I am a little late on posting my pictures for last week…with the Easter weekend, preparing to move yet again and having trouble uploading my photos to WordPress…just been crazy. But here they are.
My first photo was one I had to warm up to. At first glance in my preview I sort of knew it would likely go in the trash, it was over exposed and the colors seemed dull…but I kept it anyway, I figured I’d take a look, you never know. Looking through the photos I still wasn’t sure I liked it but something was drawing it to me. So I loaded into photoshop and played to see if I could make myself like it. Played with all sorts of colors and textures and nothing appeased me. I thought because it was a bit over-exposed it would not be a good candidate for B&W but why not, so I de-saturated, boosted the contrast and blacks and what do you know…I really liked it. I started seeing this innocence that I didn’t see with the color version. I ended up rather fond of it and so happy I didn’t trash it.
f/4 ss1/160 ISO100 55mm
I have been working on composition this week as well. I have to say that I feel that composition is one of my stronger skills…what I have been trying to do more is composing in camera rather than cropping. In the picture above of my oldest and the last photo of the birdbath I had fully composed and they are SOOC. Sometimes I find it difficult on bigger scenes such as this one of the twins. I had more foreground than I wanted and had to crop it out but I really liked that you could see the path they were walking and in the distance how it continued on. It still worked and its nice to be able to fall back on a crop if I have to 
f/4 ss1/400 ISO100 55mm
Again, fully composed in camera and I really liked the colors of the fallen blossom petals against the bright blue. The bursts of lights and shadows played a nice role in this photo and really helped to accent the deeper tones.
f/4.8 ss1/125 ISO100 29mm
As always I’d love to hear what you have to say good or bad. Happy week everyone!
Busy mom with a creative need and a love of capturing 'moments' in time.
I like first two pics. Do you shoot in RAW? If you do, you will have about 3 stops of ‘buffer’ exposure.
I do shoot in RAW Sing…and soooo glad to have that little wiggle room for exposure, I need it more often than not
I love the picture of the twins. I’m the opposite of you – I really need to work on composing in camera. I tend to “forget” or get caught up in other aspects of taking the photo. Should take some lessons from you. (: Great photos! I look forward to more.
Thank you Heather
I am definitely still working on it and I really have to remember to tell myself to “look”. I have these steps in my head and they are becoming more fluid but there are times when I just want to snap and not miss a moment. Looking forward to the days when it is just ingrained in me 
Appreciate the comment and look forward to more from you as well.
very nice photos here. the second photo of the two young boys looks exactly like a place i go when i go to the beach that is on lake erie.
Thank you Don, I appreciate the comment
Hi Ninali! Happy Wednesday!
First off the last pic is not showing up it says it’s been removed
Secondly try closing the aperture when out in bright light so as not to over expose I would do F 5.6 8 11 or even lower if need be and then maybe adjust your ISO…also if you can place a diffuser in front of subject that would give it a nicely diffused look…and your subject wont have to squint Lol…that’s my tip for you today!
Love the second image walking down the path
Thanks Adita, not sure why TinyPic removed it…I normally just upload my photos directly but for some reason they are all getting stuck at the crunching part and never finish. I resized, I tried different formats and different uploaders but WordPress just kept crunching. So I had to use TinyPic for the last two photos. It’s back up now, but I have no idea why they would’ve deleted it.
Anyhow, thank you for the tips once again, I value any all all info. When I shoot outside I normally do not use my speedlite, is that what you are suggesting I use a diffuser on? Also, I have been finding if I put my f higher I have to bring down my shutter speed, but I normally don’t boost my ISO…would that help because I find the shutter speed getting borderline of too low and showing slight camera shake from me. Thank you dear!
Yay I see it now and love the colors in that one! Great focus too!
And no speedlight I have a reflector that is a 4in 1 and can act as a diffuser that’s what I meant sorry…and yes up the ISO to compensate the slower shutter and you know just play around at diff F stops you may not need F 11 it may be good at F 5.6 or 8 and yes always compensate for loss of light and speed with the ISO
Love to help out someone who is ready and willing to take it all in
Awesome! Thanks Adita, I feel blessed to get helpful info, tips and tricks from someone like you!
Great photos. I too am trying to compose in camera; that takes some work for me…but I think it’s coming along.
Thank you Angeline
I find it more difficult when I have my 35mm prime lens on because I have to move in and out with my feet and then make sure settings are still good. So I find it easier with non-mobile subjects rather than freakishly fast 2 year old twins ha ha 
Hello
I love the first picture, I dont usually like monochrome photography beacause I dont have an eye for it however I appreciate when its dont right. You hit the nail on the head in my opinion and if I could produce work like this i’d be very happy.
Well done.
Thank you so much for your kind comment Richard! I am truly humbled by your comment. I was very drawn to the photo but wasn’t sure if I made the right choice…but your comment (and your last post) made me remember that I am doing this because I love what the work means to me and how I interpret the photo is all that matters. This is my hobby and my kids are my passion and it is fun when the two combine to get moments and captured memories like that! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your wonderful comment!
The two kids look so cool! Sweeta & adorable.
Thank you for your kind words
Fantastic job and I really like all 3 photos in this series.
I appreciate the comment, especially coming from you whose work I admire greatly
Great shots, Ninali. The ones of the children are precious and ripely captivated; though I really, really do cherish the last one of the bird-fountain.