Well I've been trying to keep posting but all of the kids have been going through sickness, with Linc now on a nebulizer times have been busy as usual. Lincoln is also pulling himself into a standing position now (in the last two days, crazy) so I'm running around after him. This was my last submission for my photography class, I figured I could at least share something with you this week. Hopefully more pictures before Mother's Day, otherwise pictures from then coming soon!\
My oldest son just turned 7 and since we are watching every cent going out I tried to be as creative as possible when coming up with the birthday of a life time (until next year). Do: Make Them Feel Important Without Spending Money Waffles with chocolate syrup for breakfast are ok on a special day like this! (I love using a pizza cutter to slice waffles and pancakes for the little guys, especially Lincoln who is still learning to feed himself with a fork) Measuring on the wall of fame, we only write on it once a year now to make it exciting. Dylan grew about 3.25 inches in one year! This momma gets tired quicker than ever being 30+ weeks pregnant and chasing after a rowdy toddler so I didn't do the fanciest cakes (remember the volcano cake from birthday 4 or the mint chocolate chip cupcakes from last year) but I did find some cute stickers that have been in the house for years, put a matching one on both sides of a flat tooth pick and voila, cupcakes to compete with the best ...
Ooooo, nicely done!
ReplyDeleteOne trick to do when photographing backlighted subjects, keeping them natural with no flash, is to put some aluminum foil on something flat, put that behind where you are stationed with the camera and reflect some light back onto the subject from the window or light source behind the subject....it would just shed a little bit of light on the front side of the subject...
yeah the interesting part of the class is getting critiqued by your classmates so I've come up with so good ideas for the next one (due tomorrow, yikes!)
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome Shani! Great pic.... and it looks so yummmmyyy! =]
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