Friday, July 23, 2010

Lessons in photography

Learning photography by taking photographs of my own children is probably the worst way to learn. They do not sit still. They do not cooperate. Sometimes I only have a couple of shots before they are done.

The thing that drives me CRAZY is sometimes the light is perfect, I've got the right equipment, I have their cooperation and yet... *something* still isn't right. Like Nate's eye looking like Sloth from Goonies.

Nate Sloth

So then I take a gamble and fix the eye and get the boys to cooperate again and then Alex's eye looks like Sloth.

Alex Sloth

So then I take a gamble and fix the eye and the boys are done cooperating. And the picture I wanted to take - two smiling happy boys at the pool - never happens but the picture I do take is so much better than what I envisioned.

Do Not Take My Picture

7 comments:

Marcia (123 blog) said...

That Nate is priceless!

LOVE THE PIC!

mel @ the larson lingo said...

oh laura, I feel your pain. It is IMPOSSIBLE for me to get a picture of both of my girls smiling & looking at the camera! SO frustrating!

Shari said...

Imperfect photos are the best! Both photos are adorable.

Karen said...

Michael always did that pose in all the ultrasound pictures!

Sadia said...

Ah - but so much personality gets captured. (Or so I tell myself ...)

April said...

Hi there! You don't know me from Adam but I am related to Cathy E. She's my older sis. :-)I'm a fan of your blog too. Your post including the Goonies reference made me laugh aloud. Well done. You are one amazing Mom who has two terrific boys - may they get your great sense of humour. Keep on taking photos! {I swear I cannot get a good shot of my daughter unless she is watching tv. how sad is that?}Happy Summer!

Joanna said...

Love, love, love the post, and love the Sloth eye. I enjoy reading about your journey with photography.