taking off the training wheels

The camera training wheels, that is. I've had my camera for 5 months now and am going to try to mess around in some settings other than the fully automatic setting. It's like I'm all growed up!

So, I shot all these pictures in the Av mode, which lets you fiddle with aperture. (Thanks to MckMama for the tips!) We started inside. (How is it that not even two headbands can keep Emily's hair off her face?)

Then I decided we might take better pictures outside. Plus, there were bubbles involved!

Changing the aperture affects how much of your picture is in focus. In these shots, I was trying to get the blurry background effect.

Admittedly, my pictures would improve if either of my subjects would cooperate by looking at me every once in a while.

Oh, did I fail to mention the girls were in matching outfits my parents gave them? Double the cute.

Ah, yes. Abby's interests include shoving small choke hazards into her mouth.

She particularly likes dirty choke hazards.

Curls!

So, there you have it. My first foray into an actual attempt at photography. I give myself a C+.