This will be a short and sweet post. My morning coffee is brewing downstairs and I’m slightly pressed for time today. I started my second photography class last week. It’s called Business For Photographers and it was recommended by the instructor of my last class (Beth Gorham), and it just so happened to be the only class that worked with my work schedule. I won’t ruin the results of the last class, just yet, because I’m still blogging about it, but I did well in it. The business class is from 1-4 on Thursdays and I have to start coaching at 4:30. Why they don’t offer more of these classes in the mornings, is a mystery. The lighting class, which I’ve been trying to take for two semesters, still didn’t work with my schedule. This was probably the class which excited me the least, due to the fact that we won’t be shooting at all. However, it’s the class which will probably benefit me the most.

Ok, so for my depth of field assignment, I learned a very important lesson. Always check your sensor for dust and debris. Just look at all this stuff all over my image. I was actually very happy with this photograph, and very upset that it was ruined by something as silly as not looking at my sensor beforehand. This could have easily been fixed by using an air blower or a VSGO sensor cleaning kit, but at the time, I didn’t realize cleaning your sensor was so easy. I was always told that I should never touch the sensor in my camera or attempt to clean it.

Debris all over my sensor. Living and learning.

Thankfully, this stuff only showed up at certain aperture settings. The previous picture was shot at f/16. This next image was shot at f/1.4 and granted, the background would be hiding all these spots anyway, changing the aperture helped a lot.