I *heart* faces – Week 4
P365 – 18, originally uploaded by steppingonlegos.
My entry for this week’s theme “The eyes have it” at http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com
Theme Thursday: Childhood
Love this theme mostly because I am lazy and it is hot which means we never go far from home. Most of our childhood fun, these days, happens in our backyard these days and most of THOSE are pool pictures. I’m making progress with my blue filtering but it is still a challenge to figure out how to not blow out the picture, cast it too heavily in blue, reduce the noise without blurring the picture. Our backyard has either extremely harsh light or no light. Fun conditions, right? I think the solution is a new lens. Because it couldn’t possibly be my skill right?! ha.
{This picture cracks me up because it is so Addison. Floaties, sunglasses and all, cruising through the pool.}
{rare capture of Teegan ABOVE water}
{new to swimming, jumping and all things fun-in-the-water}
{Dalton used to hold a grudge against our dog, I guess he got over it}
{Lilo has fun too!}
See more awesome childhood shots at Theme Thursday on Land of K.A.
Irony or Before & After
Ok, the shirt represents before: when I had control both of what I bought and what Addison wore. The pants, baseball glove and sunglasses represent after: when she figured it all out and took back the power. I still make her wear the shirt: its nice irony, don’t you think?! 
Healing with Black & White
Recently I took this photo of Addison:
I really love the photo but the ugly BRIGHT orange cone jutting out from her shoulder was a LITTLE distracting to me.
I’ve noticed that often times I can salvage a photo like this without doing heavy photoshop work just by converting it to black and white. Suddenly, the orange photo isn’t so obtrusive and distracting at all:
Mother’s Day: What Its All About
My family!!! Taking pictures of wet dirty kids: a mother’s dream come true!!
{my most beautiful sight in the world}
{childhood}
{all growed up, damn him}
{my baby boy}
{shelling: down and dirty}
{annoyed}
{looking cute, despite the glaring sun}
{water logged}
{dinner! Yes, he was really THAT happy about CRAWFISH!}
{I know this photo is all blown out and oversaturated to boot but I just love it anyway. I love these kids!}
Beachin’
Excuse the excess pictures. I got to shoot away for Mother’s Day! You’ll be seeing them all week!
Addy hung out with me all day so she got to be my victim model. So this will be an All-Addy post.
Make A Wish
Addison does this very serious stoic prayer-like routine when its time to make a wish and blow out the candles. She is very VERY serious about her wishes. Even though it was my birthday, not her’s!
Fun!
I don’t know about you but by the time my kids get to be about 10 or 11, they don’t necessarily stop letting me take pictures but all their photos take on a tone of complete silliness.
And then we have THIS kind of fun:
Bonus Shot:
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