This week i've been experimenting with taking shots of the kids while they are asleep with very mixed results. This first image had an exposure of 4 seconds as I left the light on outside their room. The light has cast a strong shadow on the wall which looks unnatural, and the colour cast by the light looks cold and bluish.
This image was taken in the dark on a long exposure. Little B started moving around as you can see by the ghosty look of his face and legs. I quite like the effect but the exposure still wasn't long enough to render a correctly exposed, sharp image even though it was exposed for 74 seconds. I used f22 to try for a sharp shot however long exposures on the bulb setting incur a lot of noise and this one is quite grainy when viewed larger. Another unsucessful attempt although the colour is much warmer and nicer.
Perhaps the nicest image is pre sleep as the kids are having a goodnight kiss. No long exposures to contend with but the angle of the bunk bed base is a bit of a worry. 1/60th sec, f 3.5, 640 iso.
