smiles, laughter, and the manual settings

I LOVE laughter. It’s fun to laugh. It’s fun to watch your kiddos laughing hysterically. But I love so very much to capture it in photographs. Then it makes me smile every time I look at them. It’s like reliving a happy moment…over and over.   :) My manual settings on this image below: ISO…

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project february: day twenty nine

Day twenty nine: silly faces from silly kids Manual camera settings and the why behind them: ISO – 400  (cloudy, even a bit sprinkly) aperture – F 2.8 shutter speed – 1/200 distance from subject (rough estimate) – 6 feet away? focal point – a face in the middle lens – 50mm 1.2L camera body –…

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project february: day twenty eight

Day twenty eight: swim lessons Manual camera settings and the why behind them: ISO – 2000  (inside late afternoon) aperture – F 2.5 (needed light and like the wider open lens look) shutter speed – 1/200 distance from subject (rough estimate) – 4 feet away? focal point – his face/goggles lens – 50mm 1.2L camera body…

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project february: day twenty six

Day twenty six: target *You know you love that I took my camera into target. :) Manual camera settings and the why behind them: ISO – 800  (lots of lights but inside target) aperture – F 3.2 (two kids, wanted both to be in focus) shutter speed – 1/160 (needed light but didn’t want it open…

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