Make Believing
Yesterday I caught my boy playing make believe by himself. He was talking to himself and saying, “Brayden choo choo! Go choo choo!”. So I quietly went into my office and grabbed my camera. Here he is acting shy for getting caught.
Then his train broke so he grabbed some power tools to fix it.
And then he said, “Mama! Choo choo pease?” and pointed to my seat in front of him. I mean, really. How could I resist this face?
So we rode the train to Disneyland and then to the park and then to Florida. I love my little man.
On Formspring someone asked me if there are certain ISO’s that I don’t go above indoors. ISO is all relative to your camera. On a Rebel I probably wouldn’t shoot above 800. It will just be too grainy and noisy. I obviously always do my best to stay at a low ISO, but all of the above pictures were taken at an ISO of 640. It was pretty cloudy when I shot these pictures, but there was a window to the right and behind me (depending on the picture). Remember, I shoot with the Canon 5D. I am very confident with the ISO on that camera body. That’s one of the things that comes with having a better camera body.
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Don’t you love it when you catch them doing something so incredibly cute? He’s at such a fun age – there will only be much of that to come. I have 19 month old girl and I’m starting to see the imaginary stuff show through and can’t wait.
Oh my goodness these are so real and so adorable! I LOVE that 2nd one! That smile just lights up his whole face! SO cute! And then him using his tools… well, these just melted my heart!
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Sorry, have to disagree. 800 is WAY too high on a rebel. It will be extremely grainy at 800. I’d say more like 400 or lower.
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It’s been a long time since I’ve shot with a rebel but I remember shooting at 800 and it being okay. Not great but okay. As long as you are exposing correctly in camera and not having to do major corrections in pp you should be fine.
what a doll!! isn’t it great when you catch them being creative and using their imagination!
He is so freaking adorable Drew. And was it Einstein that said: “Imagination is more important than intelligence”
I love when I catch my little guy playing on his own. Such sweet pictures! One day I hope to be able to capture such clear and beautiful pictures like that.
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I love the paint color on your walls and your boy is adorable.
I love the wall colors in your home… in fact I LOVE your home or at least the small portions of what I’ve seen of it!
I think you should give us a viritual tour in photos of your home, or at least Brayden’s room! : )
Not trying to sound creapy just fun to see how other people decorate!
Btw, are those IKEA kids chairs? I’ve been looking for a set and those look very nice and durable!
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he is a cutie! i love sneaking up on my daughter and listening to her conversations.
a question about iso. i have the rebel xs. so if you shoot with iso 800 or below (which is what i strive for to avoid the grainy images) and you have your aperture wide open, say at 1.8 and your trying to meter and need a higher iso meter correctly do you just need a flash to avoid going higher with the iso? i hope this question makes sense.
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yeah, I would use a flash for sure
I love his mad constructions skillz. I think my contractor is hiring… he could be the foreman for our bathroom remodel.
Nice crazy sword too!!!
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I follow your blog and I just had to comment today. He is such a doll! I have a little one around the same age and he reminds me of him so much. You really can’t resist, I am with ya!
Drew I adore this! I love love love those special, every day photos of our kids
. Our daughter is 20 monhts and a small handful of times we’ve caught her playing make believe…tis the magic of childhood I guess 
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¡I have the same little chairs for Victoria!… JAJAJAJA
But Victoria has 2 Alfa Romeo and 1 Fiat 500….