Last weekend was Easter and I went and stayed at the Isle of Palms with my family. My grandma rented out this pretty big house that had four floors, a pool, and all kinds of other stuff. However my favorite place was the balcony on the top floor. I brought my camera with me for the weekend, and for almost an hour on the first night I was on the balcony taking pictures, mainly doing stuff with shutter speeds. I guess that is my favorite thing to mess around with since it is always what I’m talking about on here. So here are a few of my favorite ones I took this weekend.
Isle of Palms
This is actually the moon, the sun was setting on the other side of me. I wanted to take pictures of the moon that night because it was a really bright orange. I took some on slower shutter speed where you could tell it was night time. This one was taken with a 30 second shutter speed. It captures so much light that I think it looks more like the sun rising than the moon.
Palm Trees on the Street
Here is another one of my really slow shutter speed pictures. This one shows where the sun was setting while I was taking the pictures. I like this one a lot because of the way the headlights from the cars light up the palm trees. They light them from the inside and I think it was cool to see the trees lit from that way instead of a flash or the sun which would have lit up the side we typically see.
The House Across the Street
This is one of the house across the street from the one we stayed in. I like this one because of the way that the lights on the porch became so bright and really make the house stand out from the dark sky in the background.
The Street and the Moon
This last one is my absolute favorite. It mixes all the things I like about the other pictures. We have the bright moon lighting up the sky and showing the detail in the clouds. The headlights from the cars light up the palm trees lining the streets. The stationary street lights become very bright and I think that catches the eye of the audience because they look like bright white stars.
