Day 100: Fingerpaint

Day 100!  I feel like I have been so focused on this Lightroom class that I have been forgetting about composition and aperture and being more creative in camera, so today I tried to intentionally take a more interesting photo by using aerial perspective while the girls were finger painting.  Plus, the light coming through the window was really pretty.  But I used a pretty tight aperture and didn't quite get the focus where I wanted (her eyelashes are a bit blurry), so it's not exactly what I was trying for but I still like it.

50mm, ISO 2000, f/2.8, ss 1/80

We also went on a walk which gave me a chance to continue practicing back button focusing as my subject moves towards me.  I think I have decided I like back button focusing but that I still am learning how to work with it and still struggling with sharpness on my images.

102mm, ISO 1250, f/6.3, ss 1/800

Day 99: Library

It has been a while since we have done a trip to the library.  Clara even mentioned it when we drove past on the way to gymnastics in the morning.  So after preschool was over we went back.  I like the symmetry and leading lines of this photo almost as much as I like the pose Clara struck when I told her to stop running around like crazy climbing on the structures in front of the building and come do a library pose for me.

24mm, ISO 1600, f/14, ss 1/125

24mm, ISO 3200, f/6.3, ss 1/100

Day 98: Costco Cart

Two rainy days in a row!  It dumped most of the morning and then cleared out again in the afternoon.  We love Costco!

24mm, ISO 1600, f/14, ss 1/40

Day 97: Stormy skies

It rained for what felt like the first time in ages and ages.  But the rain stopped so we went for a walk at Sycamore Grove in the afternoon to enjoy the chilly, fresh air and beautiful, dramatic skies.

24mm, ISO 1600, f/4.0, ss 1/2500

Day 96: Sticker Ball

I can't stand the sticker balls that fall from our neighbors trees and make a mess, but the girls love finding them and picking them up.

50mm, ISO 400, f/3.2, 1/4000

Day 94: Lunch Date with Dad

The girls and I ended up stuck in San Francisco for hours dealing with renewing my passport.  Since my 10:30 appointment turned into more like at 12:15 appointment after waiting in a DMV-type line and we missed preschool drop-off, we decided to meet up with Paul for lunch instead.  This isn't Paul's tower, but it IS the one right next to his, which you can barely see in the background.  A skating rink has been set-up for the holidays at Embarcadero Center and we were watching a man skate.  We need to go back and try it out ourselves.

24mm, ISO 2000, f/5.6, ss 1/1600

Day 93: Field Trip24

Clara's preschool class did a field trip to Sunol where they talked about the Ohlone Indians, looked at deer tracks, gathered nature items, and used binoculars that they made at school.  I love this image except for the darn parent whose head is hovering over Clara's little noggin.

24mm, ISO 640, f/6.3, ss 1/125

Day 92: Scowler Monkey

This is Rose scowling at about 20%.  That girl has such an evil eye when she wants to use it.  I was playing with side lighting and light and shadows today.

82mm, ISO 100, f/4.0, ss 1/400

Day 91: Zipline (again)

I was doing a sunflare/sillhouette project for the Mastering Light class.  Turns out I'm no good at either and need lots more practice.  But on a high note, Clara can jump onto the zipline all by herself now.

28mm, ISO 100, f/22, ss 1/50

Day 90: Talk Prep

Clara came home from church with a paper bracelet taped to her wrist reminding us that she is assigned to give the talk during primary next Sunday.  So we spent part of the afternoon working on her talk.  Aside from giving her basic prompts (the topic is "when I am serving others, I am serving God"), she pretty much came up with the talk on her own.  It's about a time when Rose got her and Clara helped her by getting a bandaid and neosporin and how Jesus helped others who were sick or hurt too.  I wrote it all out for her using illustrations interspersed among the words so she could "read" it.

50mm, ISO 1000, f/4.0, ss 1/125