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20 Images Of 2020
Documenting the Pandemic

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Taken April 17, 2020- not the toilet paper section of the store, but the pasta shelves.

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Teddy bears appear in windows and all kinds of different places. Children and adults can go around spotting them as something to do during the pandemic.

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My socially distanced neighbors are doing what they can do during this time, getting outside for a walk.
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The computer is essential for spending time with family and friends in April.

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Masks are essential and can be a fashion accessory or make a statement.
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Sharon PD does their part in helping kids cope by offering bicycle safety programs.
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Bar Mitzvahs and other family celebrations are very small and like this one, are held outdoors with most guests attending via Zoom.
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Haircuts are not available until later in the year. Everyone gets a little shaggy or they learn how to do it themselves.
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My church, Hope Church, moves its services outside to a member's home, when we are able to meet in person again.
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We move back inside in the fall but also stream online. Attendance is sparse in person.
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Restaurants have to adapt and many are open only for takeout and delivery. Sadly, many close down completely.
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Sharon High School's graduation is very different. Cars line up at the train station in a "car parade" to drive to the high school to graduate one at a time and drive on.
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Marlene Chused retires as town clerk with another car parade wishing he well. No retirement party could be held.
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School is online and my son-in-law and grandson are guest speakers for an online  session with an elementary class.
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The train station is empty. On this evening, the train stopped and no one got on or off.
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This is my neighborhood after a fall wind storm.  We live very close to the train station. Normally with the high level of traffic coming to and from the train station, these leaves would have been blown aside, but they blanked the road all day until the wind started up again.
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Because the streets were so empty, it was easy for me to set up some long exposure shots in in May. Very few cars were out.
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There was no trick-or- treating, but there was a very imaginative and well done "trunk-or treat" event organized by the town Rec. Department. Families stayed in their cars and drove though the displays made by various groups or individuals They collected a bag of treats at the end.

I know you we are all still experiencing the pandemic, but I felt compelled to do this blog post to be able to look back at it in the future. Photography is so important for documenting life.

Learn Beginner Photography

6/15/2017

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I am teaching again, this time it is photography. I am so delighted to be doing this. I have 4 students that I teach one on one, and we have a blast!
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This is a photograph that one of my students took of me.  We were going for that blurred background look with only the subject in the focus. This has to do with depth of field. (Great job, Judy!)
In the two above pictures, we were again  practicing depth of field. In the first image, the goal was to get everything in the frame, in focus. In the second photo, the iced tea was to be in focus and everything else out of focus, hence , a shallower depth of field.
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In order to use these above techniques, you need to know how to use your camera. Cameras do look pretty scary with all those different buttons and knobs, but that's what I am there for, to help you learn how to use your camera.

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So many people ask me what camera they should buy. Well, if you don't plan on doing anything but recording life's events, a point and shoot camera works great, so do many cell phone cameras. I use mine all the time because it is always with me. However, if you want to get more creative, or you have a "fancy" camera and only use it on automatic mode, I would love to teach you how to use it.
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This is Ashita, one of my students. I am so excited about the progress she is making. Yesterday, we ventured to Borderland for our lesson. I asked her to take a picture of something she liked with my camera while I was figuring out the settings on her camera. (She has an awesome Sony mirrorless camera that I am falling in love with.) The photo below was the first shot.
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Before anyone is quick to judge, I wanted it just to be what ever it came out as. I then asked her to use her knowledge of the exposure triangle that we were learning about, to improve it.
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Here is the second shot, getting better. You can see me off to the left fiddling with her camera.
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This is her 3rd attempt. Wow, what a difference! She is really getting it!
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Here she is  working on photographing in dark, indoor light without a flash. Not that easy for a beginner, but she did it.
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Today, my student Ashley and I went out to shoot at a nearby waterfall. We had been talking about using shutter speed for stopping action or blurring action and waterfalls are a good place to practice. Also,  it was the perfect day to experiment because it was overcast out. Too much sun when you are trying to get that blurred effect of a waterfall, will blow out the picture.(overexpose it causing loss of detail) You need to have a UV filter to do that. We didn't have one.
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This picture is the waterfall at a slow shutter speed, notice the blurred water.
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This one is at a fast shutter speed. See the difference? I t really is not as easy as just changing the shutter speed. Other setting adjustments have to be made and a tripod should be used, but the difference is easy to see.
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While we were at the waterfall, a swan came over to interact with us.
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We took off to go to the lake in Sharon to get a few shots, but it  started to rain.
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Serendipitously, while at the lake, I ran into a former 3rd grade student, now an adult,  while I was with a current photography student. And what was that previous student doing? He was taking photos. What a nice way to bring the blog about returning to teaching to an end.

​ If you have an interest in taking lessons, too. I would love to include you in my growing number of students. Just contact me through my web site contact page or on Facebook.
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    After 31 years of teaching, I have decided to retire and start a new chapter of my life as a photographer. It has been my passion for about 7 years now.

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