Saturday, February 13, 2010

Snow Day

I know that snow is not a big deal for many parts of the country, but here in South Carolina it's huge. We got a couple inches of real snow (not just ice like we got a few weeks ago) and it was great. Here are a few shots from today:

  • Shutter Speed: 1/1600
  • Aperture: f4
  • ISO: 200
  • White Balance: Auto
  • Focal Length: 55mm
  • Exposure Comp: +.7


  • Shutter Speed: 1/1250
  • Aperture: f4.2
  • ISO: 200
  • White Balance: Auto
  • Focal Length: 68mm
  • Exposure Comp: +.7


  • Shutter Speed: 1/1250
  • Aperture: f4
  • ISO: 200
  • White Balance: Auto
  • Focal Length: 55mm
  • Exposure Comp: +.7

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Capturing the Non-Event


Most of us think about taking pictures at birthday parties and holidays. And whenever something "super-cute" is happening, we are sure to race for the camera, hoping to get it in time. But what about everything else in between? I've noticed that some of my favorite pictures are of everyday things, not necessarily special occasions. Our pictures of "the ordinary" remind me of what was really happening and what life was actually like. So here's a challenge for all of you:

Come up with a list of 10 (or more) normal things that your kids do right now. Then, over the next week, try to get good pictures of those things. If you do this consistently you'll end up with a "photo journal" documenting your family's life. Here are a few regular days of ours from the past few weeks:



Monday, February 1, 2010

Beautiful Baby

Anybody heard of the beautiful baby competition on Live with Regis and Kelley? Well we tried to enter it, but couldn't. Probably because the last two days to enter (which were when we were trying) thousands of other procrastinators were clogging their server. Anyway, here are the images we would have entered (at least we can show them off here):