Cherryl with her new Nikon D5000 during our first DSLR Photography Lesson in downtown St. PetersburgWith this point in the summer in Florida, one always has to keep an eye to the sky for rain. I would say that for our first DSLR Photography Lesson together, Cherryl and I were 80% lucky. There were definitely rainstorms all around downtown St. Petersburg, but for the first 100 minutes of our two-hour lesson they merely provided a pleasant overcast sky and a nice breeze. During this time I introduced Cherryl to the photography terms one needs to know before pressing the shutter in any kind of purposefulness.
We also spent a lot of time practicing how to get the subject of a photograph in focus, both when moving and when not. There is a bit of finger skill one must demonstrate with the shutter, specifically the ability to keep it pressed half way down the entire time during composing the shot, and not releasing it until you have the shot you want. When photographing a moving subject one never releases the shutter from the half way position the entire time.
With further practice this skill set will come easier to Cherryl and I look forward to seeing some great soccer action shots!
About the last 20-minutes of our lesson . . . well, the rain came but we took shelter in front of the Chihuly Museum and ended the lesson as I would have rain or shine, with some flash portrait practice. I was impressed with the range of the pop-up flash on Cherryl's Nikon D5000.
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