Today, Kayla and I cleaned out the kiddo’s playroom. We have a good size box full of toys to take to Goodwill and we can actually see the playroom floor! We are super excited to have the room in good shape again and the kids had a blast rolling around on the padded floor. Hunter was looking especially dapper playing with the foam blocks in his little overalls. You can even see his top two teeth starting to peak out! ADORABLE! 🙂
Unfortunately we only have one small window in the playroom and since it was cloudy and raining there wasn’t much light coming through. So I had no choice but to bust out my trusty flash and remote triggers. I always hear people talk about how bad pictures look when they have their camera’s flash turned on. I have to say, if they are using their built in flash, I tend to agree. But when you use a flash off-camera you can create your own “window of light” on just about any neutral colored wall. I turned off the overhead room light (to avoid white-balance issues) and blasted the wall directly to my left with a pretty strong burst of light. I actually used two flashes so I could keep the power relatively low thus saving battery. Like I mentioned before, using this technique you can create a “window of light” on just about any wall and your pictures will be well-lit and have nice soft shadows. Here’s a little Behind-The-Scenes (BTS) look at what I’m talking about.
Here’s a snapshot of the kiddos showing off their block building skills.
