E girls

I've been having so much fun lately with all the child sessions. These sisters were super sweet. The younger sibling always wanted to copy the older sister. Super sweet girls!

C family

We met this wonderful family almost 3 years ago at the beginning of medical school. Last year all of the students moved to various locations across the U.S. for the clinical rotation portion of medical school. It was sad. We knew that most of us would not see each other until graduation. But. . . lucky for me, this family lives just a couple hours away! Hurray! They wanted some pics and I was happy to oblige since it would mean we would get to see them.

Mel is the neatest girl. If she sees something she wants to make, she'll just go for it. We were running partners for a bit (before I got pregnant with Ginny) and it just worked. We went about the same speed and were both willing to get up at the crack of dawn to go. Too bad we live far away now!

Now for some technical words. The lighting for this session was very difficult. I wanted to use all the colors in the area, but shade was very limited. Despite this, we made it work. A lot of these pictures were shot in direct sunlight, but I like it, the sun makes me happy.

Enjoy

W kids

This session was so fun! The location had so much variety that I had a party with it. The kids are about the cutest around. Wish I had that curly hair. Enjoy!

Panasonic Lumix

About a month ago we bought another camera. I love, love, my DSLR, but sometimes it was difficult to cart around everywhere. Imagine a diaper bag, snack bag, purse, and then a big camera bag. So sometimes I just wanted to have a compact point and shoot to take with me if I happen to want to get a snap shot of something. Most of my pics are still with my DSLR, but I admit. The lumix has been nice. I especially love the wide angle lens. We went with the Lumix because, well, the price mainly. I'm a canon girl, but it just didn't have what I wanted at the price. Plus, we really wanted HD video. I'm liking it.

Here are some pictures for Project 365 taken with my point and shoot. Can't you tell that I'm having some fun with the 25 mm lens? All these pics I turned the flash off. I hate using flash and because of that, they are a little noisy, but I'll take a little noise if it means my color is more natural.

What's in your Fridge? 1/15s f/3.3 ISO 400
The living room- half way clean 1/20 f/3.3 ISO 1600 (see what I mean about the noise)
An early sunny day 1/640s f/3.3 ISO 125
Butterfly House 1/60s f/5.3 ISO 320

Project 365 Round 2

So, my life is crazy. I am a mom that stays at home with two very high maintenance children, and my husband is about the busiest person you could find that does not bring home a paycheck (a med student). Given this, it should be expected that my "Project 365" will not be perfect. There are some days when I am in bed and I think, "where did the day go. I had absolutely no time to take a picture today." I know, I know, the point of project 365 is to make time. So what, it just might not happen. For me, as long as I'm attempting Project 365 that should be good enough. In other words- sorry that I'm behind.

Enough of my rationalization, onto the pictures.

Story Time: 1/30 @ f/2 ISO 800

A View from the Parking Lot: 1/500s f/10 ISO 400

Glamour Girl: 1/250s f/2 ISO 800

Project 365 Day 1-8 Life is normal

here goes nothing. my first run through on project 365 2010. There is nothing amazing about these images, other than I tried to take one picture a day- which has been a challenge. In fact, I took the weekend off (not intentionally, just totally forgot). Mostly, these images are just what I do in my life. It was fun trying to make ordinary things seem different. Still working on it.

Day 1: 1/60s @ f 1.8 ISO 800 The Monday Morning Mess
Day 2: 1/60s @ f 1.8 ISO 400 Trying out the RemoteDay 3: 1/80s @ f 1.8 ISO 400 Is it snowing?Day 4:1/100s @ f 1.8 ISO 400 Do Dishes ever end?Day 5: 1/50s @ f 1.8 ISO 400 The Best Chicken soup for DinnerDay 6: 1/15s @ f3.5 ISO 400 You did this while I was in the shower?Day 7: 1/60s @f 3.2 ISO 800 Hubby, when are you going to get of your car magazines?Day 8: 1/800s @ f2 ISO 200 A day at the Botanical Gardens
Well, I guess it looks like I like to shoot wide. Yes, I love big apertures. See my life is pretty normal.

V girls

Would you believe it if I told you I was really this blond when I was young? Too bad I'm not that way anymore. These girls are so cute.

This session was awesome. The location was rad-downtown! So many fun colorful doorways. Way cool.