Shooting backlit

I finally had a breakthrough with back lighting. One of my favorite portrait photographers does all her shots with natural light, and they are often backlit. The results are stunning. But whenever I tried it, mine were coming out with the subject too dark. Until now. Cue dramatic music:

The light here is actually coming from behind and to the side in these. But, oh! How bright and beautiful it is! :)

I think I've gotten better...

I haven't been doing the 52 week project (obviously), and I haven't been blogging much (obviously), but I have been taking pictures. A lot of pictures. And something clicked. No pun intended.

A recent trip to the butterfly gardens (a low-light setting):

Week 3 (Phew! All caught up!)

We've had really heavy rainfall lately and some flooding. I went down to the river today to take some pictures. I wish I had a "before" shot to show you because this picture just doesn't do it justice. The river is high.

Week 2 (only 1 week late)

We spent last weekend at the coast and woke up to snow! Here's the storm coming in...

Week 1 (2 weeks late)

I've been doing the 52 week project...I just haven't been posting. Let's see if I can keep up! Here's week 1. I messed around with some editing stuff in Lightroom and came up with this...

Viking warrior

We bought this hat recently, and everywhere we go, we get soooo many compliments! It seemed picture-worthy so...

My first "job"

About a month ago, some friends asked me to help them announce their pregnancy by taking photos. I was super excited to help out and also, of course, to get some practice in. I was soooo nervous the day of the shoot. I made a bunch of mistakes, but I've decided to call the shoot a success because I learned a lot from the experience! Here's my favorite photo: