Today was 60 degrees-so i thought we'd skip swim lessons and play outside! I grabbed my camera and took lots of shots. I'm so humbled by fellow bloggers who have these glorious pictures on their blogs. They're wonderful photographers that I'm trying to learn from. So, I took these pictures in Manual-adjusting the ISO and aperture. The first picture above was ISO 100-which affected the light-so i adjusted to ISO 200 with a high shutter speed to catch the action shots. My problem is a take the pictures so fast-i don't really know what i'm doing! haha!
A lot of good picture taking is what you do afterwards. I have been playing w/ iPhoto on my MAC adjusting the light, composition, exposure, etc. It really can make a bland picture very rich in color.
Fun stuff!
Now, if anyone knows how to post their pictures really large-i'd love to know! Many friends have pictures on their blogs that are double the size of these-i just don't know how to do it. Leaving me a comment would be great!
Happy Spring!
15 comments:
Hey Nicole!
Great Shots! Looks like a fun day!
There are a couple of different ways to post bigger but I think the easiest way is to host an account for your blog pics in flickr. They have different sizes you can use. Also, photobucket does the same but I don't use that often. Oh, and you can change the html in your post to change the size. If you want send me an email and I explain more :)
Best,
Jess
Beautiful pictures, Nicole! But of course you have beautiful models to work with as well!!!
Lora
Whoohoo for spring! Great pictures! I've been trying to figure out the camera thing...not so easy! :)
These are just fantastic photos! I am truly impressed! Love the "action" shots, you captured such wonderful expressions on each of the children!
Glad you are having such great weather, sure makes everything look a bit brighter and gives motivation when it's the beautiful outside!
Jennifer
Great pics!!
Happy Spring~finally~
Casey :-)
Guess what, Nicole. You ARE one of those bloggers with great pics! These are just gorgeous! As are the kiddos, of course. So adorable.
Beautiful photos of your sweet kids, Nicole. Loving the photo of lil miss K laughing. So cute.
I adjust the size of my photos in Photoshop. And then post the biggest size allowable on blogger.
Lovely photos
i love your pictures, nicole!
i, too, would like to know how to post bigger pictures. we also have a Mac and i have had some problems getting set up with a flicker acct. let me know if you figure it out!
lovely pictures! glad you had a great morning!
r
Good job. I posted several comments on the Facebook album on the individual photos.
I think the photo size is limited by the template that defines how your blog looks. You might be able to adjust that and make the center column wider than 400 pixels. If I click on the images you posted I get a photo several times larger than my screen. I think that's plenty large. If you want folks to see the larger pics, I find that making a note to remind them to click to enlarge helps.
Kevin
I stumbled on your blog and wondered the same thing about pictures. I think I know what you're talking about. My blog is blessedwithsweetpeas.blogspot.com -I use Picasa to upload. In the HTML code, look for the s400. Change it to say, s640. See my Wednesday Without Words Post. These are all changed from 400 to 640. You can play with the number to get to the size you want. Seems to be the easiest way! Good luck!
Kevin's right. Your blog template from cutest blog on the block is narrow like the default blogger templates. People with wider templates often host their photos at places like flickr or photobucket. Mine are hosted at flickr and I post the medium size photos at 500 pixels wide. PS... I love this Hanna Andersson dress. I resisted buying it when it was available... and wish I wouldn't have. I hope to find one on ebay. :)
Great photos Nicole. Spring is almost her, Yippee!
I think the photos are terrific! I am sure you are having fun playing and learning with your camera. Love the action shots of O!
Nicole,
After seeing how wonderful your pictures are, I think I'm ready to get busy and learn a thing or two... I just informed the hubby that it was time for a new camera, so we'll see! Your pics are truly beautiful and so are your girls!
Nicole,
I commented earlier before reading more of your blog and just realized that you have a very handsome little man in the family as well, Im sorry!
Just spent some time enjoying your blog and your journey. Thanks for sharing!
Lora & Allie
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