I am constantly trying to stretch my photography skills, learn new techniques, and get more creative.  One way I do this is by checking out the challenges posted in the Clickinmoms forum.  There was a recent one this month to step outside your front door, walk 50 steps or less then come back with a photo.  Many of the submissions were macro images of weeds, flowers, and of course bugs!  Since my macro time only rolls around when I rent the fabulous Canon 100mm 2.8L Macro lens I had to come up with something else.  That something else of course includes Gavin.  We had fun counting the steps and looking for things to photograph.

This one of Gavin following Scott in the front door with the inside light clashing with the natural lighting outside was at the top of my list of faves.

And this one, well, it may just be the mom in me, but it stuck with me in the top 3 too. Doesn’t he look like a doll in his glasses?

still love trains but told me the other day that you almost like dinosaurs just as much
don’t like anything scary in movies or in TV
eat spicy almonds
wear size 6
are super sweet and kind
shy with new people
sing along to your music in the car (with all your heart)
are good at puzzles
enjoy coloring & all kinds of crafts
love being outside especially the beach
are great at being you

Taken at Legoland in the shade around 1:00 pm with Canon 5dMarkii & Canon 85m shot in RAW.  Basic PP done for slight adjustment to white balance in ACR then a bit of a bump in curves in PS.  Saved & resized for web.  Super simple.  Nothing better than keeping it super simple.

On The Bloom Forum today I saw a challenge to post a photo that showed the little things. Not the big picture, not the overall idea but the little things. I immediately thought of a photo I took yesterday while playing in the yard with Gavin. He was tossing a few of his favorite stuffies up in the air & wanted to see which one would go the highest. I grabbed the camera to play around & try to grab a few shots worth keeping. I love the one where you can see how he is just clutching on to the rabbit along with the stickers on his shirt. I know that this illustrates one of the little things of our everyday life right now and I just don’t want to forget them. So much to be thankful about including the opportunity to use my camera to catch these little things worth remembering.

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