the good the bad and the ugly

well to start i didnt get to put nearly enough time into shooting this week - i would love love love to spend my entire week shooting and learning but unfortunately it's not my day job - and wont be for awhile :( so i have to fit it in where i can and this week that was very hard to do. i did spend the majority of my time that i did however absorbing the lesson and coming up with poses and shot lists - i just love to look at images i have found - i really wanted to push myself to take pictures of people outside my family but due to not having any time to actually shoot and horrible horrible weather i decided to try to pose my husband and daughter - i found lots of cute photos to try but what i really wanted was a silhouette shot - i had never tried one...

so here are my 3 - i had BIG plans for some shots of him holding her in the sky etc. but alas some neighbors showed up and my husband was to embarrassed to continue to pose the way i wanted. however, i was excited to realize that i had tons of ideas and poses in my head and that's not what i orginally thought would happen. i'm not a creative person so these shot lists are like the best thing that has ever happened to me. now i just need to get my skill to match my ideas!

my problems this week - it was extremely bright by the water - i was metering off of the water and trying to get my subjects dark but my meter was going all wonky - and vice versa - when i would meter on the face it would look like my meter was right in the middle or slightly over exposed because i like a bit brighter of an image but was coming out darker than normal - and it was hard to see if my exposure was good on my screen because of the bright light - any suggestions? also, my husband was squinting and i tried moving so they were back lit but he still was squinting- or maybe it was a scowl?

but here is the good news i think - i ordered my prime lens finally, the 50mm f 1.4 - so excited - however it's backordered until the 10th so i'll have to wait a bit longer...

and a friend of mine with a 3 month old baby girl has been begging me to take pictures of her - so as scared as i am (as i am nowhere near the level i feel i need to be to take pictures for someone else) i will get outside of my comfort zone and try it - so i'm making progress....maybe??