October 14: Day 280

Can you tell what's wrong with this photo? Look closely. Notice that Grace is sitting in a blue car seat. Yeah, I totally put my kids in the wrong car seat and didn't even realize it until Grace pointed it out to me. After I buckled them both in. I decided it wasn't worth the hassle of moving everyone around and so they ate our McDonalds dinner (treat for an awesome dentist visit!) in the wrong car seats on the way to the craft store.

Please tell me I'm not the only one who's ever done this. I swear this is the first time!

Photo Stats:
Exposure: 1/250 sec
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 62 mm
ISO: 800
Flash: Off

October 13: Day 279

I took photos of a friend's little boy at a local vineyard on a gorgeous fall evening. I took the opportunity to play with some sunflare! For more photos from this session check out my photography site.

Photo Stats:
Exposure: 1/250 sec
Aperture: f/18.0
Focal Length: 37 mm
ISO: 800
Flash: Off

October 12: Day 278

I am absolutely thrilled to be able to take photos of Grace with both her eyes open. It seems like such a little thing but for us it's huge! Her right eye is still slightly pink which I guess is due to the enlarged veins in her eyelid as it heals. Apparently it takes awhile to completely heal. I love this photo I took of her. We were just sitting on the kitchen floor petting the cats and she told me some stories. With Grace I get better photos when I have her tell me a story rather then have her smile. I prefer natural photos of my kids where I actually recognize their facial expressions!

Photo Stats:
Exposure: 1/320 sec
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 63 mm
ISO: 640
Flash: Off

October 11: Day 277

Grace putting together a puzzle on the kitchen floor.

Photo Stats:
Exposure: 1/250 sec
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 75 mm
ISO: 16000
Flash: Off

October 10: Day 276

This is a photo from Ethan's third birthday party Sunday afternoon. We invited a few kids over for a casual party which included a Spiderman pinata. Ethan was super curious as to how it worked and as always it proved to be a popular activity. Candy always is.

Photo Stats:
Exposure: 1/320 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO: 32000
Flash: Off

October 9: Day 275

Recently I have become much better at admitting my weaknesses and focusing on my strengths. Cake decorating is not a skill I possess, however I am quite good at mixing up a store bought cake mix. I made up for the store bought cake mix and made homemade frosting (which I am still using up...one cake and 26 sugar cookies later...). Remembering the great Pink Birthday Cake Disaster of 2008 my multi-talented husband volunteered his cake decorating services to decorate Ethan's basketball cake. I baked the cake in a glass bowl which worked surprisingly well.

I'm glad my husband is man enough to decorate his son's birthday cake. I think this photo is incredibly hot!

Photo Stats:
Exposure: 1/250 sec
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO: 16000
Flash: Off

October 8: Day 274

I had three mini sessions scheduled for Saturday and had to cancel due to lousy rainy weather. I was able to do one last minute this afternoon so now I only have to reschedule two! You may recognize a few of these little girls, they've been my subjects a few times now. Who can resist those smiles?

I did wind up using a little fill flash for this one to keep my ISO as low as I could. I don't like having to use flash and prefer natural light but use it when I need to.

Photo Stats:
Exposure: 1/250 sec
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO: 640
Flash: On