
Compositionally, this top-down view is kind of a “no-no” in terms of “best practices for photographing your kids.” But the moment (her position, her smile, her angle to the light) was fleeting and this 85mm lens throws such a wonderfully shallow depth of field. I focused on her eye and pressed the shutter button. With those brown eyes, how could I not?
Category: Child
tired

At the Chicago Botanic Gardens. Photo by Heather
ring pop

Nate and I took the train to Des Plaines on Sunday (06/05). We stopped off at the little Mexican grocery shop near the station and picked up a ring pop for the walk to Great Grandma Amling’s house.
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On Saturday, when it was so warm, we all cooled off a bit by playing with the hose.
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At a playground at McHenry Dam, McHenry, IL