Baths, BBQs, Fairies and Lightning

Here are some sweet (as in.. sugar love sweet, not Off the HOOK SWEET)  shots from Father's Day weekend. I am just practicing using my 50mm lens and getting the feel for how it works... and of course practicing photography in general... Here are some of my latest victims.

Father's Day Weekend and daddy took up to the grill. 

"Hey, who want's to help me shuck the corn?" said the Little Red Hen

I will Momma!

And so, she DID. And she LOVED it! 

 

And she was good!

Next, time to practice walking out to help dad with the grill.

Look Mommy, just like Daddy, wearing an Aloha shirt and walking like a big boy!

Good job, Lil Bug! 

I'm a big boy, BBQing with Daddy! 

And then it was time to rest and play with Sam. 

That night, the little ones took a bath in the sink.

 Together.

 And got along! Or should I say the toddler was nice to Lil Guy.

 It was a great Father's Day! 

This looks like a pic from a movie. Ha...

 I'm working on my exposure and light. I think it will help once I start using Photoshop. 

On to yesterday! Yesterday was a funny day! I

 was practicing, again, with my exposures and shutter speeds indoors. 

Very tricky and hard with little kids moving so fast. 

Hi BUG!

Hi Momma. 

What 'cha doing?

Mrsmmsmsmf.

What? 

I said PLAYING BALL WITH SIS. 

Hey Sis, get that Barbie away from my ball. 

I said GET HIM AWAY. OR ELSE..

Or else, I'll eat him for LUNCH!!

See what happens when you mess with my ball?! You boy band Barbie! 

Meanwhile.....

A nude fairy was spotted in our backyard.

 Pinch, Pinch wittle bunzies! 

After the kids went to bed, a HUGE storm came. The thunder shook the whole house. I have never heard thunder that loud before. WOW! It woke up my little nude fairy. She was very scared until Daddy and I took her outside to see the storm.

Never shot a pic of lightning before. It was very tricky.

I couldn't figure out the right combination of shutter speed and aperture. So I got lucky a few times.

Apparently, it is very difficult to shoot lightning. Yeah, it is! (I Googled it.)

Wow. It was awesome.

And she wasn't scared after we took her outside to watch it. She liked it. 

And just for fun... a really old and random picture of my old cat Shmida drinking out of his favorite water bowl and a picture of him cuddling with Za Ween. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...