Camera Practice

For Christmas, Mark bought me a new camera lens for my DSLR. I had done some reading that proper lenses are helpful in taking good pictures, and it is so true! Many of the things I had been trying to do with the lens that came with the camera body were SO much easier to accomplish with the new lens. Here are some successful shots of the girls I was able to take over the past few weeks.

This first set was on a morning where Madison and I were home for about an hour to eat lunch and play before picking up Anna Kate from preschool. It was much easier to take photos of her in the high chair (immobilized) while she was eating (happy), but I did get some cute ones in her room too.

Nothing like a raspberry on your finger to elicit some real smiles! Working on my depth of field here, so not all photos are perfectly in focus where I would have liked.

I mean, how cute is she! If there wasn't a giant pink bib in this one, I might would frame it ;)

My precious!

Reading by the window is her favorite, which makes for good light, but I am still learning how to use it properly.

Look at those tiny chubby baby cheeks!

I liked how this one you can see the toys she is lining up on the windowsill.

The real Madison for sure. Focus should be slightly higher.

Next is a set of Anna Kate. I watched a free DSLR class while she played and Madison napped and she listened to some of the tips and wanted her photo taken with her ponies. She is just as hard to get good photos of as Madison as she won't look at the camera for more than 30 seconds and loves to move around. Here are some of the better shots.

This one is probably my favorite of this group- messy hair and all! It's a real smile, not crazy, and she looks like the sweet 4 year old girl she is (for only a few more weeks!).

I kept accidentally putting my focus on the pony, but these are also cute! I was also obviously playing with the amount of light I let in.

One of the tips was to have your subject face the light source, so we moved over to the window, but it is hard for a kid to understand smiling at the window!

My cute girl!