Cooking with Carol

Pollard Station Commercial

Portraits

Tight Portrait: Black and White

Original

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 1/8 s

Aperture: f/8

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 400

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 37.5 mm

White Balance: Auto

Tight Portrait

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 1/10 s

Aperture: f/5

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 400

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 22.9 mm
White Balance: Tungsten

Candid

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 1/6 s

Aperture: f/8

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 400

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

White Balance: Auto

Environmental Portrait (planned) Black and White

Original

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 1/8 s

Aperture: f/5

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 400

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm
White Balance: Auto

Environmental Portrait (planned)

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 1/5 s

Aperture: f/5

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 400

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 8.6 mm

White Balance: Auto

Self-portrait

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 1/4 s

Aperture: f/3.5

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 400

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

White Balance: Tungsten

Illustration Assignment: Making Pineapple Upside Down Cake in a Microwave Oven

Assembling the ingredients.....
Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 1/8 s

Aperture: f/5

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 400

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

White Balance: Tungsten

Before I mixed the cake up, I layered my cherries and my pineapple slices in the bottom of my cake pan on top of a layer of melted butter and brown sugar.

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 1/8 s

Aperture: f/5

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 400

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

White Balance: Tungsten

Here is the cake  batter before it went into the pan..

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 1/20 sec

Aperture: f/5

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 400

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

White Balance: Tungsten

I had to bake my cake in the microwave oven because we were low on gas for heat over the weekend. It was an interesting experiment at least, and yes, there is a plain cake on the bottom shelf for my brothers with just brown sugar and butter on the top...

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 1/4 s

Aperture: f/5

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 400

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

White Balance: Tungsten

Delicious!! It took about 40 minutes to bake in the microwave oven, and it actually turned out well.

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 1/6 s

Aperture: f/5

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 400

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

White Balance: Tungsten

Lighting Assignment

Sidelight With Fill

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 1/8 s

Aperture: f/4.5

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 1600

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

White Balance: Tungsten

Diffused Light

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 1/3200 s

Aperture: f/8

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 1600

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

White Balance: Cloudy

 Backlight
Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 1/40 s

Aperture: f/4

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 200

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

White Balance: Cloudy

  Shadow
Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 1/8 s

Aperture: f/3.5

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 1600

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

White Balance: Tungsten Light

  Sidelight
Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 1/60 s

Aperture: f/5

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 400

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

White Balance: Cloudy

Silhouette
Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 1/250 s

Aperture: f/5

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 400

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

White Balance: Cloudy

Candlelight
Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: .4 s

Aperture: f/4.5

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 200

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

White Balance: Tungsten

Low Light Situation
Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 2 s

Aperture: f/3.5

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 200

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

White Balance: Tungsten

Composition Assignment

Reflection

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 1/3200

Aperture: f/8

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 1600

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

 White Balance: Auto

Reflection

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 1/2500

Aperture: f/8

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 1600

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 7.8 mm

 White Balance: Auto

Dominant Foreground, Contributing Background

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 1/4 sec

Aperture: f/3.5

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO:  100

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

 White Balance: Auto

Selective Focus

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: .6 sec

Aperture: f/3.5

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 100

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

 White Balance: Tungsten Light

Panning

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 1/8 sec

Aperture: f/6.3

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 100

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

 White Balance: Auto

Introducing Disorder into an Ordered Situation

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX 160 IS

Shutter: 1/4 sec

Aperture: f/6.3

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 100

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

 White Balance: Auto



Name Assignment

Hi, my name is Jenny!

Heres the J....

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX160 IS

Shutter:  1/6 sec

Aperture: f/5.0

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 1600

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

White Balance: Tungsten 

Here's an E...

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX160 IS

Shutter: 1/10 sec

Aperture: f/8

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 200

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 9.1 mm

White Balance: Cloudy

N

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX160 IS

Shutter: 1/25 sec

Aperture: f/8

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 1600

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

White Balance: Tungsten 

Another N...

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX160 IS

Shutter: 1/15 sec

Aperture: f/6.3

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 400

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

White Balance: Auto

The Y

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX160 IS

Shutter: 1/10 sec

Aperture: f/7.1

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 800

Strobe Flash: None

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

White Balance: Tungsten

Mistakes Assignment

 Mistake: Underexposed

How to Avoid: Reshoot while paying attention to the light meter and camera settings
Camera: Canon Powershot SX160 IS
Shutter: 1/125 s
Aperture: f/8
Exposure Setting: Manual
ISO: 100
Strobe Flash: Did Not Fire
Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

Mistake: Overexposed

How to Avoid: Reshoot next time while paying attention to light meter and check camera settings

Camera: Canon Powershot SX160 IS

Shutter: 1/4 s

Aperture: f/8

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 100

Strobe Flash: Did Not Fire

Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm

 Mistake: Back Focus

How to Avoid: Use autofocus or use manual focus and make sure the subject is in focus

Camera: Powershot SX160 IS

Shutter: 1/13 s

Aperture: f/7.1

Exposure Setting: Manual

ISO: 400

Strobe Flash: Did Not Fire

Lens Focal Length: 14.1 mm

Mistake: Camera Shake
How to Avoid: Use tripod or faster shutter speed
Camera: Powershot SX160 IS
Shutter: 0.6 s
Aperture: f/5
Exposure Setting: Manual
ISO: 800
Strobe Flash: Did Not Fire
Lens Focal Length: 5.0 mm