day 273

The 'backdrop' here is my house. I really need to paint it, but I love the rustic wood look in some of the photos. I wonder if I can talk my husband into letting me keep the North side of our house unpainted so I'll always have a backdrop?

I call this one 'Spaghetti Squash with Boy' This is from the "Hey, what is in your pocket" series.

Love and Fall days

day 272

I am starting a new photo series called; "Hey, what is in your pocket?" I will gather images of people I know, friends, loved ones, and complete strangers showing me what is actually in their pockets . I think the series will be a learning experience as I will have to shoot off the cuff more often. It will get me out of the comfort zone of only shooting people I know. I'm kicking around the idea of making a slideshow of the finished images for competition.

Here are today's P>O>D's

this one is called "Twiddly Bits" it is a tin whistle thing

and more shooting in full manual I darkened the sky a bit in PS.

For the Love of Photography

day 271

I had a very enjoyable family photo shoot today. I asked them if I could do some creative shots and they agreed. I love lens flare, but not everyone likes the results as much as I do so I usually stay away from it on 'jobs'. But they said I could do whatever. These are two of my favorite 'flare shots' from today. The first has good flare, but I can't make the composition the way I'd like it to be with cropping. The orb always ends up smack in the middle and that distracts me a little.

I like this closer crop better, but the orb is right over the girl's face... I don't mind it but worry it might distract some viewers. Love and trying something fun

day 270

I shot all my pictures today on full manual mode. I haven't done that in years and not in digital at all. I'm used to shooting manual with film but doing it in digital was a little daunting to me. I realize that is silly, if the shots don't turn out in digital... I can delete them. Not so much with film.

So the compositions aren't spectacular today but I was more concerned with getting correct exposures and clear, crisp focus... I think I still need some work on manual mode! I have a family photo shoot today, I will not be working out the kinks in manual mode that is for sure. I will stick with my aperture priority for safety's sake
Love and Doing it all yourself

day 269

Caught a Flicker

Love and Woodpeckers

day 268

It was rainy today... a good day to snuggle on the couch with someone warm. Love and Snuggles

day 267

A couple shots from the park today.... Love his "picture taking face". Then I messed around with the filters post production.

and I think the one we will use for our 'school pictures'

Love and natural light.