15/365

Playtime.  Went to my sister's house today and Kiera and her two cousins were playing on the trampoline.  The shot was taken in manual mode and the lighting was tricky.  It was cloudy and she has lots of trees.  The hardest part though... getting all three to jump at the same time.

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We had a lightning storm the other night.  Before the rain started I was able to get this shot of the lightning.  Shooting lightning is so unpredictable.  There was so much of it flashing all over but almost never where my camera was pointing.

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Pigtails in the yard.
There is just something that I love about this photo.  It isn't the greatest composition.  There is nothing amazing about it.  Just my daughter walking in the side yard.  Pigtails, barefeet, and long pants in 90 degree weather.  3 year olds!  


And the tall grass belongs to my neighbor not us.

12/365

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. 

11/365

The thing that I love about this picture is that you see different things when you look at it in different ways.  If you look at the cloud in front... the dark one... it looks like an active volcano with smokey ash blowing out the top.  If you look more in the background the cloud looks like a distant shore and the brighter part is a reflective lake.  In reality, this is the sun setting.  The actual sun is behind the really dark cloud in the front.  I love clouds.  They are mother nature's ink blot tests.

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Roses in the garden.
I love the contrast of the dark tree behind the pink roses.

5 on Friday

1:  I need a new model.  Since I am just learning many of the settings on my camera I need a subject to photograph.  My logical choice is always Kiera.  Unfortunately, she is 3 and looses interest in posing long before I have figured out what I am trying to figure.  Obviously.

2: Kiera has now evolved past loosing interest in posing as my model.  She yelled at me... Actually YELLED at me to stop taking her picture!  I even tried to bribe her... didn't work.

3: Most kids play in the sprinklers.  My daughter drinks from them.

4:  This has to be the best thing that happened to me this week.  Kiera is always a blessing... but this was pretty cool too!  I was an official sponsor!

5:  Finding five things to write about should be easier than this.  Honestly, I forgot that it was Friday.  This is going to take practice.  Please don't hold it against me.