Week two and I’m having a blast with this. More and more people are joining in to the challenge (you should too!)
Here are my two photos for this week. The photo of Kiernan running is one of my favourite photos ever.
Participant photos
I love looking at the photos other participants have been submitting. Have you been checking out the flickr group? Here are a few to entice you over 🙂
How cute is this guy?! O is for outside by Carly@thetree.
A photo by meaklims after Kids in the Capital’s heart 🙂 (O is for outside)
Bokeh by jhscrapmom . So gorgeous. Too advanced for most of us for now I think. (W is for wet)
I love the feel of this photo by somekindofmom. Y is for yellow.
I could go on for a lot longer – there are so many fabulous photos to choose from! Please feel free to join us next week – it’s never too late to start playing along.
Photography tip #2
I believe a lot of you are probably taking photos with point and shoot cameras so I’ve been trying to find tips that make people more confident in taking great pictures even without a DSLR. Here are a few of the tips I’ve found:
1) Make use of the presets on your camera. Once you learn what they do, they can help you take better photos without doing anything more than turning a dial or pushing a button. Here is an article on About.com that gives you more of an explanation on what all of the different presets do. I’m a big fan of portrait mode.
2) Change your perspective.
– get closer
– zoom in tighter
– take a few steps off in a different direction than you usually do
– get above the scene, or below
It might make your shots more interesting and different.
3) Take a lot of photos. This is true no matter what kind of camera you have. I’m taking about 500 photos a week right now to come up with my 2 photos that I’m really happy with every week. Shoot and shoot and shoot and shoot – and then sift through to find the gems.
Housekeeping
– The flickr group now has a main pool for all the challenge as well as a discussion thread for each letter so that you can see the groupings of each letter (since people aren’t all doing the same letter on the same weeks). Check out the “an idea” thread to see the details on how to add photos to the threads.
– As mentioned before, it’s never too late to start taking part. Please feel free to start adding your photos to the flickr group, even if it’s not every week but just time to time.
– I am assuming a lot of the people interested in the photography tips are using point and shoot cameras as opposed to DSLRs. Could you please comment and let me know what you’re shooting with if you’re interested in my photography tips?
See you next week!
Lara is the mom to 3.5 year old Kiernan and 11 month old twins Quinn and Juliette. You can find her at her blog Gliding Through Motherhood.
Kids in the Capital 
I took a TON of photos on the weekend, but I haven’t had a chance to look through them yet.
I’m having a lot of fun with this challenge. It’s amazing how much better my shots are simply by thinking about what I’m doing before taking a picture. I’ve tried different angles, and have been playing around with lighting too, making a conscious effort to turn off the flash!
Loving this challenge, despite life being insanely busy these days with few actual photos being taken.
Thanks for sharing the photo of our Little Man in your post above. We sure think he’s cute.
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great post:)
your tip about perspective is my favourite!! get down on the ground, at their level or over top and you will be amazed at the moments you can capture!
i do shoot with a dslr and lots of different lenses…but i have to say that i also regularly use my point and shoot.
i have a Canon G10 that i use when on the go – it is always in my purse, whereas my “big” camera does get to stay home sometimes…
actually, i had three shots accepted into a juried photo show recently…and one of them was taken with my point and shoot;).
i am happy to share any info as well, if anyone is curious about my shots. the bokeh is alot easier than you think! in this shot, most of it has to do with the lens i used and sparkly water…but you can get similar effects armed with a few easy tips! i learned so much just from hanging around other photographers:)