CLASS PERIOD ONE: We will start out with learning some of the basic principles of D-SLR Camera Photography: Aperture and Shutter Speed and their influences on the pictures that you take. I will show you how to adjust both of these factors with the camera and show you online at the website eirikso.com the effect of these adjustments:

• Aperture adjustments
• Shutter speed adjustments

In addition, I have put together a slide show of pictures that demonstrate the effect of different Apertures and Shutter Speeds on the final photograph:

"Depth of Field and Motion in Photographs"

Once you get the hang of what aperture and shutter speed do to a picture and how to adjust this on the camera, I want you to head out and take some pictures, create for me a little portfolio that includes the following pictures:

• A series of shots, all taken from the exact same vantage point, that shows varying apertures from F2.8 to F8. This shot should show something in the foreground and have an expansive background, as well, to show depth of field.
• A series of shots, all taken from the exact same vantage point, that shows varying shutter speeds from 1/60th of a second up to 15 seconds. This shot will be most effective if there is something moving in the shot, like cars on a road, people shooting baskets, etc.
• A series of shots, taken from a tripod with objects in the field of view that are very close, rather close, rather far and very far away.  Using your manual focus ring, focus on each of the objects in your photograph separately and take your photograph.