Niece+and+Nephew

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For my photo shoot, I chose my niece Ruby, a little diva who loves posing for pictures and her little brother, Charleston, who is much more illusive. He possesses a talent for turning his head just before the picture takes.

I used a Kodak EasyShare C633. I love the large led screen because I can only wink with my right eye open, but I have low vision in that eye. This makes viewfinders impossible to use unless I keep both eyes open, not easy. It’s a nice little camera that does not eat batteries nearly as quickly as many older cameras that I have used. It came with a loading dock printer, but I have never used it. I prefer to edit on my computer before I print, instead.
 * The Camera**


 * Positives**
 * Again, I like the large led screen.
 * It has a nice feature where you can choose what kind of picture you are taking (i.e. background light, indoors, outdoors, etc.)
 * This camera takes pictures in focus much better than many others I have used.
 * I also like the feature where you can take pictures in black & white, sepia, or color
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 * It is a good size for carrying in a purse or briefcase


 * Challenges**
 * I had some problems getting my computer to download the pictures, however I cannot say with absolute certainty that the problem was not on my computer’s end
 * While better than many, batteries still go quickly so I am often caught with dead batteries when an unexpected photo-op arises.
 * The delay from when I push the button and when the picture takes is too long. I have many pictures of the back of Charleston’s head because of this.
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This was just an ordinary, run of the mill picture. I found that if I got too close, then the flash would make the background appear very dark and the subject of the picture would be “washed-out” looking (the picture of Charleston’s head shows this.) I actually achieved the correct distance with this one.
 * Experiments**

I did not take this picture. I took a picture a second before, but by the time the camera actually snapped the shot Charleston’s expression had changed. For once, I was lucky and got a better picture than the one I intended.



I attempted a “bug’s eye-view,” but my subject would not cooperate and look at me. Personally, I do not like how big it makes him look.

I was surprised by how well this turned out with the brightness difference between the inside and outside light.