Looking back on last weeks project there are a number of things that I would like to reflect upon.

First I want to say that it was more than happy that my sister asked me to take photos of her and her boyfriend. Considering she does not ask much of me I was glad when she asked me to do this.

I need to mention that I haven’t picked up my camera to seriously shoot in some time. As with many of my other projects, I have been occupied by things that could not be ignored. With that said, when I was out with my sister taking photos I was not as comfortable as I should have been, with my gear or myself in general.

Most important I want to mention that I am less than happy with a few aspects of the photos.

First, there is the technical aspect of the photos. My use of appropriate depth of field and aperture size was off and because of this both faces are not always in focus when I thought they should have been. With that said, I will probably shoot around 4-5.6 next time (generally) to help combat this.

The second thing that I wanted to mention was that of metering and how in many of the shots I have blown-out elements that could have easily been prevented. I know this can be hard to deal with, however, I could have stopped down a little to compensate for this happening.

The last thing I want to mention is the fact that I was not comfortable with instructing my sister and her boyfriend on how to pose or what to do. For a couple of weeks I have been studying photos of couples to get some ideas, but when it came to me directing them how to pose etc., I was at a loss. Perhaps it is because I am generally laid back and not forceful, or maybe because it was my sister, or I was just out of my element, regardless of what it was I felt uncomfortable to say the least.

Overall it was a good learning experience and my sister seems to be happy with the photos, even if I am not. I only hope that I can build on this experience and perhaps take their photos again in the future.