ISO: 100 f/2.8 shutter speed: 1/1250
So I got to shoot Shop With A Cop Tuesday and it was the sweetest thing, so cool and I'm sooo super glad we got to go. There were a 100 kids who got a $100 each to spend and a cop or firefighter walked around with them helping them shop. We followed kids and cops around as they were shopping.
My first picture is when all the were waiting outside Target and the cops and firemen were pulling up. It was like a parade thing, really cool and loud. I like the first one cause you can see a cop car, firetruck, the kids, and Target, and the sky is pretty and blue. The next one is of a kid picking out toys. I wish you could see more of his face, but I like the shallow depth of field of the toys in front of it. I like the next picture of the girl and the cop walking, I wish it was a little more bokahy but I they were too close to the other subjects for that to happen. The next picture I like because the girl is adorable! I can't tell if I am emotionally attached to it or not though, haha. The next picture of the boy in the cart is so cute and I like that the cop's arm is in it, so you can tell who is pushing him. I absolutely love the little girl, Emily, in the next two. The first one of her the cop is grabbing the toy that she had been pointing to. His arm frames her, but I wish you could tell who it was. I'm glad she isn't looking in this picture, though, because she always looked at me when I took a picture of her, like in the next one. Except it works for that one cause it's a tight shot of her face and ahh, Emily is so precious!! The next picture is of Shameka. She is pushing her cart to the checkout line and playing with her toys that are about to be hers. I like the angle since you can tell she is playing with her puppy while pushing the cart. Two pictures later is Shameka again paying for her items. I like that you can see her paying for it, but I wish the background wasn't so busy or that it was super bokahy or something. The picture before of the little boy is kind of the same thing. I like it and he is adorable but the man in the background bothers me. In my defense, though, the store was CRAZY crowded so it was kind of hard to avoid this. The last two pictures are after they checked out while they were waiting to leave. The first one of them waiting to leave the background is way blown but in a weird way it doesn't really bother me too much. I like the expression on the little girl's face in the last image, and the fact that you can see the cop and her mom right there with her.
This was a great experience to get to shoot and all the kids were SO SUPER adorable. At the end I talked to this kid named James and I really liked getting to know him and it was cool to see how excited and thankful he was for all his gifts. He is the oldest of 4 kids and his favorite toy was a Star Wars light saver. I thought I had gotten pictures of him, but when I got back to process I realize I didn't which made me really sad. I don't know why I didn't get one of him. I used a 7D and a 17-50mm lens for this whole assignment. The store was really crowded so at times I wished I had a wide angle lens, but I am still pretty pleased with what I got. I had to bring up the exposure on the pictures of some of the kids because my meter lied to me. It is not dependable, but the ones I had to fix were less than a stop underexposed so it wasn't bad. I am really glad Target invited us to shoot that and it was such a great experience. Loved it :)
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