Bubble Break

What a tough weekend! It was wet and chilly and very tough to get outside. By Sunday afternoon, Jonah was bouncing off the walls. Thankfully the rain broke for awhile this afternoon and we were able to get him out onto our little patio for a bit. We took some bubbles out and let him play.

Realizing that I haven't been very regular about posting, I decided I would try to get a shot. I knew what I wanted. This was not it. I'm not sure what possessed me to think that I could wrangle a three year old into a specific photo after he had been cooped up for a majority of the weekend, but I thought I could make it work. I was wrong. Anyway, I got a few that I thought were OK, but mostly we were just all out having a little fun in our own ways.

For the longest time I had trouble shooting photos of Jonah with bubbles. The bubbles always disappeared. It finally dawned on me the two things I was missing - depth of field and LIGHT. It seems you pretty much have to light bubbles in order for them to really show up - or find really nice, bright, available light. Moreover though, using a shallow depth of field and focusing on Jonah lets the bubbles evaporate into the out of focus areas. Live and learn, I suppose.

Photo - this is an 85mm lens at f/5.6. There is a strobe in a white beauty dish slightly camera right.