Photo Newbies

Well yesterday I was looking through some clothes of Brin's, she has some cute stuff she is quickly growing out of (why do they do that?!).  So, my closet clean-out turned into our first attempted photo shoot.  Let's just say it was a learning experience.  We are 100% amateurs and still don't really know our camera (lovingly referred to as Tina), so in preparation I spent a little time on Google and picked up a few tips.

1. Camera settings.  This, still needs some serious work.  Tina has so many buttons!  We were first too dark, then too light, and often too slow and too blurry.

See? Not fantastic.  But it's coming.

2. Props.  It seemed to work, Brin was excited to have some friends

3. Patience.  I think we spent 90% of the time moving her around and trying to get her to sit.  Frustrating.  

4. Entertainment.  Tim was a one-man menagerie and, quite honestly, a huge hit.  I wish I had a few pictures of him during this.  Next time.

5. Make sure your model is super cute.  

Ok that one wasn't actually on Google, but it's the one we had down pat!  She's already such a girl!  Brin is a week and a half shy of 15 months now and has started to really work the attitude.  She is finally sporting some top teeth and has figured out that she can get anything with that smile.

Crash course in photography 101 take home message:  it is not as easy as it looks.  We are anxious to get better acquainted with Tina.  But even in our photography ignorance, this lady is fun to snap shots of.  We got a few (read: quite a lot) that didn't turn out, but even blurry that little face is so dang sweet!  LOVE this girl!!  :)