Week 3 - Quiet/Closeup

I liked both of the themes this week and decided, well hell, I will just do them both!!! So, surprise surprise, I took a picture of my beautiful sleeping baby. I was really excited about this week because I had originally wanted to learn how to take closeups of Avery: baby feet, baby hands, baby noses... they are all just the best!!! I GOT TO DO IT THIS WEEK!!! I am in love with her eyelashes and catch myself looking at them when she is sleeping... I'm not a creeper if she is my baby!!! Therefore, I decided to do a close up of my quiet, sleeping baby's eyelashes. 

Like Week One, this was a bit of a process. First I had the obstacle of light... I needed it to take the picture, she needed it's absence to take a nap.. quite the pickle. Luckily, she naps twice a day so I had plenty of times to try it out and I was able to find the perfect balance of light. Then came the sound obstacle. First attempt, I woke her up with the beep on my camera when it auto focuses - bye bye beep!! Second time, I woke her up with the Auto Focus just making noise while it focused - bye bye Auto Focus. Then came the trick of focusing correctly on her tiny eyelashes without making any noise. I found myself holding my breath the whole time. I got the PERFECT shot twice and just as I was about to take the photo, Avery would rub her eyes. It's like she knew - "Mom needs to get good at this - here's an obstacle." Poor baby also had her little 5 month photo shoot as well, so we were ZONKED come second nap time. I woke her up with each picture and she just rolled over and went back to sleep. She made me work for it a bit, but I am really happy with it and kind of want to plaster it all over my house!!  

ISO-400, 1/10 sec, f/5.6, 55mm