CYC: Portrait

24 mm, F 5, 1/400

Extra! Extra!

I took this portrait of my daughter on the way to dinner with her grandparents (my in-laws).

I also wanted to say thank you for giving us this week to take pictures we like for challenges that speak to us.

Bridal Bliss

In three weeks, my sister in law is getting married and I took the chance after her bridal shower today to take some portraits for my 'choose your own challenge'.

WINNERS: Portrait

Good morning everyone!

Not only did we have great submissions this time around, and an increase in comments again, but we also had great voting. There were tons of shout-outs, and so many people were recognized, but there were two very clear favorites.

First place goes to Erin, with In the Moment, her daughter playing in the sprinkler.

Second place goes to Erica, with her debut photo on Mission 24, Portrait of my KyKy, the baby in the bikini.

Well done ladies (and everyone who participated)!

(Click here to see all winning photos from all challenges!)

Voting: Portrait

Wow! There were some great submissions this time! We almost made it to 30!! It was good to see some long lost photographers reappear, and to see the great photos from the regulars too!


Vote for your TWO favorites (with so many awesome portraits, how can we pick just one??), and don't forget to give shoutouts to your runners-up!

Crys and Teri won the last challenge, so try to find someone else to vote for. ;)


Let's see LOTS of votes this time... our voting has dwindled too, and we want some opinions here! ;) Even if you didn't post, please vote!

Portrait

This was the only willing family member left to ask today. So here in all his glory is Mr Manny. He is my favorite Guinea pig.
cut and cropped using picasa

f5.3, iso auto=10, D60 nikon, 55mm

CC always welcome :)

Portrait of Puppy Happiness

I'm on the road right now, so this is about as good as it got in terms of getting a "portrait". My friends got this Mastif and St. Bernard mix...this adorable puppy is someday going to be almost two hundred pounds!!! This was his second day with his new parents and he was finally relaxing enough to play.


Sorry about being a bit MIA these days, our twins were sick for almost two weeks and now I'm on an 8 day trip through Oregon and Washington for job interviews and testing...which finally ends tomorrow. SO really to be home.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

In the moment

I'm really not late on this. I'm in Washington so I still have a few good hours! Or are we going by a specific time zone? Either way... My daughter Kennen... She cracks me up! All the portraits that I have of her are like this. She is completely in her element, always making a face or doing somthing funny. I love it anyway!

Pretty Portrait

This challenge was the perfect opportunity to take more pictures of our pretty girl (as if we needed an excuse!). It was SUPER hard to pick just one to post, but this one felt the most "portraity," so this one it was. Taken with a Nikon D-40, automatic setting, no flash. CC welcome, as always.

Sharee

This is my girl friend Sharee Wise, she is in my ward and I just think she is so beautiful, and I tell her every Sunday when I see her, she is a mother to 5 children and a dancer who comes from a dancing family, if she looks a little familiar she is the older sister to Derek and Julianne Hough ( Dancing with The Stars). When I saw the topic yesterday I just knew it was Sharee's picture I wanted to take and she was so gracious to let me come to her house and photograph her. I have many more of her soon to be on my blog. ( www.clanofcunningham.blogspot.com)

Baby Cakes

Meet Ella. She is my best friend's little one. I adore her. I snapped this picture of her last night at a weenie roast. My only peeve with the pictures is all the noise in it. It was getting dark when I shot this so I had to bump up the ISOs to 400 (I usually shoot at 100).

CC welcome.

50mm, f/2.5, 1/50 sec, ISO 400

Portrait: Portrait of holiness

I am generally not great at taking picture of people, and I don't particularly enjoy it, because I'm not great at it. You would think that I would take advantage of this opportunity, but with a tension migraine all day yesterday, I didn't really feel like pushing my own limits. My in-laws were visiting all weekend, and after church today, we drove out to Kirtland to tour the temple. For those of you who are not LDS (Mormon), Kirtland is a town in northeast Ohio that has an important place in our church's history. Having visited out here before (the same time last year), I didn't want to take all the same pictures again, but I did take a few. Here is my portrait of holiness.

About the photo: mid-afternoon natural light, slight adjustment to lighting and exposure, warmified slightly, added three layers of film grain for the vintage look. My husband liked the un-vintageified one better.

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Post Camp Face

f/5.3 shutter1/60sec ISO200- cropped and boosted w/slight edge burn
As sad as it might seem, I really wanted to capture this face in all of it's spottiness today. I love his expession and those precious blue eyes. I promise it's not chickenpox! Here's WHY my son's face is all covered in red bumps... It was his very first camp out! (except the one where he was snug in mom's tummy). It was quite the adventure in more ways than one. I was slathering bug spray on him nonstop but for some reason those darn bugs just could not leave him alone. I guess it could have been worse... though I'm not exactly sure how. :) Really, we had a great time and I look forward to many more camping trips to come. (I'll post the story on my blog as soon as I have a minute)

CC ALWAYS WELCOME!

Sail Away

This is my daughter, Emma, doing the "Titanic move" while we were sailing yesterday. This may not be a typical portrait, but I like how it portrays Emma's personality. I believe all portraits should portray a bit of personality.

My Boy

This portrait of my sweet Noah shows his personality perfectly. He has the sweetest laugh and grin where he shows all his teeth while scrunching up his little nose. I love it.

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f/5.6, 1/640, ISO 100

Sister.

FUN, sweet, carefree, gentle, Friend, teenager, Beautiful, spontaneous, entertaining...

Sister.

ISO 800, 50 mm, f 4.0, 1/60 second

(just got my 50 mm lens and I am SOOO excited! But I am trying to figure it all out still. It kicked the ISO high because it was in Aperture mode...not sure why though. :)

----it's good to be back for this challenge!! I have missed stopping in here like I used to. Thanks for your patience everyone! :)

My Sweet Cooper

Nikon d90, f2.8, 1/640, iso400, 50mm

Here's the sweet side of my Cooper... he's also got a sassy side and a silly side. I caught all of them today, but the sweet is my favorite. :)

Okay, fellow photographers... we're halfway to the 30 post mark for this challenge, so if you haven't done it yet, get your camera out and get shooting!!

Picture Perfect

Since I had no willing subjects today to get their pictures taken, I decided I would take a portrait of my rising cholesterol. ;)
I stumbled upon a recipe blog, and this totally screamed my name!

Annie's Lazy Daisy Oatmeal Cake with Cream Sauce

Pucker Portrait

I subjected my children to a sunday walk and snap shot. They are good sports for enduring patiently I might add. Its hard to narrow down but here is my choice. You can view the rest HERE. Taken in full sun 1/500, f3.5, ISO 80 at 10mm. CC is welcome.