

This is a ball I have which is autographed by my favorite soccer player, Abby Wambach. She was on the United State's Women's soccer team, but she retired pretty recently. I went to a soccer camp that she ran a few years ago and I was lucky enough to meet her, get a picture with her, and have her sign my US Women's team soccer ball. It's now definitely one of my most prized possessions! For this picture, I used a lower aperture to make sure the whole ball is really in focus, but also to make sure nothing in the background too clear. I also didn't use a super fast shutter speed, because my subject wasn't moving at all, and I used a low ISO to avoid noise. I took this in my house and the lighting wasn't very good, so I had to use flash which I didn't like as much as natural lighting. I also wish I had a chance to get this ball with a different background, but overall I'm mostly happy with how this came out!

B: Book

Aperture: f / 4.5

Shutter Speed: 1/60

ISO: 100

This is a picture of a book I had in my house. I decided that instead of just taking a picture of the whole book, or the cover of it, I wanted to focus more on the words inside of it. I used a low aperture to focus on just a very small section of the book, and get a lot of everything else blurry. My shutter speed is semi fast, but not super fast, because once again my subject wasn't moving. The low ISO was to reduce noise. I again took this photo with flash, because the other lighting in my house wasn't very good. If I could change anything about this photo, I would change the location to allow a better background and better light, and also maybe find different writing, so the words I had in focus were important or significant in some way.