*photo assist credit goes to my wonderful SIL for pushing the shutter button after I set up the tripod for the shot!
Sunday, December 25, 2011
25 Days of Christmas - Day 25
Day 25: Family ~ the best gift of all!
*photo assist credit goes to my wonderful SIL for pushing the shutter button after I set up the tripod for the shot!
*photo assist credit goes to my wonderful SIL for pushing the shutter button after I set up the tripod for the shot!
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Friday, December 23, 2011
25 Days of Christmas - Day 23
Day 23: White Christmas!
About a month ago I read a post on the Pioneer Woman's photography section of her website that showed a picture of the snow falling from the sky! I have been waiting for a day where the snow would be really coming down, heavy and wet so it would show up nice in a photo! I think my version came out pretty well!
About a month ago I read a post on the Pioneer Woman's photography section of her website that showed a picture of the snow falling from the sky! I have been waiting for a day where the snow would be really coming down, heavy and wet so it would show up nice in a photo! I think my version came out pretty well!
Thursday, December 22, 2011
25 Days of Christmas - Day 22
Day 22: Reindeer Games at the Hospital Christmas party a few weeks ago!
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
25 Days of Christmas - Day 20
Day 20: One of my favorite things about Christmas - receiving all the beautiful Christmas cards from family and friends!
Monday, December 19, 2011
Sunday, December 18, 2011
25 Days of Christmas - Day 18
Day 18: A little Christmas snow yesterday morning, not enough for a white Christmas but still pretty to watch falling from the sky!
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Friday, December 16, 2011
25 Days of Christmas - Day 16
Day 16: My Dad's Uncle Dinny's Nativity set. This Nativity set is older than I am, and probably even older than my Dad.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
25 Days of Christmas - Day 12
Day 12: The Egg Nog Latte - it's not the Christmas Season without one (or two or three!)
Sunday, December 11, 2011
25 Days of Christmas - Day 11
Day 11: Finn takes time to smell the roses...er...uh...the faux flower arrangement.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Friday, December 9, 2011
25 Days of Christmas - Day 9
Day 9: Hanging out at the Rec tonight, while I photographed the kiddos with Santa, here is David as he decorates a gingerbread man cookie!
Thursday, December 8, 2011
25 Days of Christmas - Day 8
Day 8: Christmas lights! I love outdoor Christmas displays and couldn't wait to decorate our house for Christmas this year! I love the look of candles in windows and wreaths on doors, so I knew that would be part of my display. Next year, I would like add something under each garage door light, like a swag. The houses in this neighborhood really go all out, it's awesome!
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
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Monday, December 5, 2011
25 Days of Christmas - Day 5
Day 5: More decorations! I just love decorating my house this time of year!
I Heart Faces / On Your Feet
This week's I Heart Faces challenge is showcasing feet! I was going to try and stage something with my boys this afternoon when I noticed the little guy munching on his toes. He thinks it's funny, especially when I grab his foot and tell him, "yucky stinky feet!" He laughs and does it again!
Check out all the other feet over at I Heart Faces!
Check out all the other feet over at I Heart Faces!
Sunday, December 4, 2011
25 Days of Christmas - Day 4
Day 4: I know it's not exactly Christmas, but today is MIL's birthday and we spent today celebrating with the boys at Imagine That and then the grown ups all went out for dinner! So I am posting a picture of MIL with the boys! Happy Birthday MIL!
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Friday, December 2, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
25 Days of Christmas Challenge: Day 1
Today is the first day of my made up Christmas challenge. Each day (until Christmas) I'll take a picture to represent all the things I love about this time of year! This first picture, making my tree glow, is something I saw on Pinterest (my new internet time suck) and I couldn't wait to try out. Unfortunately, my boys, are less than enthusiastic or cooperative when it comes to Mommy practicing with her camera, so I often have to resort to bribery. Tonight, I bribed them with candy to be my assistants.
So, yes, this image is totally posed, and while I prefer to "capture the moment" it is a lot harder to do that when you're trying to duplicate a specific technique and you have unwilling assistants. It is the reason I have had to resort to using stuffed animals as models before. Anyway, as it turns out, after re-reading her post, I went about it all wrong! I'm still happy with my image but you don't get the same sense of "glowing tree" in my image.
Here is what I did differently, I was not in manual mode, I was in TV mode (or shutter priority) and I used a lower ISO, a much slower shutter speed (which increased the aperture to f/22) and I spot metered on the boys, instead of the tree. Two things that were the same, were, the room was dark and I didn't use a flash. So with those above settings the end result is this: close, but no cigar!
ISO: 1600
So, yes, this image is totally posed, and while I prefer to "capture the moment" it is a lot harder to do that when you're trying to duplicate a specific technique and you have unwilling assistants. It is the reason I have had to resort to using stuffed animals as models before. Anyway, as it turns out, after re-reading her post, I went about it all wrong! I'm still happy with my image but you don't get the same sense of "glowing tree" in my image.
Here is what I did differently, I was not in manual mode, I was in TV mode (or shutter priority) and I used a lower ISO, a much slower shutter speed (which increased the aperture to f/22) and I spot metered on the boys, instead of the tree. Two things that were the same, were, the room was dark and I didn't use a flash. So with those above settings the end result is this: close, but no cigar!
ISO: 1600
Aperture: f/22
Shutter: 1 second
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