I've challenged myself...

Day 6 of my 365

2010-02-15T01:33:00.003-05:00

Ahh, Valentine's Day. I was given a great gift, atleast from a photographer/mother/wife's view! My dear husband is in the US Navy. He works very hard and well, when he gets home the last thing he wants to do is put that uniform back on...but tonight he did!

I love him.

Hopefully you can appreciate the beauty here, too =)

Day 5 of my 365

2010-02-15T01:32:00.000-05:00

Coming soon =)

Day 4 of my 365

2010-02-12T02:05:00.003-05:00

The lack of sleep is really starting to catch up with me, yet here I am again at 2:05 am and wide awake. When will this end??

Today's photo is of my beautiful daughter. My attempt at a wonderful chocolate toned photo. I love it and I hope you enjoy it as well =)

Exposure:       0.025 sec (1/40)      
       Aperture:       f/4.8      
       Focal Length:       48 mm      
       ISO Speed:       125

Day 3 of my 365

2010-02-11T01:46:00.005-05:00

Today I spent time doing my other love, sewing. I've recently started learning to quilt and well, that's what you get a picture of today. It's not anything special, but it is a photo of something I love to do =)

And a little extra goodness. My little kiddo fell asleep at lunch time =)

Something more productive tomorrow, I promise =)
P.S. the frame is messed up, I know. I'll fix it tomorrow, bedtime now!

A little more eye candy

2010-02-10T01:37:00.002-05:00

I thought I'd share a few more =)

Day 2 of my 365

2010-02-09T21:00:00.002-05:00

Day 2 of my 365 has proved to be a bit more difficult than day 1.

On day one, my subject, although a bit grumpy, did not move much.

Tis much more different today. I was attempting to get a nice little shot of my 3 kiddos (ages 4, 2 and 6 weeks) and well...I'm not ready for that!

So, today my photo is my oldest child, Anton. He's a firecracker, but in a different way than most. He's very hard to get eye contact with, but when you do you're in for a treat. Enjoy =)

Settings were:

Exposure:	0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture:	f/11.0
Focal Length:	70 mm
ISO Speed:	100

Another part of my job...

2010-02-09T12:38:00.002-05:00

Is designing cards/layouts. I love doing this probably just as much as taking the photos. Here's a fun 5 x 7 layout I made today using brushes from Pix els & Ice Cream I'm not completely happy with the color scheme, but I think it's a good start!

Day 1 of my 365

2010-02-09T02:23:00.003-05:00

A great way to push yourself to learn something is to use those skills everyday for a year and see where you started and where you end up. Thus a 365.

So, here begins my 365 days of photos.

My dearest daughter's tiny toes. When I can't get a happy face without a paci in her mouth, I will settle for the sweetest feet!

Settings were:

Exposure:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture:	f/7.1
Focal Length:	135 mm
ISO Speed:	125

Join me on my journey

2010-02-07T14:29:00.000-05:00

I've developed a love for photography and it's now time to take that love and expand further. I'm going to learn the ins and outs and if you care to, you are welcome to join me as I grow as a photographer and artist.

After having my first child and realizing just how much you invest into having photos taken and only partly loving them I decided once my second child was born that I would learn to do my own photos of them. This has went pretty well so far, although it's become quite expensive. Way to expensive for me to only barely be scrapping the top of the art I'm investing in. Sure, I was able to grab a few snapshots of my kids that didn't look completely amateur, but was that really worth the investment my husband was footing the bill for?

I have the camera a pro would use, I have the lights a pro would use, I have the equipment all around that a pro would use...so why am I NOT becoming a pro?!

Laziness. Pure and simple. I have, however, realized this. I'm challenging myself to learn all that I can and use it to not only make amazing photographs to track the lives of my children, but also to make an income at some point. I love being home with my children and my husband's career at this point allows for that, but I feel like that is a huge burden for him to carry alone.

Follow along if you'd like, or just stop in and see how I'm doing time to time. I hope I can inspire you to pick up that hobby you've wasted time and money on and take it the next step further!

~<3 Emily

Exposure:	0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture:	f/4.8
Focal Length:	48 mm
ISO Speed:	125