Photo Shoot in a Truck

I used my dad's truck for a photo shoot for some of my family.  It was so much fun and the grandkids especially loved getting pictures done in their grandpa's truck.

Pregnancy Announcement Photos

Here are some pregnancy announcement photos that I took a couple of weeks ago.  It was so fun photographing my brother and sister-in-law for this special announcement!

Summertime Favorites

I love summertime!  Here are a couple of pictures I took with my Canon Rebel T5 yesterday.  I just got a new 50mm lens for it with a much wider aperture than I have ever shot with and I am loving practicing with it!

I have spent lots of time canning different jams and some peaches.  I just love the colors of them!

Some flowers from my garden:)

All Boy - I Heart Faces Photo Contest

I decided to submit a photo of my cute little man in the I Heart Faces Photo Contest this month.  Here's my picture of him:

We were having so much fun at the skate park.  He abandoned his bike for a few minutes to fly around like Superman and I had my camera ready for some pictures (of course).

Black and White Dress Up

Have you ever checked out http://iheartfaces.com?  It is an awesome photography blog that I follow.  Their  photo challenge this month is black and white so I decided to take some cute pictures of my daughter for the challenge.

 

I haven't done much with black and white photography, but I read that you want high contrast so I picked out the black skirt with a black and white polka dot shirt.  I let her wear my red high heels and jewelry also which made it lots of fun for her:)

 

The above picture makes me laugh out loud!  She is so goofy!

 

Here's a couple of the pictures in black and white.  I'm not a huge fan of black and white pictures, but I like how these turned out.

 

I think I prefer the color ones though:)

Spring is Finally Coming

It has been an especially long winter here in Indiana.  But, most of our snow has finally melted.  I went outside in our yard today to see if I could find some green grass coming up through the mud and dead leaves (no, we did not do a good job of raking last fall and there was a LOT of snow so now we have a lot of mud).

I was excited to find a few patches of green.

 

I used my +10 micro lens attached to my regular lens (I have a 14-42 lens. It's the only lens I own right now.)

 

I love how detailed my close up lenses can get. 

 

Close Ups

My husband got me some beautiful flowers for Valentine's day.  I was about to throw them away yesterday (they were definitely past their prime), but I decided to take some pictures of the better looking ones first. 

I tried out the new close up lenses that I have on them.  I used the +4 and the +10 lens on them.  I really like the way they turned out.

 

I took the pictures in front of a window with the morning sun coming through.  I set a piece of white copy paper on the table with another piece of white copy paper propped up as the backdrop (very fancy setup, I know).

 

 

 

I used Picasa to edit the images. I played around with the highlights and shadows settings to see what it would do to the photos.

 

I love how I can use the touchscreen on my camera to pick the area I want the camera to focus on and it blurs everything else in the background.  I just love photos with a slightly blurred background! 

 

I know this is pretty basic photography, but I am just learning it and I am loving it!!!