on any camera, the 5-6 little squares inside your lense are your Focus options. changing the point of focus from left to right or up or down will allow it to focus on different objects without moving your camera. for these photos I used the left, right, and top focus points.

Blur motion creates a photo in which some form of motion is apparent, but the background and/ or other things surrounding it are blurry due to shutter speed while capturing the apparent motion. Simply set your shutter speed to about 40, and take a photo of anything going faster than average running speed. or, set your shutter speed for a longer time (a few seconds at least) and photograph any light moving around in your frame. This style of photo is very fun and easy in my opinion. I got both of these images on my first try.

Freeze motion is a little harder, but still fun, with the same basic concept. Object is moving, but this time you want to get the full image in sharp quality. As you can see, I had some problems in this challenge. The photo of the volleyball player is grainy, and doesn’t have good quality, because I had to raise the ISO to get the lighting I needed. the one of the girl and the water (actually one of my siblings) I couldn’t quite get the desired outcome because my shutter speed would not go past a certain speed without showing a completely black image (keep in mind I have a very old camera, you shouldn’t have this problem).

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These photos are some of my favorites from when I lived in Montana. The only edit any of these needed was 10-25% contrast increase, and maybe a 5% brightness increase. the 2nd sunset, the old building, and the 1st mountain didn’t need edits.

My name is Aubrie.

I was born and raised in northwest Montana, and lived there until I was 15. I lived 10 minutes away from Glacier National Park, and one of my favorite activities growing up was polar plunging in the McDonald Lake. I am currently trying to prepare to be an Emergency Response Dispatcher, and I would also like to do Photography on the side.