Good Intentions: Ten for Tuesday

1.

I may not have

gone

where I intended to

go,

but I think I

ended up

where I intended

to be.

~ Douglas Adams

{British comic writer}

Welcome to the

fifth installment of

Ten for Tuesday,

where I share the

latest lesson from

my digital photography

class with you,

along with the

homework that I

will be sharing in

class, today {sans

nervous laugh and

sweaty palms}!

2.

Dreaming of garden sunshine : )

To make things

even more interesting,

I decided to link

up with sweet Sarah's

English Garden Party*,

and since I neither

live in England nor

have a green garden

at the moment, I

had to get creative!

3.

What's a garden party without tea cups?

With that in mind,

Jane {my Sony

a390} and I applied

ourselves to the

homework assigned

for this week:

Take photos that are

intentional.

{Intentional and garden

shots.....High of eight

degrees farenheit today.

Check. check. check.}

4.

This is what gardens here look like in February.

An intentional

photograph is

one that captures

what the photographer

meant to capture.

It expresses a mood,

has simple composition,

follows the rule

of thirds and is

decisive about

what is in focus.

5.

In an intentional

photograph, you

want to make sure 

that you have

everything in

the frame that you

want to see...

6.

Gracie is dreaming of the garden, too....

And that there 

aren't things in

in the frame that

you don't want

to see....

{Ever take a family

photo where something

in the background made

someone look like they 

had antlers?}

Simplicity 
in composition

means that your

attention is drawn to

one thing {or one

group of things}.

7.

There are few objects
in the picture.

It may capture a 

decisive moment.
{A kiss, a laugh, a step.}

If you can't tell what

the image is or if it

evokes a complex

emotion when you

look at it, it does

not demonstrate

simplicity.

8.

Our teacher, Carl, 
told us to practice our

composition skills using

an index card.  Just cut

 a 3x2 inch rectangle

in the middle of the

card and carry it 

with you to frame

potential shots.

9.

Thanks to Lissa for this fresh inspiration!

This card represents

the aspect ratio of your

camera.  The aspect

ratio is the ratio of the

 width to the height 
of the image sensor in 
a digital camera.....

{Remember, the sensor

captures images the

way that film in

traditional cameras did.}

10.

Milk or lemon with your tea?

Most digital slr cameras

have a 3:2 aspect ratio,

hence the 3x2 inch opening 

on the practice card.

The actual size of the

digital sensor element is

about the size of a 

small fingernail. 

So grab your

camera, frame your subjects

 and shoot with intention, 

my friends....

If I can do it,

I know that you

can, too!

xx

Suzanne

*

Visit Sarah!

PS:

If you feel

like sharing what 

you capture, stop over

and visit my photography

classmate, Becky

and link up to her

Thrive Project.