First Exhibition!



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So, the photography guild that I belong to held it's very first little exhibition last weekend and it was so much fun!  Honestly, hardly anyone came, but it was a blast hanging out for a few hours with the other members of the group & getting to know everyone a little better!  No one actually purchased any of my prints (I don't think anyone sold anything, actually), but nearly 1/4 of my business cards were gone by the end of the night!!  So, that's a good sign, right???



Lindsey Mills Photography



Anyway, our little group is refreshing itself for next year and it looks as though I may be the Vice President in 2012.  I've instructed folks to just start calling me "Veep".  ;-)

 

On a side note, I guess it's time for me to actually think about taking Christmas pictures of my kids, huh? I want it to be something fun & different & using Christmas lights somehow... I was thinking of borrowing these ideas from these incredibly talented photographers.







Photographing Children

Okay, so I know I'm biased, but I think my two little ones are pretty darn cute.  My son is such a ham and my daughter is so used to having a camera stuck in her face she barely even notices anymore until I holler at her to hold still.  I love photographing them.

I do not love trying to photograph them together.

Have you ever tried to photograph two race cars that are going in opposite directions?  Now, imagine if those race cars could shut their eyes or make strange faces.  Randomly with no warning.

That's what it's like trying to take a picture of two little kids together. All the pictures in this post started life as pictures of the two of them, one looking so sweet, the other looking like they're about to sneeze, throw up, or cry; or maybe even do all three at once.

I try not to let those pics throw me for a loop.  All I can say is "thank God for the crop tool in Photoshop". In this pic of my little girl, my son was rolling his eyes and picking his nose.  Yup.  Classy, that one.

Crop.

And then, look at this gorgeous boy!  He was smiling for all he was worth and his whole little face just lit up! My daughter, however, was blurry from rolling the grass, looking the other way and like she'd had one too many doses of children's NyQuil.

Crop. 

Of course, once in a while, it all comes together and you get the perfect happy-family-together pic.  Everyone's smiling, everyone's looking at the camera, everyone's eyes are open and no one's blurry.

When I get one of those, I'll post it.  Until then, I guess I'm stuck with funny faces!

Namaste.