Photography 101

I finally cashed in on one of the best gifts Austin has ever gotten me. 

For mother's day he set up two photography sessions with our friend, Gerik. Today, Gerik came to our house and helped me understand the settings on my camera better as well as identify good lighting and places to take pictures around our house. He also walked me through the editing process which was SUPER helpful.

It was SO fun. I learned so much in the short time that he was here and am excited to use my new skills and understanding. 

A few tips he gave me:

"Remember to find great light and clean backgrounds. Set your metering mode to the lighting conditions you are in. And shoot with light coming in from behind. Play around with the manual settings on your camera. And have fun."

Here are some of the pictures that we came up with from the morning. 

Adelyn was a great little model for us. Tyler was asleep the whole time so he didn't get to be part of the fun. In our next session we are going to work on how to photograph food and still shots that we often do for the blog. 

There is so much to learn!