camera focus point and eyes
I love to focus on the eyes. There’s so much emotion and life in the eyes. If I’m photographing just one person I most often put my focus point on their eyes. I love the eyes. The life is in the eyes. Whether there are smiles, intense stares, tears, wonder, or fear….you can feel it…
Read Moresmiles, 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…
Read Morebaby details and my macro lens
Oh how I love baby details … like these fabulous eyelashes. And oh how I love my 100mm macro lens. My manual settings for the picture below: ISO – 1600 aperture – F3.5 shutter speed – 1/125 second camera body – canon’s 5D mark II lens – canon’s 100mm macro 2.8L Oh and these squishy…
Read Moreposing newborn babies in props
I know that the newborn babies are so beautiful just laying in their mama’s arms. But oh to put them in a prop every once in a while is so very fun! I love posing newborn babies in fun props. And for more blog posts on newborn prop ideas you can look at these different…
Read Morelittle buddies
Exploring with some little buddies… So, here’s the way it goes down when I take my camera with me when it’s just my boys and some friends. This is for the times when it’s not a photo shoot, it’s just heading out for a picnic and exploring or something real life like that. First of…
Read Morephotographing wiggly kids
I often photograph wiggly little moving kids. When little ones are one, two, three, four, and more years old they often don’t want to sit still for me while I take their picture. Sometimes, that’s okay because it’s wonderful to capture their little personality as they do things and move around. But there are also…
Read Moremy boys…
My most loved and most difficult subjects… it’s getting a bit easier though. It only takes a tiny bribe now and they’re all in for just a few quick pics. My manual settings and a few details to help: ISO – 200 aperture – F 4.5 (photographing two wiggly kiddos, want them both in focus)…
Read Morespring photo shoots and manual settings
I hope you’re shooting away in this beautiful spring weather. Loving it! Here are some images from some recent shoots and the manual settings that I used. Hope it helps… My manual settings for the image below: ISO – 320 aperture – F 2.8 (the widest my macro lens will open) shutter speed – 1/1000…
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