New game in our house—pick up daddy (or mommy). They each take a body part and pick us up off the floor. It’s so funny to see them work together and work so hard ‘picking us up’. (Please ignore the quality of the photos…not in the mood tonight to worry about editing or getting my settings right.)
We are getting more daylight in the evening and I’m loving the beautiful late afternoon sunshine we get right through our window. It’s challenging to learn how to use and capture the light. I am also still learning how my new lens responds. It feels slow compared to my 50mm and my kit lens, and it’s definitely not as sharp as the 50mm, but not too far from the kit lens. I really, really love the zoom capability and wide aperture combination.
Today I also edited a few of the photos a little different. I wanted to play up the sunshine a bit so I modified Pioneer Woman’s Sunshine action. I think they might be a little to yellow for my tastes, so I plan to keep working this style to see what I come up with. I am in love with the style that Eye Candy actions provides, so I want to learn how to edit a little like that.
She kept playing peek a boo around the chair and I loved her face and how the light was hitting her.
This is my favorite face that Cooper makes. He was trying to show his teeth like the characters in his Ice Age coloring book. I was working on adjusting my settings, but didn’t want to miss this face. It’s pretty blown and it’s not quite in focus, but I still love his adorable scrunchy nose.
I kind of liked the distortion on this one. It’s also not quite in focus (this lens seems to be particularly sensitive to motion blur, something I don’t experience with my 50mm or my kit lens).
I really loved how she was sitting and how excited she was about the red crayon.
Woohoo, my new Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 lens arrived today! I was so tired of the tight spacing with my 50mm, but needed the wider aperture for indoor photos (which my kit lens doesn’t have). I’ve also found that I can get some really great photos with a zoom lens because I can stay stationary and chase the kids with the zoom on the lens rather than ‘zooming with my feet’. I did nothing more than take it out of the box, put it on my camera and snap some photos. I didn’t worry about settings or testing the lens. I was in a hurry, but they turned out okay.
Cooper is not feeling well because his 2 yr old molars are coming in.
I asked Charlotte if she could give me a happy face. She was like, uh, no momma, get that crazy camera outta my face!
Charlotte found a new stepping stool. Haha, her brother! Apparently Cooper was so uncomfortable he laid on the floor for quite some time and didn’t even flinch when Charlotte used him to climb on the couch. (All taken by my husband.)
I bought some new craft items for activities with the kids in the evenings. I’ve been running low on supplies but haven’t had time to buy anything. I bought these giant coloring book pages and some simple water colors. They LOVED it and I can’t complain about the super easy clean up.
I struggled with composition tonight. I couldn’t stop cutting their heads off (why do I have such a fear of zooming out?) and I couldn’t get the bright colors plus their cute concentrated expressions. For whatever reason I wasn’t able to hold the camera straight either so there is a slight tilt in some of them.
