Bo & Amanda- Hillsdale, Michigan Engagement Session

"I look at you and see the rest of my life in front of my eyes."

— (Unknown)

 

Take it Like it's Film

I took part in a photography challenge this week that required me to choose a single ISO.  For my non-photography friends a simple definition of ISO is the level of sensitivity of your camera to available light. The lower the ISO number, the less sensitive it is to the light, while a higher ISO number increases the sensitivity of your camera. I chose ISO 200 which I knew be great for outdoor photos (great for bright light), but make my indoor shots a little more challenging. We also could only take 36 photos just like if we were using a film camera.

I didn't do too bad with the ISO, but I totally failed at only taking 36 photos.  I realized how quickly my finger fires that shutter.  I was taking multiple shots without even realizing it.  About 1/3 of the way through my "roll of 36" it dawned on me what I was doing.  I went through and deleted and gave myself another chance. HOWEVER... even when I thought I was paying closer attention to what I was doing, I still was taking too many photos.  I miraculously ended up with 53 photos on my roll of film.

What a great learning experience to SLOW it DOWN.  This taught me that I have an itchy trigger finger.  I need to be more intentional about what I am shooting and take that extra second to get it right the first time.

Following are my favorite 12 photos out of my "roll".

The In Between

The tween years can be good, crazy, emotional, hard, and Oh so very precious. Way too often these are the years that aren't documented.  Our children are out of the cute baby, toddler, preschool, young elementary school stage and some how in the whirl wind of this thing called life, we forget to capture who are tweens are and who they are becoming.

It is so important to take the time to photograph these days of in between.  We don't really want to forget who our children were and the story of each stage of their lives.

I take photos of my daughter daily so that I can remember who she was at 11.  Sometimes they are just everyday photos of her riding her bike or playing with her dolls.  Other days it is a more like the photos below.

I love this set of photos, because she was pretty disgusted.  Her dress was too short and it was frustrating her immensely.  She was immediately launched into a MOOD. And that is so common these days. These are days of frustration and extreme emotions, but I don't want to forget them.  I want to remember that we made it through, we persevered and we learned.

100 Days of Summer- JUNE favorites

“It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace

June went by is a swirl of color and sunshine.  These fleeting summer days always make me stop and pause.  They move so quickly in their sweet, showy display.  Gladly will I take hundreds of photos of this time just so I have ingrained in my memory their beauty.

100 days of Summer is a personal project that I am doing to document the summer of 2017.  Each day for 100 days I am taking a photo.  Already June is finished and July is in full swing.  The photos below feature some of my favorites from the month of June. This blog post is part of a blog circle that features other photographers who are also doing a 100 days of Summer project make sure to click through the circle to see all the beauty of June captured in the lens of other photographers in this group.

Head on over to fantastically talented Cynthia's blog to see more photos that capture the essence of summer!