BUBBLES

Yesterday morning we had lotsa fun blowing bubbles in the backyard which was entertaining but also proved quite difficult to shoot. I had planned to try some closely cropped shots with large bubbles in the foreground & the kids faces in the background. Note to self: bubbles, like children, are unpredictable! They move too fast to focus on and constantly refocusing often led to both bubbles and kids being out of focus. Plus the lens kept getting covered in bubble goo!


Also I find the trees and fence other stuff are quite distracting in backyard shoots but as time constraints meant we had to stay home I used a short focal length of f4, to blur the background as much as possible. Of the 80 plus shots I took I only really like a few.

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Wishing you all a wonderfully relaxing weekend. x

Love those bright rainbow colours

The bigger the bubbles the bigger the eyes

Little B looks like he's blowing bubbles out his nose. Wouldn't be the first time!

Our Easter Weekend

Kids can be so funny. Sometimes they say and do things that make you question what bloody gooseberry bush they were hatched under!! Big C was standing on the kitchen benchtops (as she does) looking through the cupboards for something to eat and pulled out a packet of sultanas and was staring at it quite preplexed. "I don't get it", she says, "its a packet of sultanas, so why are there pictures of grapes on it?"

Easter Monday we all went to Crystal Castle and the kids had a ball running around the playground, going on a rainforest walk, getting their faces painted and navigating the labyrinth.

Took lots of images in both B & W and colour and the painted faces certainly added visual interest.

Preparing to leap.

In this shot I had the camera set on shutter priority as I wanted Little B's face in sharp focus whilst still showing a bit of movement. The camera kept automatically exposing for the sky so I added some fill flash to correctly expose the kids faces, erasing the shadows. Exposure taken at F9 @ 1/125sec, 35mm, 200ISO.

Big C leads Little B through the dark bamboo path

I like the way Little B is looking a bit nervous, it adds tension and drama. I darkened this up a bit and bumped up the contrast in photoshop for extra oomph. This image would not have been nearly as moody if taken in colour.