Cotton Headed Ninny Muggin

 OK guys... here's how its gna go from now on. I'm super lame at this posting every day thing. SO I'm going to now shoot (lol pun) for once a week, 7 photos. Except for this post... This one will have more, but a few from the same day. Here's my story (if you missed it on facebook)
   So, I've been very frustrated with taking pictures in our house. During the day, the light isn't always great save in a few spots. In the evening, I can't for the life of me get the color right. I learned a little about the color graph thing... but I'm in no way an expert with it (I forget what it's officially called). SO, sadly, (and this is rather difficult to admit) I put the camera down for a few days this week while I waited for my gray card to show up (which I ordered from amazon {wow, I'm using lots of parenthesis}). I was frustrated and tired of putting up pictures I was disgusted by. I haven't had a lot of time to get out doors being that I have a 1 year old and its cold out there : P HOWEVER! I was being a cotton headed ninny muggin. What color is a piece of paper... oh, yeah, that's right... WHITE! What color are the walls in my house? What is that you say? oh my, WHITE! Why do I have to wait for my gray card to get here before I can get more accurate photos? HAH! I don't! Silly sillies. (sigh). SO, here are some pics from this past week... not from every day (sadly) but some :)

So here is the color white according to my camera (before setting the white balance)... yeeeeaaaah. No wonder my pictures come out so lame! LoL

Before white balance                                        After white balance... SO much BETTER!!!

Here is a picture of my fist...well... my ring... because I felt like it

Hey look... its me!

 Startin' em early... Bethy took this one ^_^

2 Photos 2 Fun

Oh my... I know this is totally unrelated to photography.. but I keep cracking up over this video I saw on FB... I shared it. Go watch! SOOO funny! hahaha... haaa

Anyway,
I owe you two so here ya go!

  

Random bubbles in my pan ^_^ I was practicing focusing on different aspects of the triangle. This was shutter speed being my main priority and setting my Ap and ISO to meet the exposure needs :) It's a bit grainy, but I've been instructed to embrace the grain LoL I love the CMBlog. : D

 

Bethany's adorable toesies. I was trying to find different shots from the same pose 9another cmblog tip). Got a few good ones :) I love this one though hehe

Ok, all for now. Nighty night.
~AJ

BathTimeForEVERYBODY! *italian voice*

Well well well, aren't we all so proud of me? I'm posting the pic of the day ON the day! *gasp* Isn't that just special...
I've taken bath photos of Bethy before, and I've posted them on here before... but tonight, this one is extra special. I just loooooove it! AND yes, we all know the color isn't quite right, even though I tried a few new settings. But no worries! I ordered my gray card today. CANT WAIT! I want these pics to rock my socks, instead of causing me to sigh with loss (of a perfect moment that is).
Here she is, my bath baby:

I just love her ^_^
UNTIL TOMORROW! (we all roll our eyes, but with hesitation because I actually came through once)
~AJ

Unadultered and Unashamed

SO, I decided that until I get Adobe Lightroom, I'm not going to touch my pictures (aside from converting to jpg). I hardly edited them anyway (aside from a few B&W), but I figure if I'm going to be good at this, I have to be open about where I'm at. NOT to mention editing with picasa is lame... LoL

Also, I'm going to quite cheating and really just pick ONE(1) [<= had to be clear] picture every day, being that this is a pic a day project. If I have something to show off... I guess I'll just have to post it to FB ^_^

I would greatly appreciate, from here on out, some productive criticism and advice. If you see something you think could be improved (white balance, focus suggestions, etc) or even something new you think I might enjoy trying, please please PLEASE clue me in! I'm excited to take the shooting 101 at clickin moms (soon! I hope) and I think it will help me figure out what I'm not doing right. Sometimes, I just feel at a loss :)

Thanks!

Here's the rest of the pics I needed to post to get caught up... UNTIL TOMORROW! (we all roll our eyes)

 The boot picture is not perfectly clear :( I wish I had discovered Alservo with BBF before I took this!

 Somebody loves spaghetti :)

All caught up ^_^
~AJ