Yesterday, I was visiting a blog of one of my favorite photographers. Her name is Carey and she runs San Diego Barefoot Memories. http://barefoot-memories.com/news/
(If I had any idea how to do that cool thing where one word in a different color is actually a link to another blog, I’d do it. Since I’m new to blogging, I don’t so we’ll have to do it the old fashioned way.)
Anyway, she mentioned that her pal Me Ra Koh had just put out a DVD series starting yesterday called Documenting A Child’s Life. The DVD’s are 10% off if you preorder during March and yesterday you got free shipping too. Well, knowing how AWESOME Carey’s work is, I figured if she gave a plug like that I’d have to order it. I immediately did just that. After I paid my bill for what I’d ordered, I decided to tool around Me Ra Koh’s blog site.
She has a section called Photography Tips for Moms that I’ve been having fun touring. SO much better and more interesting than the NYIP thing… but I digress. She has a segment about her husband and son having matching shoes and how she wanted to capture that detail for her memory. It’s her 31 January post called "Vans Tell the Story Too!" I’ve been photographing my children’s new shoes for sometime now. I find that I have a hard time parting with them once they’ve been used up and outgrown. What was a girl to do? Have an attic full of worn out shoes from three children? Nope. So, I decided that I would take pictures of them while they were new so I could get rid of them easier when they were outgrown. What can I say? I’m a sentimental mommy. Well, yesterday my middle child, Case, got new sandals. Today, he wanted to go play in the backyard so I pulled out his new sandals so he could do just that. Naturally, I decided to try to snap a photo of them before he covered them in sand and dirt but I didn’t have too much time because he was anxious to go out and PLAY! Using what I learned, I snapped a picture of them on my kitchen table with the huge sliding glass door to provide the light. I think I shot with an ISO of 400, an f stop of 4.0 and I used auto white balance. I also used auto focus – does that negate the f stop choice? I don’t know. Anyway, I tried on AV setting first and I had too much camera shake so eventually, I set the camera on the table and used auto-focus. Did I mention my 3 year old was anxious to go play? This is what I got…
That is right out of the camera – no edits beyond resizing for the blog. I’m happy to be learning good stuff!
After spending a lot of time playing at Me Ra Koh’s blog, I’m PSYCHED to get that DVD in my hands. I’ll let you know what I think once I’ve gotten it… but I am betting I’m going to LOVE it.
