Day 51: Feet Focus

I absolutely love Jack's little feet! He was not interested in letting get pictures of them, though. There was a better composition that I shot, but I chopped off his big toe. So, I will have to try again. This shot still captured his sweet little toes.

Day 50: Or What Should be Day 50!

Wow! I have been MIA for a while.  I only missed a couple of days actually taking pictures, but as you can see, have not posted in a week.  I will do my best to keep it up better.  Cross my heart...

 Speaking of heart, Chad sent some beautiful flowers for Valentine's Day.  Jackson thought they were more fun to play with than to smell, but I did get one adorable photo of him.  It ended up making a great Valentine's Day card for his Dad!

Day 41

I spent more time with back button focus, and I'm loving it!  It is sooo much easier.

Day 40: BBF

Today was a trial with Back Button Focusing. It is explained a bit here... Canon BBF.  Though I am still getting used to it, I have found it has increased the number of keepers when I shoot.  While Jackson was eating today I took four pics of him. Usually, I'm lucky if just one of them has good focus on his eyes. However, in using the BBF I had 3 good focus pics.  So, I went from something like keeping 25% to being able to keep 75%.  Huge difference! If you haven't made the switch and are struggling with getting great focus, take some time to try it out. Here's one from today, and a 100% crop of his eye.

 

 

Okay, so it's not the sharpest focus, but it is good for me. Hopefully, it will only get better from here.

Day 39: The Very Hungry Caterpillar

50mm f/2.5  SS 1/80  ISO 200

Day 38: Last of the 9 Month Shots

This was my last attempt at getting some good 9 month shots of Jackson.  He is just so hard to get to sit still, look at me, and smile all at the same time. This is honestly the best that I got. I tried my hand a bit at editing again, though it didn't look too bad SOOC. 

50mm f/2.8  SS 1/160  ISO 200

Day 37: I've seen the color of the Light!

I don't know about any of the other ladies doing the 365, but I have started to actually see the color of light. I guess you never really notice how the incandescent lights actually give everything a yellow cast, not just in camera. I used custom white balance on the following photo, but it looked way blue and cool to me.  Though technically it's correct, because the tub is white, just the color of the light made me feel like it should be more yellow. Anyway, I did some photo editing (only in iphoto so it is far from good) and tried to make it look more natural and pleasing to the eye. I may not have been super successful, but it looks better in my opinion.

 

Day 36

There is nothing photographically special about this picture... it's just special! Jackson thought he was hilarious playing in the dog's cage. He proceeded to cry when he couldn't figure out how to turn around and get out.

Day 35

 The one thing that Jackson has of mine is my blue eyes. However, you would never know it by this picture. They look the same shade of gray as his shirt. Maybe that's it. They just always match his outfit. :)

Day 34

 We have been sleep training.  The bags under Jack's eyes seem to be super prominent here.  Luckily, on night four, he slept through the night... for the first time ever!

Day 33

Again, I'm falling behind. I took pictures on day 33, but they were of a neighbors son and I don't think it's appropriate to post those when I don't have his parents permission. So, I'm going to post a picture I took the next day.

Day 32 = Awesome!

I spent today taking pictures for two different challenges.  One was The Joy of Love by Willette Designs. It's actually a free class for the whole month of February.  Everyday you get e-mailed a new challenge, and short little lesson. You take pictures of loved ones, whether they be family, friends, or pets and follow the challenge.  Today's challenge was "How They Look", and I missed yesterdays which was "What They Do".  So, today I combined both.  I went with a simple facial expression as my growing boy crawls towards me.  The focus looks like it fell on his mouth... but that's how it is with a mobile baby. 

 

The second challenge I did today was for a spot in a class I'm dying to take.  The challenge was either a funny or interesting self portrait.  This photo is not one I entered, but I am proud of it.  It is harder than it looks to take a picture of yourself and get good focus.  It is far from perfect, but out of the 100+ self portraits I took today, this one was best!

Day 32

I started out the month of February snapping away.  This is a cute picture of Lizzy resting after playing with Jackson. She's resting her head on the rubber bone they were playing with and it looks like she is smiling.

50mm f/2 ss 1/125 ISO 400