260/365: Dinnertime

After dinner alfresco. Tonight was his first experience with a puree... lots of funny faces, but he kept opening up for more!

52/365: And Such is Life

Serious cold with a cough going on here. Hopefully he can kick it soon (and I don't get it!) as I'd really like a healthy house to bring a newborn home to!

41/365: I took the plunge.

I have been debating for months now whether or not it would be worth it to switch to BBF (back button focus). I don't know why I was so afraid. It's not like I couldn't have just changed the settings back if I didn't like it! So this morning, I switched to BBF and also changed my autofocus mode from AF-A to AF-C.
Oh. My. Goodness.
It's not that I have been having focus issues per-say, but when I'd do a shoot with a moving kiddo I'd nail focus in about 60-70% of the shots I took, even if I was pretty sure I'd selected the best focus point and locked focus. This afternoon, it was closer to 95%! What a difference this is going to make.
I also had a little fun with sun flare. The time of day (noon) wasn't the best for portrait work, but it was definitely easy to find the sun in the sky!

35/365: Going Places

"I" loves to play with this toy. It is a little case that is supposed to be a vet hospital and includes several small stuffed animals and all sorts of vet-type instruments (stethoscope, syringe, tweezers, thermometer, etc.) His favorite thing is the set of keys. Today he got the keys out and told me "see ya later!" I asked where he was going and he said "out to the car!" I said "ok, see ya" and he wandered off. 20 seconds later I heard the front screen door opening! I was pretty sure I had the front door locked (he can't open it if it is) but maybe I didn't. Thankfully he didn't make a run for it!

34/365: Me too

I left the iron out last night after finishing my sewing, in anticipation of doing some more project-finishing today. When "I" saw the iron he immediately was drawn to it, jabbering about how the cord plugs in, but wasn't plugged in right now, etc. We had a talk about how he wasn't to touch it and went on with our morning.
After breakfast and a little bit of play time, this is what I found. He was going to iron too :) I didn't touch the way he oriented it on the ironing board. Apparently, being "detail-oriented" is genetic!
I used masking in editing today! A first. It wasn't as intimidating as I thought :)

8/365: Another Goal

I've come up with another goal for 2010... to feel comfortable with black and white conversions. I used to convert about half of my pictures to B&W without a care in the world.... then I learned that there are actually points that make a photo "correctly" converted. Enter my deep seated perfectionism and I am now firmly a color photographer! But, I love B&W's, so I am going to take the time to research and figure this out.
"I" would have rather been doing anything besides having his picture taken today. Here, he is "looking at the light" (I was using my speedlight to bounce flash) which netted me a total of about 4 shots before he resumed his incessant wiggling. When is it that kids get to the pose-able stage again???