My little man playing with bubbles for the first time

inTempus · Jul 11, 2009

This is the first time my son, who is 9mo old, has seen or played with bubbles. I had to shoot a couple of informal pics. Here's one of my favorites.

Kids rock.

JTG40cal · Jul 11, 2009

Very cute man! Its awesome watching kids...its always the little things. I wish everything was still that simple.

epp_b · Jul 11, 2009

That is the most hilarious expression :lol:

kric2schaam626 · Jul 11, 2009

Okay, so as new as I am to photography, this is one of those pictures where I am just amazed by the lighting. It "seems so" right on. How do you do it?

inTempus · Jul 11, 2009

Thanks. That's all natural lighting. To camera right there is a partially open blind to a 7ft sliding glass door. Behind the camera there are 3 bay windows which are completely blocked by curtains. So my ISO was pretty high (2000). I didn't use a Flash. I kept the shutter speed up to 1/100 to prevent too much motion blur and used an aperture of f/4. Everything else is in camera metering. I had the camera on Av (aperture priority) mode. I didn't make any exposure compensation.

I just picked the shutter speed and aperture setting I wanted (above 1/60 on the shutter is all I cared about) and let the camera do the rest. I used my 5D Mark II for this shot.

inTempus · Jul 11, 2009

Here's a link to the high-res shot. The image above looks a little soft, probably due to the compression.

http://www.intempusphotography.com/photos/588047914_XQSx2-X3.jpg

2003protege · Jul 13, 2009

tharmsen said:
Here's a link to the high-res shot. The image above looks a little soft, probably due to the compression.

http://www.intempusphotography.com/photos/588047914_XQSx2-X3.jpg

I thought so too. I think you took a hit with the ISO, but I have a D40, so I shy away from ISO 800+ haha. You captured the wonderment well. This is something I need to do soon with my little kiddos-- once their attention span gets just a bit better!