amateur photographer

I am absolutely in love with photography! The only thing is... I dont know anything about it :P I take LOTS of photos ( Mostly of my girls ) and some of them turn out good, but mostly they look like average photos. In high school I took a photography class, but it focused mostly on developing film in a drak room. I have read a few books, but I just can't seem to understand how to work a camera and get the best lighting. I have played around with my camera and fiddled with the settings and tried my best. Here are some samples of some of my work so far.

Aurora

Aurora

Satina

Satina

Aurora and Satina

My three girls

These photos were taken of my girls in the back garden one hot summer afternoon. They had all stripped off to keep cool and I found them sitting and chatting in the grass :)

New baby sister

This photo was taken after our youngest was born. We had them set up to take a nice photo of the three of them and my two eldest daughters spontaneously kissed their baby sister at the same time

Kiarra

Kiarra

This is our youngest daughter

Christmas 2010

I was trying to get a good shot of the three girls to send out in our Christmas cards. Our youngest daughter was getting fussy and making it hard to get a good photo and then she fell asleep in the arms of her older sisters.

Me and Louis

Me and my youngest

Aurora at the park

This is our oldest daughter. I took this shot at a local playground on one of those things that spin around really really fast :P

Kiarra in the bath

Kiarra up close

Satina



The girls on Christmas day

So there are some of my photos I have taken of my family. I would love to hear some feedback on how I'm doing or any pointers on how to capture a good shot. I'll keep you posted on my progress as I get better at using my camera.