I Heart Faces - Hats
This week’s theme over at iheartfaces is Hats. I have this MomShot of Magnus wearing the Indiana Jones hat. I really like the sun lens flare here. I have been playing with sun flares a lot lately.
I haven’t really discussed lens flare so some of you might be wondering what it is. I was going to type up the definition I found on wikipedia but it is long and confusing and I have a sore throat so I’m going to skip that part right now.
You can experiment with lens flare by shooting directly into the sun or off to the side a little bit. It can completely wash out your photo or you can get some really fun bright spots and rainbows on your shot.
This photo is a bit washed out but I still like it. I love it because of the hat. When my son puts on the Indiana Jones hat, he starts to sing the theme song from the movie and he grabs whatever is available and starts swinging it around making whip noises. It is super cute. Super cute!
Here’s my entry for this week’s iheartfaces competition.
This is not my entry but I liked it too. It’s just a cropped version of the above photo but I like it because it focuses on his face.
Here’s a shot my cousin Kristina took of her daughter Bella. This shot is so beautiful it looks like Bella has a sun crown and bracelet. Perfect for a little princess like her!
Princess Bella by Kristina McPherson
Do you have any shots with cool lens flare you would like to share with other MomShots readers? I would love to see them!!! Email them to me or send me a link to where they are online. MomShotsatYahoodotcom.
May 4th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Wow. I really love your picture. Something about it is SO compelling. He is the cutest little boy! Lovely work! Good luck!
May 4th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Lovely work! I love lens flare, too :).
May 4th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
I Heart Lens Flares. I really do! They give such an “in the moment” romantic look. I love that shot of Mangus with his apple.
Also a little tip. The smaller your aperture (i.e. a big f-stop number) the more defined your lens flare will be.
You will probably even be able to tell how many blades are on the iris of your lens by looking at the shape of the glare spots. A hexagon means six blades. Octagon, eight. Etc.
I know. I’m a geek.
May 4th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
I love the way the lens flare draws your eye through this photo to your little boys eyes - well done!
May 4th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
such a cutie..
May 6th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Hi! I found your site over at MMB, I like your images. It is SO fun to play with cameras and kids - don’t you think?
May 14th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
totally thought of you today and this post. i was aiming up at a statue and couldn’t see a thing in my display box thingy. when i finally got a chance to look at the pic, i was kinda impressed.
http://www.new.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6866274&l=50bce3a23e&id=672475110
thought i’d share. :0}