Snap to It: The Basics

by eatpraytri on May 15, 2013

I’ve been thinking about and working on this for so long now that I can’t believe its finally here! The FIRST post for Snap to It, my weekly photography tip/assignment.

If you need a reminder about what this is all about please click HERE and that will explain everything!

For this inaugural Snap to It post I want to keep it kind of simple and just talk about what I want to call “the basics.”

I don’t necessarily want to recreate the wheel by spending weeks and weeks going through tutorials on how to use your camera and how to understand some of the basic things that are important for all photographers to understand. I know for a fact that there are a TON of websites out there that cover all of the really important elements on how to understand your camera, making the jump out of auto to manual, understanding exposure etc…

How do I know this?

Because I have spent the last few months obsessively reading and studying these websites! Now I want to pass that info on to you so you have a starting point.

Here are links to my FAVORITE websites where I have basically taught myself everything I currently know about how to use my camera, how to adjust settings to achieve the desired look, exposure etc…Depending on what it is you are looking to learn, you will for sure find something here of interest.

After this week I will focus these tips more on specific things I have learned or am learning as well as continue to point you towards other helpful websites/resources.

Camera/Equipement

Understanding your DSLR

Digital Camera Modes

Manual Mode

How to Shoot in manual mode

A Beginners Guide to Photography 

Getting off Auto

The Exposure Triangle

Learning about Exposure

Aperture

How to Understand Aperture in 5 simple steps

Aperture- the basics

ISO

Understand ISO in 4 simple steps

Shutter Speed

4 Steps to understanding shutter speed

If you clicked on any of these links you should be able to determine my three favorite websites for all things photography. I seriously can NOT even tell you how GREAT I think these websites are for learning. I have come across numerous other websites but I always come back to these three. They just have a plethora of great information especially for beginners and it is so easy to just click from one article to the next and just soak it all in.

Click it up a Notch

This is probably my favorite. I have spent hours upon hours on this site. Courtney makes things very easy to understand, she mixes things up so the material is always something interesting and new and her videos are great as well. If you have an interest in learning your camera and want an easy to understand approach from a mom who loves photography and taking pics of her kids…this is the place for you to spend your time.

THIS POST is the mother of all posts. It will get you to pretty much anything you want to learn. Block off like four hours before you click on it. ;-)

Expert Photography

Josh has such a great way of explaining complicated photography topics in an easy to understand way. I found his site off of Pinterest and that day was essentially gone after I stumbled upon it. His posts are straightforward, well written and they just MAKE SENSE.

Digital Photography School 

TONS of awesome resources. This site is a little more corporate and less personal like Josh and Courtney’s site, but you can’t deny the wealth of easy to understand info that is on this site. I subscribe by email and every week when the email comes through there are at least 3-5 posts that I click on to read. Another fabulous learning resource.

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Ok on to this weeks assignment!

For our very first assignment I want you to send me a picture of something basic. BASIC but NOT boring!! A pillow, a peice of fruit, a chair. Any basic thing captured in a creative way. Try not to make the photo too busy…I want to “feel” basic when I see it, but I still want it to be creative.

I am SO EXCITED to see what you send me.

Please click HERE for instructions on HOW to submit your photos! REMEMBER you don’t have to be using a DSLR to participate! 

ALL PHOTOS that are submitted prior to midnight on Monday will be included in a post next Tuesday (withy my favorite photo called out) and then next Wednesday will be the next Snap to It tip/assignment.

Here is my “basic” photo. I will have a couple more to share with you next week when I reveal all of YOUR photos!

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OK- SNAP TO IT!

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Crazy Easy Chicken

by eatpraytri on May 14, 2013

My parents have been in town visiting since Thursday, thus my extended absence from all things blogging. My aunt and uncle also came up from Riverside and visited on Saturday. So its been an all family kind of weekend. We’ve seen the sights (took about 20 min or so) did some shopping (again about another 20 min) and have been meeting friends and hanging out. All together good times.

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We took like 10 pics and Kyles eyes were closed in every single one. Yeah, I’m pretty sure he was doing it on purpose. #teenager

Tomorrow is the first Snap to It post and I could NOT be more excited but before then I have an awesome recipe to share with you. I think I am slightly behind on my CinnaList goal on recipes, but before I left for Seattle I was a little ahead so hopefully I’m not to far off. I will get caught up next week (hopefully.)

I got this recipe from who else? Kristen! I am pretty sure I have made every single last one of her recipes by now. Ok maybe that is a slight exaggeration, but seriously her food just clicks with me. And everyone who eats it loves it and thinks I am a genius in the kitchen so that doesn’t hurt either!

Here it is! CRAZY easy chicken. Seriously, its crazy easy.

CrazyEasyChicken

I made this the first night my parents were in town and asked everyone to guess what the sauce was made out of. No one even came close. When I first read it, I did think, “hmmmm that is an odd combination” but let me tell you, it works. I didn’t have any of these things in my house, but I probably will from now on because this is getting made.

A lot.

I followed the recipe EXACTLY as it reads on Kristens post. CLICK HERE FOR RECIPE. It took about 10 minutes to get it all ready and then in the oven it went. I mean how much easier can it get?

Alrighty, hope everyone is doing well and see you tomorrow for the first Snap to it post!! Hope you are ready for your homework! ;-)

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TULIPS!!

May 9, 2013

I’m SOOO EXCITED about the positive response I received yesterday regarding Snap to it! I can HARDLY wait until next Wednesday when we have our FIRST tip/assignment.  Only six more sleeps until its here! Ok, on to the tulips. The beautiful, beautiful tulips. These are some of my snaps from when I was in Seattle [...]

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Snap to It

May 7, 2013

Do you like taking pictures? Do you feel like you are good at taking pictures? Do you want to know how to take better pictures? Do you have a “fancy” camera and have no idea how to use it out of Auto mode? Are you inspired by looking at/studying/enjoying other peoples photography? If you answered [...]

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Ugh.

May 7, 2013

Who in the world would have thought it would be DIFFICULT to fit in 20 hours of work into a currently ZERO hours of work schedule? Not me….but alas here I am feeling stupid that I am struggling to fit everything in. In reality its not all that bad, I just like to exaggerate and make things [...]

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RandomCity

May 2, 2013

Time for another fan favorite…..random blabbing about nothing in particular! YAY! I started work yesterday. I’m handling HR needs for my church (which is actually a church, a school and a child development center) so a decent amount of employees. Its part-time so I’m not officially a full time working women again, but it was [...]

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Seattle (Day 6-12)

April 30, 2013

I’m baaaaaaaack! Did you miss me? I missed you all terribly, well…..if anyone is still out there! If you are, I miss you. My goal was to keep up some update blogs during the rest of my trip, but my time just got away from me. I found myself getting back to the house I [...]

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Seattle by photo (days 2-5)

April 22, 2013

#pho #nails #fave #tulips! #church #home #yum #love

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Seattle by photo (day 1)

April 19, 2013

I have arrived! #happy #boysinstructionstosurvive #sadpuppies #goodfriendswhogiveridestoairport #airport #lunch #aisleseat #easybathroomaccess #beauty #green #refreshing #friends #ofcourse

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Very Good Salad

April 17, 2013

Thank you to everyone who wished me well during my recovery from my norovirus. I don’t know for sure thats what I really had but I tend to be a little on the dramatic side from time to time and I felt pretty awful, so it needs an awful name to go with it! I [...]

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