He’s almost figured out crawling – so determined. I sure won’t be posting tomorrow…even as I write I can almost taste the turkey and dressing. I can eat my weight’s worth in Thanksgiving dinner. LOVE IT. I hope you all have a great time with family and friends….life is good. My cup overflows.
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Besides orders being placed the most common email I am getting right now is “I want to get a camera for Christmas. What do you suggest?” So here goes… I recommend a dslr over a point & shoot…even if you don’t know how to use a camera on anything but the automatic mode. The basics…
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oh my gracious…if you are going to teach us I will be BEYOND thrilled. I’m ordering a new camera today! Oh I can’t wait to check new posts! So excited!
All in due time Bopha…keep checking the blog…hint, hint, hint 
okay, the next thing that the great ashley ann should do is teach a crash course for us dummies (no offense, Jeanette ) that bought expensive cameras and don’t know how to get our monies worth out of them.
The “f/thing” is called an “f-stop” You won’t see it on the camera because it is a lens component. Typically you can see it on the lens. For instance on the camera above it is 1:3.5-5.6. That means at the widest (smallest number – most blurry) it is 3.5. Since that is a zoom lens it can change from the smallest being 3.5 to 5.6 depending on how far you are zooming. You can buy a Canon 50mm f/1.8 for under $100.00. It isn’t a zoom, but is an AWESOME lens for getting that blurry background. I have one similar and do 95% of my stuff with it.
I can’t figure out the f/ thing on the XSi! Hey, I just got home from Target and noticed the camera above was $150 more at Target than beachcamera – plus you would have to pay tax. I would take the beachcamera.com route for sure.
Okay, that has been my one biggest question, how do you get your backgrounds so blurry. I have a rebel xt and I can’t find where you see the f/? information. any suggestions?
Girl, you know I have my eye on one! Thanks for the suggestions!
I couldn’t wait until Christmas so I took the plunge and ordered the camera above from Beach Camera as Ashley suggested. At least my birthday is in November!! I even compared the prices and it was $40 cheaper than Best Buy – and no shipping or tax. I know I need to learn how to use in manual mode and am going to wait patiently for the lessons, but even in auto mode, the pictures are great. Thank you, Ashley, for taking the time to give us your idea and suggestions – we love them!!
Happy Friday! I thought I’d share a little photo tip/challenge for the weekend. To me photography is about telling a story – especially when it comes to my kids. In 20 years I will look at this picture and remember who Big Brother was at 2 years. You pretty much never see him without cars…
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I missed the challenge – I am just catching up on the blog. I will try this though.
I LOVE this picture as it is SO Hudson right now!
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good idea.
i can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with.
that picture is great…so crisp.
Thank you so much for the tips! I always love getting such practical tips that I can apply to my everyday photos of my kids…although I won’t be taking any this weekend as my slr ended up in the bathtub full of water (in the case and all!)! Yes I cried and my heart is so sad but just another day in the life of my crazy house:)
I did miss the 18th Bopha! The posts are much shorter
Oh, the boots, I love them! You realize you still have not missed a day yet (good for us).
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Courtney Connelly - I love the tongue out determined look on Everett’s face to move! My family is very thankful to have the Campbell five in our life, we are blessed by your dear friendship! Happy Thanksgiving
Shannon Phillips - Awwww… Everett is getting so big! You probably should commit to eating the weights worth of Chris instead. You might not get a full plate with only your weight! He….he.. Happy Thanksgiving!