100/365 and playing at the park

Before we moved we didn't really have anywhere for Kiera to ride her bike or play so we went to parks.  This day she tricked her daddy into playing in the sandbox with her by claiming that she couldn't work the digger... I have seen her do it by herself before.  Clever little girl.

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25/365

I wanted this photo to seem almost vintage.  My hope is that this photo invokes feelings of nostalgia for playground days gone by.  I am thinking about doing a series of vintage playground photos. 

5 on Friday

1:  I was able to put Kiera's hair into two even non-bubbled pigtails this week.  This is a big deal for me!  I knew that I needed to document it.  Of course, they were on the 3 year old who has decided that she no longer wants her photo taken. 



She thinks that she is so funny.  I am pretty sure that she was crossing her eyes.

I had to tell her to pull pieces off the tree to keep her distracted.  Bribery doesn't work but destruction does... who knew!

2:  We went to the park the same day.  Same pigtails, different clothing choices.  If it is dangerous you had better believe that she is there doing it.

Go FASTER!!!

Can't do anything the easy way...

 

3:  I am almost finished editing the photos that I took at the Botanical Gardens annual cocktail party last week.  I knew that I took bunches of pictures but good grief!

4:  Last summer the neighbors and ourselves made a home-made slip-and-slide in the front yard.  We tried it again the other day... Didn't work quite as well.  My sister-in-law had to throw Kiera down the hill.  (The tall grass is still on the neighbor's side)

5: If you read my Project 365 then you already know that we all went to my sister's house this week.  I got some touching pictures of Kiera and her cousins.

The dark haired little girl is a very good jumper for a two year old... but with two older brothers it is sink or swim.

And finally one with cool Kiera hair!

That was my week... how did your week go?

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My second successful attempt at the dreamy light glow SOOC.  The expression on my daughter's face should be an indicator of how long we were sitting in the grass taking photos.  Of course she was bored by the second shot anyways.  My confidence has been failing more and more lately.  Mainly because I still don't seem to have the hang of using my spot exposure meter.  I know that part of my issue is trying to use a 3 year old as a test subject.  I can't lock on an exposure reading because she has already moved by the time I am glancing that 1/4 of an inch to the meter bar.  I need subjects that are not in a constant state of movement.  I feel too hurried.