The Boy in the Adarondack Chair {Project Mom}

I know I posted earlier this week for project mom, but I just haaaaaad to share this one from this afternoon. Little guy was a bit fussy indoors so we went outside, sang songs, and made funny faces...I'll while mommy had her camera out of course!

Shot with my handy 1.4 50mm at max shutter speed, f2.0 ISO 200... Happy Memorial Day everyone!

Project Mom {week ??} Baby Meets Grass

So... Its has been a little while since my last project mom. I have been soooo busy editing weddings and newborn shoots for clients! As you can see I've put a question mark in the title of this post where the week number would normally go... hahahahaha...

So here we are, at the end of May having some BEAUtiful weather. I decided that I needed to take my little guy outside finally and see what he thinks of the grass! He didn't love it of course, but stayed calm enough for me to snap a few shots before he raised his hands in request for me to remove him from the prickly green stuff.

What have I learned from this quick set up? Lighting lighting lighting! This is something I have really been working on since we've been doing so many outside shots for recent weddings... my photographer partner has been such a master at positioning people just in the right spots to avoid shadows and direct sun. This is what I tried to do with my little guy in the shots below. These were snapped in a very bright yard, so we looked for the shadiest area and positioned him away from the direct sun. I still got some shadows, but I'm overall not too disappointed with the results given the location and fussy baby. :)

Gosh he is getting so big... isn't he just so darn cute?? I love the last shot... its as if he is looking on in disgust at the grass that is disturbing him! Ha!!

Project Mom {week8} "The Little Guy with the Mohawk..."

On grandma's last visit, she made the coooolest shirt for the little guy! When I put him in it last week, he looked like a rockstar! I decided that he needed a mohawk to accompany it... so we busted out Dad's hair gel! Not easy to get baby hair to stck...

What did I learn? As much as I love my wide angle zoom lens, it just doesn't compare to my 50mm prime. It can do lots of cool things, but always ends up taking softer shots... for portraits, the crispness of the 50 gives you that extra edge. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to reshoot with my 50 and these were taken with my wide angle. Still a SUPER cute shot... because, well, the subject is stinkin ADORABLE!

So here is the little guy... thanks for the great shirt grandma!!