Week 2 - Eyes

Buddy, Avery and I were headed to my parents' ranch this weekend, so I decided I was going to take some really cool pictures outside that caught the color in Avery's eyes. Instead, I took pictures of my mom's sheep. Seeing as that really isn't the point of my challenge, I took pictures of Avery while Buddy was changing her. I'm sure every photographer takes gorgeous, life changing photos of adorable babies.... while their butt is being wiped. Oh well, I think it still turned out pretty good!! 

ISO-800, 1/30 sec, f/4.5, 36mm

Now, as for those sheep. I tried three different lenses to try and capture a cool image of their really weird, alien-like eyes. However, the dogs were either scaring the sheep or I was only getting blurry images. SOOO I went back to my trusty 50 mm and settled with it not being a good closeup of their eyes. Now, not only am I gaining skill and experience from this challenge, but I am also gaining patience, seeing as I am bound and determined to only photograph animals and babies (the two hardest subjects in my oh-so experienced opinion.) 

ISO-100, 1/125 sec, f/5.6, 50mm

At the end of the day, I thought to myself "Hey, my mom has really pretty eyes.. and... she's not a baby OR an animal." After this (obvious) realization, I decided I would give myself a break and photograph my beautiful Mother. Talk about easy. I didn't have to battle skittish sheep, rowdy dogs, baby wipes or poop. It was just my camera, my mom, the pretty sun and her green eyes (which I obviously did NOT get in the whole 'making a baby process'!!) It also helps that she has a really pretty smile!! 

ISO-100, 1/25 sec, f/6.3, 50mm

Clearly these aren't all picture of Avery, but, they are all pictures of things that are a big part of her life and mine! AND... there's no rules on this challenge and I really wanted to take pictures of sheep and my mom :)