Sunday, April 20, 2008

Fun with Adrian













This weekend I was having fun with my 50mm f1.8's shallow depth-of-field, soft diffuse overcast light, and my 1yr. old nephew who has recently learned to walk. This a great age to photograph, where they are interested in you and in the camera so they look at you and make interesting and cute expressions. They are also not quite too mobile yet and therefore easier to focus on without heading for you and grabbing the camera or zipping in and out of the frame like my 2 year old does.
I'm also enjoying the simplicity of the editing tools in Google's free photo editor, Picasa. After learning some of the complex tools and enduring the long start up time of Photoshop CS, Its refreshing to have a light and easy program like Picasa to process family photos. I've been thinking about trying Adobe's Lightroom to help me with workflow, but for now, I'm going to see how far Picasa takes me.

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