Month: March 2012

What are the little hands around you doing? 

I usually photograph the faces of my those dear to me.  My second choice would be hands.  

This week try it: photograph hands you love.

Share your work on the Familiar Light: Try It flickr group. 

Canon 7D: 50mm: ISO 200: 1/500 sec: f/2.5

Canon 7D: 50mm: ISO 200: 1/250 sec: f/3.2 + bounced flash

Canon 7D: 20mm: ISO6400: 1/30 sec: f/2.8It was time for her beloved stuffed duck to be washed.  She waited loyally by the washer until it was done.

I love watching her stretch when she wakes up from a nap.  So, when I heard her waking cries, I reached for the camera. I hoped for her short little baby arms stretching up over her head.  She didn’t do that, but I still couldn’t resist a few shots of her fresh from sleep.

Moments later, her big brother entered the room with his usual enthusiasm.

I just wrote about jumping, and this seemed like a good opportunity for some mid-air fun.  I liked the photo above, especially his arm, but I didn’t think the camera angle was low enough to show off the jump.

 Hmmmm.

I had to move the bed rail off the bed so I could get low enough to get this one.  When I posted this photo in black and while yesterday, I didn’t really know if it was the best choice.  But, since it was Friday, I just made a choice and posted it.  Above is the color version of yesterday’s photo.  

A few days ago, I posted a macro shot I took with a 100mm macro lens.  For these photos, I used a 20mm lens. 

(Those are my three lenses: 20mm, 50mm and 100mm.)

Canon 7D: 100mm macro: ISO 320: 1/320 sec: f/3.2We went to Phipps Conservatory today and these little darlings were everywhere.

Since I’ve been including my lens information with all my photos, I have noticed that it’s almost always the 50mm.  I decided to change lenses before leaving today.  This kind of photo is where the 100mm shines.

I didn’t do a lot of editing but I thought I’d include the image as it was straight out of the camera: