A Girl and her Camera...

It's no secret that I love to take pictures! And I think Miss Elizabeth is going to love taking pictures, too! Here she is intently studying the camera. And oftentimes, she'll reach for the camera when I'm taking her pictures.

So when Gammie bought Elizabeth her first camera, I had to document how she played with it. The weather was cool enough yesterday evening to go outside for a while. I love the natural lighting! I also played around with some settings on my camera! So fun!

non-blurry background (F18)

semi-blurry background (F5.6)

most blurry I could get with my camera (F4.5)

Hmm... what is this?

I think I like it!

My big girl!

playing with the blanket

Experimenting with my camera

For the past couple of weeks, I've been letting Elizabeth sleep with a doll that one of my friends gave her. Yesterday, after I put her down, she wrapped her arm around the doll. ::Melt my heart!:: I wanted to get a picture, but I knew that the flash would wake her up. I had her lamp on, but it still didn't take a good picture. So I put my Canon on manual and messed around with the F-Stop (I think that's what it's called...).

This is the evolution of the picture.

Without messing with the settings

Take 2

Take 3

Take 4... Finally a keeper!

It's pretty amazing what you can do using the manual setting! I definitely have a lot to learn, though...