flag football : cj

(Before I go on, I'm super-sorry about my absense over the past couple of weeks...and thankful to all of you for sticking with me.  Keep checking for more photos comin' soon - I have so many to share.  Eep!  And never mind the fact that my header still says "February" on it.  Ahem.  Should be changed soon.)

My brother CJ's very last flag football game of the season was a little over a week ago.  Like, the championship, y'all.  They played valiantly, really they did.  And...lost.  But, seriously, second place in the league is underrated, right?  These guys are still awesome. ;-)

I realized that I hadn't photographed a single game this season (what got into me?) so I totally had to tote my camera bag along and brave the fifty-degree, earlish-morning temps to get a few shots.  (Seriously, it felt cold...like, I was wearing a scarf.)  Here are some faves...

Okay, so see that lady with the totally awesome telephoto lens?  Little-miss-had-to-use-her-kit-lens-me was kinda jealous.

Stephen, you're cute.  Just thought I'd mention it.

I found myself obsessing over landscape shots...both this and the one a few photos about were shot at 18mm, I believe.  Happiness. ;-)

And, after the game...*sniff*

Taken any action-like shots lately?

with love,

---hannah m

i heart faces :: anything but a face

Even before I really got interested in photography, I loved focusing on parts of the body other than the face when telling a story with my camera...and so I was excited when I Heart Faces decided to devote this week to "anything but a face".
The only problem was, I had a lot of narrowing down to do.  Eep.

Finally, I decided to go with this lovely that I just "rediscovered" today.  I'm really happy at how well it converted to B&W, and even though her face isn't showing, you can still tell she's a sweetie.  Most of the time. ;-)

Looking forward to seeing the entries at I Heart Faces this week!

Also, thanks to those of you who stopped by - so glad you're here!  I always do my best to return the sweet comments you leave me.

with love,

---hannah

happy february ♥

Hey, sweet friends!  My apologies for barely posting this past month - I have a few spare moments today so I'm aspiring to prepare some Clicked and Captured posts for the coming week, since I've been lacking so much lately.  I'm also thinking it's time for a fresh look...we'll see how far I get there.

These shots are of Megan, taken a few weeks ago.  They are so far from perfect, but I love them. They're still beautiful.




she came up with this on her own....promise <3

 



.Hope you're having a lovely February...stay warm! ♥  (Not sure about you, but I'm so looking forward to spring!)

with love,
---hannah m

i heart faces :: favorite from 2010

It was so incredibly difficult to choose a favorite face photo from 2010 to share at I Heart Faces this week...but I've (finally, finally, finally) decided to share this.  I'm pretty sure I've posted it in color before, but I was experimenting with alternate edits today and fell in love with the following...

Laughter is, by far, one of my favorite things to capture as a photographer.  It's beautiful on so many levels.  And so, although this was taken back in July...when I barely knew the difference between aperture and ISO...It's what I'm entering today.

I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone's favorite photos from 2010 at I Heart Faces!  Do join in the fun - just click below.


 Blessings,Hannah

soccer adventures

As I mentioned Thursday, I had the opportunity photograph a bit of my brother's soccer game a few weeks ago (he's the player with the yellow shoes in case you're wondering). Actually, my mom volunteered me to help out with taking action shots for a slide show that (apparently) will be played at an end-of-season something-or-other.  (In case you haven't noticed, I'm not really involved in CJ's soccer;)  But, I had a lot of fun and am rather pleased with the result:)

A few things I learned during the shoot?

a | I need a telephoto lens - bad.  135mm ain't gonna cut it.  (Any donors will be loved and adored by me until their very last day.)

b | It is extremely hard to get a good action shot without the subject being partially blurry (in a bad way, that it).  Gah.

and c | I might possibly be color blind when behind a lens.

Why do I say that?  Well, you see, our team is blue.  The opposing team is green.  But?  Looking back, I seem to have a lot of photos focused on players in green.  Like these....

Whoops.  Not a blue player in focus.  Um, my bad!  But green is a pretty color, don't you think? ;)

With all that I've learned in mind, I'm hoping to make it to another game before the season ends so that I can practice shooting them a bit more.  As I proved in Thursday's post, there are some seriously awesome soccer players on that team. ;)  (Translation:  Everyone on the team is a heck of a lot better at soccer than yours truly.  Which, sadly, isn't too much of a complement.)

Oh, and I had to throw these few shots in as well...

Some supportive siblings paying zero attention to the game and playing...was it Polly Pockets?  I forget.

I am led to think that this little friend of mine was inspired by my taking pictures.  At any rate, he got out his mom's cell phone and decided to take a few action shots of his own.  Look at him go!

And, Stephen.  His signature move whenever I point the camera at him.  I guess he's using the if-I-can't-see-you-your-camera-can't-see-me approach.  Or something like that.
Have a lovely weekend everyone...and let me know what you think of these:)

-Hannah

lovely photo wednesday ~ sunkissed

My baby sister Megan turned eight last Saturday.

isn't she a beaut?

I'm uber-happy with the sunburst I captured here.  And I was in a "cross-processy" mood while editing these.  Loving it:-)

It's Lovely Photo Wednesday at Aspire today.  And guess what?  Things are a bit different this week.  As in, excitingly different.  Head on over to Hannah's to find out more...

I'm also linking up at Alicia's and 7 Clown Circus.

Have a really wonderful Wednesday, sweet friends!

my lovely pixie

I rather fell in love with some of the photos that the my friend Hannah posted a few days ago, and decided that I needed to do a similar shoot with a certain little sister of mine.

So, today Megan sweetly agreed to become a pixie and pose for me.

A few things I learned from the experience?

1.  I'm not (not, not, not, not, not) meant to be a make-up artist.  It must have taken me about an hour to get her eyes the way they are.  And the way they are is far from amazing.

 2.  Next time I do this, I probably shouldn't put her make-up outside.  The result?  Shortly into the session I have a hot, sweaty, and rather cranky gal on my hands.  *Sigh...*

and 3.  Megan is quite the little pixie.  I am absolutely loving some of these...

which is your favourite?

i heart faces :: beach fun!

This week's theme for I Heart Faces is "Beach". So I thought of this one of Megan from our trip to Virginia.  She was digging an epicly massive hole one day when she found this rock. 

 I love her wind-blown hair here.

More "Beach Fun" at I Heart Faces this week...

Those Sweet Candid Moments...

...Are often the very best ones.

  ♥I love these♥

Sweetness

I must have looked a little weird sticking my ginormous camera lens through the seat behind me and taking no less than fifty pictures, but can you blame me?  Tuesday was Stephens first time flying, and well, the photos tell you the rest:-)

{More Virginia pictures on the way...}

My Sweet Little Knight...

♥♥♥

Children :: Stephen

Just sharing a few favorite captures of Stephen that I took a few days ago....Which is your favorite?