Evening...

...Catching up

Jump!...

Even if I don't actually enter them, I am still trying to do weekly photography assignments as proposed by online Digital Photography School ...It is inspiring to have a new topic to work on weekly and fun to see the many, many different submissions...from great to so-so. Sometimes the assignments are technical but this week the assignment is "Jump"....So over the weekend my daughter and her family obliged by taking a few jumps for me...

...Even Mr. O. jumped in!..

For half of the shots I had my camera on the wrong setting...and the bright overhead sun made it challenging for me to get the correct exposure... but I did learn more while doing this and everyone had fun...and that is the whole idea!

Natural Light Portraits...

Although I'm not taking a photography class right now I am trying to do an online assignment each week...just to make myself take pictures I generally wouldn't take...This week's assignment is on natural lighting and I have my usual models...Here I like how the light is coming through the window while he waits for his piece of birthday cake...

...and I like how the sun is shining on her face...

...He isn't always serious!