squint

This is from 2 weeks ago on the last day of school. I had tried to get them to pose in front of the tree but those didn't turn out so well. We all do better with candids.



1/800 @ f 3.5 ~ ISO 100 ~ 23 mm

[all boy] ryan

He is all boy. Thank goodness the Disney Princess phase of 2003 is well in the past.



1/500 @ f 3.5 ~ ISO 100 ~ 14 mm

[all boy] dirty, smelly shoes

Ryan has inherited his father's smelly feet. It started a few years ago. I am sure the plastic birkenstocks don't help. I have learned to only buy the black soled shoes or they look even worse.



1/4 @ f 4.5 ~ ISO 800 ~ 33 mm

[all boy] george

I have a love/hate relationship with the boys and how they take care of them. I hate finding them everywhere and then they get broken when someone like me steps on them. But I love finding them in the oddest places like George here. At least there was no fear of me stubbing my toe on him. Then again, I always wear shoes.



1/25 @ f 4.5 ~ - 1.3 exposure compensation ~ spot metering ~ ISO 800 ~ 54 mm

[all boy] digger

This may look all boy but Ryan did not like the feel of sand in his sandals or on his feet.



1/320 @ f 4.0 ~ -7/10 exposure compensation ~ ISO 100 ~ 31 mm

[all boy] tools of the trade

1/15 @ f 4.5 ~ ISO 800 ~ 38 mm

[mosaic monday] boys of summer

OK, so it's not technically summer yet. It is Summer Break.
This is my first Mosaic Monday. It took me a bit of time to get it right (still not there yet.) It was my first time making a template. I think I have it figured out so I will make more in the future. I am using scrapbook photoblock templates as my inspiration.



For more Mosaic Monday, go to Little Red House

[all boy] letting the cat out of the bag

1/25 @ f 4.5 ~ ISO 800 ~ 54 mm

[backlighting] looking up!

I am glad for this week to be over. I tried to take some photos this afternoon and blinded myself in the process. And the photos were crap. So I went back to the pool & Andy.



1/30 @ f 4.5 ~ center weighted metering ~ ISO 100 ~ 14 mm

[backlighting] big guy

1/180 @ f 4.0 ~ fill flash ~ center weighted metering ~ ISO 100 ~ 33 mm

[backlighting] woodlings

You know those family photos where the kids are in the foreground and the parents are in the background, maybe slightly blurred. Well, that was my intent. But I was working with a small table so I couldn't get the blur in the right place. And Birch & Cherry were not in the best of moods. Why they didn't reschedule I have no idea.



1/8 @ f 8.0 ~ spot metering ~ fill flash ~ ISO 100 ~ 54 mm

[backlighting] boy in green shirt

1/320 @ f 3.5 ~ spot metering ~ ISO 100 ~ 54 mm

Yeah, I know he has a palm tree growing out of the back of his head. But it's the only way to make him stand still.

[sunflare] breakfast crape

1/1250 @ f 3.3 ~ ISO 100 ~ 38 mm

[backlighting] blooms

1/40 @ f 8.0 ~ ISO 400 ~ 50 mm ~ spot metering (new for me, I was playing!)

[sunflare] peekaboo!

1/800 @ f 22 ~ ISO 400 (ugh I forgot to change my settings) ~ 14 mm

[opposites attract] blooms

1/2 @ f 16 ~ ISO 100 ~ 50 mm

[opposites attract] flurries

1/3 @ f 8.0 ~ ISO 100 ~ 50 mm

[opposites attract] undulated

2.5 @ f 16 ~ ISO 100 ~ 50 mm

[opposites attract] petal-gram

1/6 @ f 4.0 ~ ISO 100 ~ 50 mm

[opposites attract] fallen arch

1/3 @ f 8.0 ~ ISO 100 ~ 50 mm