Photography: Piano, More Aperture, and Shutter Speed

I was messing around with Shutter Speed and Aperture this afternoon, and here are some photos I've taken:

 Shutter Speed 1/15 and F-stop 5.6

 Shutter Speed 1/15 and F-Stop 5

 Shutter Speed 1/15 and F-stop 5

 Shutter Speed 1/15 and F-stop 5

 Shutter Speed 1/15 and F-stop 5 

 Shutter Speed 1/15 and F-stop 5 

  Shutter Speed 1/15 and F-stop 5.6

1/15 Shutter Speed and F-Stop5

 Shutter Speed 1/30 and F-stop 5.6

 Shutter Speed 1/30 and F-stop 5.3

I am really enjoying taking photos, and I know I'm not amazing, but it's a working progress. I think that photography is a very big gift from God and I hope and pray that I honor Him in and through it! Any tips woule be great :)
xoxo, Lydia

Photography: Shutter Speed, Aperture, ISO, Focus, and more.

My friend, who took 3 years of Photography, showed me a bunch of stuff about the Nikon D3100 and he wrote it all down for me, so I'll copy it onto here!

Shutter speed = how fast the shutter goes (opens up). The higher the speed the less light it lets in, but it Will Freeze Motion, so if you want to take sports pictures, you will want a fast shutter speed and a low F-Stop (Aperture).

Aperture (or F-stop) = Controls how much light is let in and then depth of field. Lower is short depth of fiens, hight is long depth of field.

ISO = Light sensitivity. The lower the number, the less sensitive the camera will be the light. The higher, the more.

Focus = Keep lens on Auto (Manuel), it makes lfe esasier. Hold down the button half way to focus.

Image Overlay:

Photo Credit: Chapman Whitted

It's really cool how you take two pictures and you almost make one part like a ghost. It's really cool! Thanks for everything you showed/taught me, Chapman! You're the man :) #ThanksChap

xoxo, Lydia

Photography: First Post of My Photos

My Nikon D3100 is here! I got it several months ago, but I am just getting the time to post. Here are some photos that I've taken with it!

Baby <3

Flowers and a picture

Fosucing on the ring and hand

Perty

Cheers to 30 Years!

Children are a gift!

Broken tree pictures :)

The suns lighting, though!

Smiles

Laughs

Baby hand and bottle close up and blurred face

Baby lovin'

Looking away to the distance

                                                                       Truly precious-ness

It is a great camera and I have learned so much from it. I still have a Lot more to learn, but you have to start somewhere :) Any input, suggestions, or comments, would be great.
Thanks so much for taking the time to look at my blog!
xoxo, Lydia