Yes. Rocks.

I’m not happy with these because I was in a big hurry and neglected to set the ISO down to 400. These were shot at ISO 800, so the shutter speed was crazy high to compensate. Still, they don’t suck. From the book:

This exercise involves searching for rocks and photographing their relationships with other visual elements.

So, I cheated on the first one. This is just a shot of a rock, but by God it had too much character to pass up. The rest all fall within the exercise’s parameters.

I modified the exposure and blacks in Lightroom. I may have modified another parameter or two on a couple, but mainly stuck with exposure and black.

The object of the exercise is to find arrangements among the balls during the course of a game. Do not ask the players to pause while you are doing the exercise, since an important aspect of the exercise is to develop quickness in assessing compositions in somewhat dynamic settings.

I’m not thrilled with the photos but I’m happy enough with them. Krages recommends an aperature of f2.8, but I opened up to 1.4f because I think it provided a more dramatic background.

50mm, 1/200 sec, f1.4, ISO 400

50mm, 1/200 sec, f1.4, ISO 400

50mm, 1/125 sec, f1.4, ISO 800

50mm, 1/160 sec, f1.4, ISO 800