We took advantage of the beautiful weather this afternoon and strolled around the condo complex. I hope that Luke enjoyed the excursion. We also introduced him to our neighbor Sherry who was kind enough to drop off some clothes for him a couple of weeks ago.
I recently learned that when I take a bunch of pictures in succession, Google Photos sometimes makes a little animation. A couple of them are below. I hope they display properly. Update: you have to click on them to see the action.
During this afternoon’s tummy time I decided to pull out the real camera. I’m kicking myself for not doing so sooner because a) I needed the practice and b) he is growing and changing at a rapid pace. And part of those changes include the acquisition of some serious infant acne. So yeah, he looks a little rough, and the extremely high resolution of my new camera doesn’t do him any favors. But he is still cute. Unfortunately I am still getting used to the focusing system of the 80d and while it is much more sophisticated than my Rebel, it also has a bit of a learning curve.
I need to start messing with the lighting as well. Probably putting him on the bed would provide a better effect. I found a few articles online about photographing newborns, and I need to read those. He seems to do his best expressions when I’m changing him and don’t have my camera or phone handy. I need to just keep one nearby.
I have seen tons of great sunsets from our little terrace here at the condo, but yesterday evening was the first time that I’ve bothered to photograph one with my real camera. Unfortunately I got started a few minutes later than I should have. It was still fun though. I didn’t use a tripod or anything, but snapped a few single frames and also some brackets for HDR images. The latter were a bit garish, but still fun.
Luke is by and large pretty relaxed, but occasionally he can get pretty fussy. Mid-afternoon is often a rough time. He doesn’t want to sleep and holding him doesn’t really calm the storm. Yesterday he was raising Cain and Liz was trying to sleep. I was getting pretty frustrated with his noise making so out of desperation I grabbed a pacifier. And what do you know…it pacified him. He was out cold within a couple of minutes, and I put him in the bassinet where he slept for the next hour and a half.
