Houston Senior Newborn Family Photographer :: Michaelle Janet Photography

Photographers of all levels know what Bokeh is, they just may just not know what it’s called. I’ve had people ask me, “I want those pictures where you are separate from the background” or “what kind of camera do you need to get it blurry in the back?”

Well it’s not the camera, it knowing how to manually use your camera. From any point and shoot up to the most professional camera, such as the ones I use – they all have auto modes. Where you let the cameras computer decide the settings based on how it meters the light environment. For everyday family snapshots, this is great technology. For artistic and heirloom photographs of your family… this is where hiring a professional that knows how to shoot in manual becomes important. I tell the camera where to focus (depth of field),  how thin of a focal point I want (aperture), how much light to let in (shutter speed) and how sensitive I want the sensor to be to the light (ISO).  Knowing how to nail the sweet spot between those values will get you an image with the most dreamy and heavenly bokeh – the artistic blurring of the background. This is my weeks entry.

{BOKEH}

Please follow the link to see this week’s entry from Amy Grace, a beautiful life photo, southern california photographer

http://www.abeautifullifephoto.com/blog/2012/01/24/fifty-two-wednesdays-week-three/

I’m late. No – not pregnant, goodness! Just late on my entry for my Project 52 for the week.

The crazy thing is that I’ve been busy shooting clients this past weekend – a 1 yr old on Friday, a family on Saturday, and a baptism on Sunday. Yet for the life of me I forgot to slow down and shoot my entry for this week. Eyes. The windows to the soul. They don’t wrinkle, smile, or pout – but you can tell how the person (or pet) is feeling by looking at the eyes. We take them for granted don’t we?

So this week I am going to share an oldie but a goodie. I shot this cute fellow a few weeks ago, and like many things it hasn’t been seen on the blog yet. It’s a challenge to shoot pets, they hardly listen to their owners much less to a stranger like me. Meet Tex… he is so adorable. The cutest face ever!

~ EYES ~

I’ve never been a part of a 52 Week challenge. So this is my first try, but I should have done this ages ago. Between home life, portraits and my wedding photography business it’s become few and far between the instances where I shoot for me.

Of course, the first week happens when we are neck deep in kitchen remodeling. We are getting a brand new kitchen and went down to the studs. No more 1980′s formica and veener. So life is pretty chaotic with dust everywhere and pots and pans in boxes all over the living room. So I was unfortunately, not the most creative as I wanted to be. There are so many ways to represent mornings.

I love to cook, but what I miss most from my kitchen is a morning ritual I started last fall. I’ve never been a breakfast person; probably why my metabolism has never been my friend. However, after I started working from home I made it a point to slow down eat breakfast and enjoy a cup of chai tea.  Never been much of a coffee drinker, but I love teas. Chai is at the top of my list – I love the spicy sweetness of it. I have insulin sensitivity and the cinnamon is a great herbal supplement to regulate your insulin naturally, so there’s a health benefit (even if tiny) for me.

~ MORNING ~

Please visit the next entry in our circle, to see her interpretation of “morning”:  Lindsey Culver – Birmingham AL Photographer

http://blog.lindseyculverphotography.com/