I'm finally getting around to posting last week's pictures when I should be working on this week's instead. Oops. Anyway, I am still working through The Unexpected Everyday. None of these pictures have had any editing done to them. I wanted y'all to see them them straight out of the camera.
SS 1/125 | f/4.5 | ISO 6400
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Tip 04: Window Lighting
Prompt: Besides candid moments, it's nice to have a portrait of your child at each age.
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This was my first attempt with window lighting (well, our front door actually). I totally blew it out with too high an ISO, but I LOVE Shelby's silly face here!
SS 1/125 | f/5.6 | ISO 400
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I decided to retry the window lighting challenge a couple days later. I didn't count these in my 365 challenge, but wanted to go ahead and show them here anyway. These were taken inside with the blinds all the way up and close to the window. Paige wouldn't give me a normal smile, so I tried to make her laugh by saying "don't pick your nose" - and she proceeded to stick her finger right there! It made us both laugh!
SS 1/125 | f/5.6 | ISO 400
SS 1/80 | f/5.6 | ISO 400
SS 1/80 | f/5.6 | ISO 400
SS 1/250 | f/5.6 | ISO 200
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Tip 05: Aperture - Shooting Wide Open
Prompt: Capture little details that showcase who your kids are at this age.
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This was my first attempt with Mercy's hands. I used my 18-55mm, and it only goes down to f/3.5. I didn't get that low in this picture because I had zoomed in a little. So I retried with picture below.
SS 1/100 | f/3.5 | ISO 200
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Shelby's little foot on her bike.
SS 1/250 | f/5.6 | ISO 400
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Tip 06: Metering Mode
Prompt: Capture your kids favorite outdoor activity.
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I totally didn't get metering mode at all. The Unexpected Everyday said to check your camera's manual to see how to change/set it, and I couldn't find mine. I'll have to read up on that more another time. I went ahead and took some pictures of my kids playing outside. This one was one of my favorites!
SS 1/60 | f/5.6 | ISO 200
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Tip 07: Focus on the Eyes
Prompt: Capture your child laughing.
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Paige wasn't feeling great, so she certainly wasn't in the mood to laugh. But I wanted to take a picture of my brown eyed girl anyway.
SS 1/125 | f/13.0 | ISO 200
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Tip 08: Limb Chopping
Prompt: Play peek-a-boo to capture true excitement and joy.
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Paige in the spiderweb climb at Lawrenceville Lawn. I didn't follow the prompt at all, but made sure to not chop off the body at any weird point.
SS 1/30 | f/3.5 | ISO 200
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Tip 09: Custom White Balance
Prompt: Capture the quiet peaceful moments while your child sleeps.
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Once again I didn't follow the prompts. I also didn't quite get how to adjust my white balance as well as I hope to. My missing manual would help me figure it out, but I need to find it first. I did take it off auto, and changed it to the different settings I was in. This and metering mode are two I'm going to wait to read more about later (after this challenge is over).
SS 1/30 | f/5.6 | ISO 400
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Tip 10: Reading a histogram
Prompt: Photograph your kids hands at work.
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Cheyenne at Babyland General Hospital in Cleveland. I picked this picture as my one for October 10th because of the histogram. I didn't know how to show it on here without taking a picture of it on my computer and I didn't feel like doing that. But it was in the good range described in The Unexpected Everyday, and I liked the way it looked. :-)
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