So, I haven’t had a chance to edit photos this past week and a half (doing the photo shoot editing took time away from my own personal editing) which means that I don’t really have any new ones. Which means I couldn’t do the You Capture post for today, which makes me sad. I had some good shapes found!
But! I found out about Life In Focus from Katie at A Little Crazy & A Lot of Love. A way to take a little glimpse into each others lives.
I thought I would share some older photos.
First up, what is technically my very first photo shoot, but for myself, not to give to anyone else. Kind of. So I guess I lied with that past post, but that’s okay. I didn’t know what I was doing with the camera so had everything on Auto. Now I’ve read the manual and know how to work the different settings, even if I haven’t gotten them all figured out. This is my beautiful niece and her husband.
And then, to share a bit more of my life, here are some photos taken for Baby Soup’s 3 month birthday. They were taken by the incredible and amazing Katie of KBV Photography.
Babies are made for eating
Four Generations
So I know the last half of those photos don’t fit with the theme, as I didn’t take them…but I also wanted to give a preview of whats to come, as on Sunday we are having 6 month photos taken by Katie again and I am very excited.
Yeah! Glad that you are getting in on the fun:) I love the family photos!!
And the shoot with your sister is wonderful!
I’m always up for some fun!
And thank you!
I’m pretty happy with them….
Thanks for joining the fun. These are great shots. I esp. love your first two. The ones taken of baby soup at 3 months are wonderful as well. I look forward to seeing more.
I remember how scared I was to venture into manual. I was shooting with a film SLR at the time and had a lot of bad shots when I stepped outside of auto. I’m a very visual learner so making the switch to a DSLR really helped me see how I was messing up. But I still have so much more to learn.
Thanks! I love me some fun photos.
And the Digital camera makes it easier too, because I am such a visual learner as well. Not only that though, but playing with digital is so much easier as well because I don’t feel like I’m wasting anything.
Each day is a learning experience and I love it.
Very nice!
Thank ya, sir!
What a fun place to practice shooting! I love fields and farms and bars … there is just so much character!
Oh, and the 6 month shots are just about my favorites for the first year. Really … too fun!!!!
I think that digi has made me a better photographer because of the developing costs. I can play with aperture and shutter and all that jazz for a long time (if the subject is still), learn from it, and delete. No harm, no foul! For me, those trash shots are key … that and looking at lots and lots of pictures taken by “professional” photographers.
It’s said that if you want to be a good writer you have to read, read, read and write, write, write. I think the same goes for photography!
I was about 6 months pregnant when the field pictures were taken, and that was interesting to say the least! But I just HAD to get out of the house and do something fun and my niece and her husband agreed! And I cannot wait to see what she does with the 6 month shots, since Baby Soup has just sprouted into a full personality.
I really am enjoying playing with the extremes of aperture, shutter, etc. and learning how the full extremes work and using the dialed down versions to get what I like. I still have tons of trash and some that I cheat and try to fix in Photoshop but learning is happening and that’s good.
I also have lots and lots of blogs that I follow that help me learn, which I think helps too. A year ago if you had said aperture to me, I would reply with “God Bless You”. I didn’t even know what that meant! Now, although I don’t quite understand it well enough to explain it to someone else, I understand it enough to put it into practice.
Cute! Very sweet pictures.
Thank you, my dear.
Your pictures are gorgeous!
Thank you so much! That means a lot!