Sunday Morning Photo Shoot

I grabbed my camera quick this morning for some portraits of the kids before their hair got all messed up.  I'm generally pleased with how these turned out, but I know they could be better.  I was a little disappointed with some blown out areas on Molly's and Lexie's horizontal shots, a little on Annie's too, but I'm still practicing.   I really need to start shooting in RAW in order to get my images to really pop, but my current photo editor isn't compatible with RAW images.  So I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and learn Photoshop. 

I am learning SO much about photography every day, mostly from a child/family photography forum I joined.  One thing they have really stressed to newbies like me is how important it is to put a watermark on your images, even if you're not even close to being professional, to just protect other people from stealing your images for other use.  (Most women in the forum are like me--just moms who want to be able to take great pictures, but a few actually do have their own businesses.)  So, I made a cute little watermark you'll see on the pictures.  I know... it seems a little silly right now when I can't imagine anyone wanting to steal my pictures for anything, but better safe than sorry.  (Grandmas... I do have copies without the watermark that I'll send you if you want copies of anything.)

So, hopefully you can start seeing an improvement in my photo quality as I progress and learn more.  (Maybe I should make a separate photography blog.)  So, in addition to still working on exposure and lighting, the next challenge is shooting in RAW and learning Photoshop!