The World According to Angie

Triple Trouble

Shot with Nikon D300s & Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 48mm; 1/60s at f/5.0 and ISO 800; diffuse natural light with no modifiers and no flash.

My brother & sister-in-law make beautiful babies. Their three girls are gorgeous ... but they're definitely triple trouble! Gabrielle Ilene, Lyla Mae, and Ivy Michele Lee. So sweet!

(And yes, it took me about 20 frames to get this one where all three of them were looking at me and smiling. Lyla likes to stick out her tongue and make faces, Ivy is squirmy, and poor Gabby was doing her best to keep the other two in line.)

But this shot made it all worthwhile!

Truly 'Tween

 

Gabby is now 10, and truly in that "tween" stage; not quite grown-up, but not a little girl any more. We took all the girls to lunch at the American Girl Bistro on Sunday afternoon, and I caught this shot of my Gabs telling me a story. Shot with Nikon D200 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 @ 1/250s and f/1.4

Serious Play

 

I'm learning that some photographs are just way more interesting when you convert them to black-and-white.  The color version of this is all very blah ... her hair and shirt and vest are all the same hues ... but when it goes black and white, suddenly it's all about the textures.

And I also learned that the light in the sandbox, which is under the kid's playhouse, is diffused and gorgeous.  Shot with Nikon D200 at 140mm, 1/350s at f/4.5, December 29, 2008.

The sky's the limit

 

Gabby is growing up to be such a beautiful young lady.  As we played at the park on Thanksgiving Day, she climbed up and through the monkey bars, a demonstration of her fearlessness and flexibility.  To get this shot, I sat beneath her in the woodchips, proving once again that sometimes the best photos require getting down in the dirt.  Shot with Nikon D200 at 55mm, f/6.3 and 1/2500s.

Serious One

My niece Gabby is one of the most photogenic kids I know.  Not only does she love to "play model" for her Aunt Angie, but she takes direction like a pro.  I asked her to look down and be sweet and serious for a moment, and this is what she gives me.  I applied one filter in Photoshop to give it a bit of a softened look... and I'm pretty happy with the results.  Shot with a Nikon D100 using a 28-200mm lens at f/4.8.  August 2007.