La Centerra - Photography Class Lesson 6

We were all surprised to hear we had extra incentive during our photo shoot on Tuesday night.  Our teacher had spoken with the manager of La Centerra to inform him that the class would be shooting there that night and the manager offered 2 gift cards to the best two photos from the group, including an entry to a $1000 shopping spree raffle to be held later in the spring, and the potential for your photograph to be included in future advertisements for La Centerra.

So, the whole class trudged out to the square, set up tripods, and got busy.  It was fun trying new techniques.  I've never shot at night before and let me just tell you, its alot harder than shooting during the day.  It took me several tries before I could even get a focused imagine and then several more before I could include enough light to make it visible.

When it was all done and I downloaded the pictures back at home, I was fairly impressed with myself.  I was able to capture two different images with a couple of new techniques that I learned in class.  We each get to submit 2 photos for review.  While I don't think I'll be winning any photo contests with these pictures (the composition is not as creative as I would have liked them to be) I'm just satisfied that I successfully mastered the techniques.  Here's what I got.

Water in motion technique                                              Light painting w/water in motion and starlights