When asked what we had hoped for during those first few months of pregnancy, gender wise, of course we delivered the customary, good parent response…”a healthy baby!”.
But if we had been brutally honest, I would have totally whispered…I’d love a girl!
And I scored with our sweet Bean.
My hubby was just thrilled with his healthy baby girl – and he adores her to pieces – but he might have confided if you had pressed… “I’d love a boy! Eventually”.
2 years later he scored in the form of our precious Bug.
My man simply adores his little boy with every ounce of his being, and has grown to treasure the time he spends working on cars, the tractor, riding the lawn-mower and building all sorts of odds and ends alongside his pint-sized side-kick.
If daddy is outside…Bug is right there next to him, hammering away.
So when I left the two of them alone together to run some errands with my mom on Tuesday, I wasn’t at all surprised by his ability to capture his delight in his boy through our camera lens (he’s good, eh?)…
Isn’t this little lad just too edible for words?!?
As a side note, it was during my hubby’s crime scene investigation course last summer that he first brought home a Canon Rebel to practice with…we fell in love, and promptly started shopping around for one.
So I have him to thank for the magic in my photos…it’s so much about the camera, and learning how to get the most out of it. Because really…anyone can take spectacular photos!
I happened to leave the ISO really high on the camera last time I snapped some photies indoors {just wait until you see the scrumptious acorn squash goodness I was photographing}, so the shots above came out rather over-exposed, or washed out (which is why I turned them black and white to capture the essence of the images, without having to tackle the lack of vibrancy and color from the ISO being too high outdoors).
Haven’t a clue what I just said? ISO, what, what?
Hold on to your horses, ladies, you’re about to learn a whole hang of a lot about photography!
I’ve been asked a couple of times to do a photography tutorial, and seeing I’m still finding my feet in this arena too and feel totally inadequate to share my 3 mini pearls of insight, I decided to share the wealth of information I’ve gleaned from some of my favorite blogs.
Everything I know and apply to my photography, I learned right here, folks!
Several friends have recently purchased the beloved Rebel – so I thought it would be a good time to share…enjoy!
- A Quick Guide to Using Your DSLR Camera
- Using Your ISO Setting
- Aperture: How to Get Blurry backgrounds
- What the Heck is Aperture Part1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4
- Composition/Focus Point
- Photography cheat sheet
- What Settings Should I Use? Part 1 and Part 2
- Finding The Right Light
- Basic Macro (Close-Up) Tips
- And then a motherload of photography tips are right here: 31 Days to a better photo
Oh, you’re so welcome.
Please, try and contain your excitement. You’re too kind.
Have fun, friends!!
