Being Like Jenny

I guess I'm trying the Jenny way. I actually had fun and got some shots I love. This first one is just in bw with ISO at 1600. Nothing special done. And no editing. I just think it's cute.The rest of these shots are done in bw (obviously) with WB set at daylight, ISO 1600, SS 4000, and F 5.0. It took me quite a while of playing with settings to get what I like.

What a stud. He posed all by himself. I just told him to come sit on the step.

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This one had a lower F (somewhere in the 4's). I can't remember. But I like how pure and angelic she looks this washed out. Even if she wouldn't let me have her binkie.
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I like how the wind was blowing the hair out of her face in this next one. And the sassy look.

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I love this one of Melana's profile. I love the eyes. Jenny's right, this "style" sure makes the eyes pop.

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This one is my absolute favorite. I love how it is offset and not centered. I love the look on her face. I love the way here eyes show so much. And I LOVE the sweeping hair across her face.

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White Balance

Do you ever take those pictures where your white seems to come out orange?? Well tonight I was taking pictures inside and with the flash on everything looked white, but when I turned the flash off, everything went sepia! So I played with my white balance.

#1 AWB= Auto White Balance

#2 Custom= Custom White balance

I set my setting to custom white balance and then took a picture of the white wall. And walah!! My problem was fixed!!

I like to see differently!

Well I decided that I have a unique taste in what style I like when it comes to my photography. I again love love love how this picture turned out. Even the grainy parts of Sharece's face, the shadows and shading form an abstract shape more than a face. Bringing (to me) the focus back to Jason! I would love to take this photo, a pencil, paper and sketch it!

ISO

#1 ISO100

#2 ISO200

#3 ISO400

#4 ISO800

On the Dark Side

Playing in the dark.#2
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This is not my type of assignment, but it will be good to learn. I just need help, I think. I am a shoot and click and capture. I don't like to mess with all the stuff. Mostly because I don't understand all the stuff. I played with my white balance, ISO, shutter speed, aperture and didn't get anything I like. Here's what I got last night.

Not normal!

I took this picture with my new 50mm lense in AV mode with the aperture as low as it would go... f/1.8

I did crop it a little (top of her head and baby's ear) but it looked good the other way too! The Crazy thing or "not Normal" was that I decided to use ISO 1600. The sensitivity to light is thus 5 times as high @ ISO1600 than @ ISO100. So on a bright sunny day you get these kind of results! I LOVE IT!

Happy little Accident

I think this photo turned out so cool! No editing was done. I left my shutter open for 30 sec... Wow! Fun picture. ISO was 100... f/14

I thought that this week we could work on playing with our settings on our camera more. Post what we learn. I found that using a higher ISO number also makes your photo grainy...200 ISO is recomended for general digital photography inside and outside. I took a picture of the fire using 1600, 800, 400, 200, and 100 ISO. I will post those too.

Monday

Brian flew the family up to Preston to visit my mom on Monday! These clouds were amazing, these photo's were taken with our cell phone, mine on top and Brian's below! He has a nice phone. The clouds are called Cumulonimbus mammatus and these pictures do not do them justice!

Fall is Finally Here

Okay, so I know our fall colors post is gone and done, but fall is finally here so I have to share some of mine. :)

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Tuesday

I just had to share this glimpse at what its like to feed Makayla these days. She is so willing to help, but it doesn't make it easier!
The pic is a shot taken by Janis on my camera. Thanks Janis!

Monday

I stole my idea from Jens Sunday post. I actually made dinner for my sweet husband for like the 3rd time in 6 months. YIKES!!! That's a long time. My excuse is we haven't really had a place on our own. Well here is what I made, one of Erik's and my moms favorites. My Tortilla Chicken Casserole... all the green makes it spicy!
K I don't know why but this keeps posting sideways... weird, sorry.

Pine Nuts and Leaves

Sunday - We went pine nut hunting. Yummy!

Monday - Braydee discovers fallen leaves.

Sunday

Sunday Cinnamon Rolls!

Mon-Fri

Better late than never, right...


Monday: Makayla turned 4 months today. So we had a fun time taking her pictures over and over again, trying to get just a few good shots.

Tuesday: I go grocery shopping on Tuesdays. Usually have some kind of weak moment while I'm there. This was this weeks.

Wednesday: Trying to finish some scrapbooking so I can continue with digital only.

Thursday: Another weak moment. Had lunch with my grandma, mom, & sister. Grandma made cake, I don't even like chocolate cake but had some anyway.

Friday: I put bling strands in my friends hair. can you even see the sparkling strands in this horrible shot?

Family - Saturday

Today I took pictures of my Brother's Family! I had a lot of fun, learned a lot and hope to do it again! ANY TAKERS? I am FREE!

New Bear - Saturday

Melana got a new bear from the neighbor's yardsale. She's kind of attatched.

Catching up!

#1 I took this today, practicing for our silhouette's assignment ; )

#2 Charlee + Oreo =... this was yesterday! She was fine until I tried to get her to smile and I ducked behind our wall and jumped out and said boo. She played back, putting her hands to her face and then pulled them quickly away... but left this mess in her hair.

#3 This is the only picture I took on Wednesday! I don't really care for it, but "picture a day." It does show that she is my daughter, both of the Brian Rowser girls can turn their tongue upside down!

I do have a question! This is one of a few picture lately that the background is so black... How did I do that?

BTW I thought this would be an easy assignment for "ALL" participants, please please post something, yes I am talking to all of you!

Thursday, Friday

Thursday- My son LOVES powdered milk. When I give him Morning Moo he guzzles it right down, but if I give him the real stuff it takes him all day to drink it! Crazy kid!

Friday- We got to watch Jason's friend today. He's just 4 days younger than Jas, it was fun once Jason decided it was ok to share his toys.

New Table - Friday!

I got a new kitchen table today! Yippee! A friend of mine just moved and didn't want her table anymore and asked if I wanted it. I had to sell my saddle to come up with the money, but hey, it works. It is a big pub table like I've wanted for years! I haven't picked up the chairs yet, but the table is here and put back together. I sure hope Brad likes it. It makes my dining room look a lot smaller!

Book Club Thursday

I was the host for book club this month. Thursday is book club day. This is part of the snacks that I made for afterward. Turns out I made it wrong, but the girls still ate some.

Wednesday - YW

I know, not the most interesting shot, but I forgot my camera. Wednesday is mutual. We have been working on refinishing a house up here in Fruitland for a service project. We had to go back and paint the trim and then we are done. The color of the house is a really deep brown and then they chose bright green for the trim. It looks.....interesting. But hey, it's not my house.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...

Monday- Jason and I love walks. We found these beautiful flowers on our walk.
Tuesday-Jason loves to share. Here he is sharing his rotten tomatoe with his cousin, Holly.Wednesday-Bryce and I drove out to our new house today. Here it is!