Trying to remember some of the tips Jennings gave me at my photography class…as always, I might totally have the terminology wrong.
Don’t be afraid to bump the ISO up high for indoor shots. I was afraid of going past 400 because of graininess, but when I went all the way up to 1600, I got some great, light pictures (here, at 6 am) without that much noise.
Focus falls back. So focus on the front person in a picture (or the front eye in a close-up). The depth of field starts at your focal point, so focusing on the person/eyeball in back will put the stuff in front of it out of focus. (Duh. Why didn’t I figure this out on my own?)
Setting the light meter between zero and one looks the most pleasing on human skin.
Rule of thumb: Make the f-stop one bigger than the number of people in the picture.
Your pics look great!!!