Monday, March 09, 2009

Big Sister / Little Brother

Will someone please give me permission to stop taking these T-Shirt pictures!? It's my fourth attempt. I just really want them to be "perfect" since I know this time won't last long. Isn't that the worst part about taking photos of your kids? I feel like there's such pressure. If you miss it, it will be totally different the next time you try. Especially when they are babies. Hence, why I'm taking this photography class now when I seem to have absolutely NO time to do it! Thanks again, Rob for giving up all these Saturdays so I can go play.

Anyhow, we made another attempt with these shirts this morning in the front yard since the clouds were all cloudy and such. Each time I do these, I learn something. My instructor says if you want to eliminate camera shake, your shutter speed needs to be faster than your lens length. So, to get the focus length I wanted, I brought it all the way down to 1/50 and used my nifty fifty lens. Well, this time around I learned that you also have to take into account that children "shake". So, if my shutter was slower than 1/125, I got a blurry child. Granted, the backdrop looked fantastic... ;) So, I learned yet more today. And, I lost more great expressions. Oh well. I'm somewhat happy with these below....

I added a prop this time in hopes of keeping the interest. After all, my kids are about as sick of this little T-Shirt game as I am. :) Plus, how cute is it to have a photo of Big Sister Suzy ready the bible stories to her Little Brother?

Oh, who am I kidding, Andy is Rob's "mini me". He's already reading them to himself.

But, just in case he misses a few of the words...
I love this one, but you can't see the writing on the shirts.
Again, no "big sister"

Hey... come back here! Mom says we aren't done and I WANT MORE JELLY BELLIES (Suzy's latest bribe for sitting through this mess.)
Here we have "big sister" but lost "little brother". Maybe I just need to frame them as a series? Can I be done then?
I love you Suzy and Andy! I hope you continue to be great friends and encourage each other through God's Word.

4 comments:

HornFamily said...

You could totally do a series! You have permission to stop if you want to... but also to continue to if you want to. =) Not that I am in any position to give you permission for anything!

They are so cute and I love the shirts... especially the one where big sister is pulling back little brother.

cheryl said...

Oh Marti! You crack me up! :o)
If nothing else it has proven to be some great entertainment for the rest of us.

Cheng family said...

These pictures are adorable!
It's obvious that they are big sister/little brother. People won't have to read it on their shirts to know. And even if the photo shows a hint of the writing, it is easy to assume the rest. I think you definitely got some winners! I especially love them reading the Bible stories together. It is a really tender moment.

Sunee said...

i just bought those same shirts. i can't wait to have my photo sessions with adelaide and new baby.