Tuesday, December 6, 2011
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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