More practice with exposure

[mediadiva]

Obviously the composition could use a bit of work, but I am still focusing on my exposure. A friend recommended I use a shutter speed double that of my mm, or even higher, so as the light was good outside (dusk) I set it to 125. I was surprised I needed to put the aperture so low, later I set the film speed to 400 and then I was able to put the aperture a bit higher. At dusk is 400 a fair film speed or should I stick with 200? I tried a higher shutter speed but then I ran out of aperture! heh. Thoughts?

Camera: Nikon D80
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

[mediadiva]

Also my daughter is VERY pale, so am I

[Maik]

With you're camera, an ISO speed of 800 wouldn't be a problem. I think you created a nice picture with a nice Aperture. The Aperture is good. Because of this you have a nice dof. I wouldn't user lower aperture when shooting a single model/person. Only when you shoot a group of people, maybe you would go to an aperture around f11 or so....