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Life With Poodles

Life

by | Aug 13, 2014 | Uncategorized | 1 comment

Just when I think I am getting caught up with life, more comes my way.  We have successfully started school here in Alabama and in true Baxter style we have one child sick within the first 7 days.  My sweet little man was hugging the potty yesterday for a good 6 hours.  Today he is on the mend, but it sure takes it out of me both mentally and physically.  No one wants to watch their child suffer.

On a happier note, I have decided to take the next few months and focus hard on my photography.  I’ll be sharing a few photos here for your enjoyment.  Below we have some shots from our Saturday morning hike at Monte Sano State Park here in Huntsville.


And here are a few from the week prior at the Botanical Gardens.

And lastly, a photo from yesterday’s illness.  I made a pallet on the floor of the bathroom so he could rest between bouts of vomiting and diarrhea.  The light was coming in the window and hitting him right across the face.  I told him it was beautiful and he asked that I take a photo so he could see.

I hope to do one blog post a week featuring some photos and what I was hoping to achieve.  As an example, the hiking photos above were taken near dawn and it was extremely foggy.  Lighting was tricky and I didn’t bring a tripod.  Still, I was able to get some photos I felt conveyed emotion and told a story.  The fog left dew on all the spider webs, which I found magical.  The photo of Aiden was difficult because there was not a lot of room in the bathroom and I prefer to use natural light instead of the flash.  I had to set my aperture almost wide open and brace my camera to hold it still enough to compensate for the slow shutter speed.  The photo turned out just as I had hoped.

~Becky