When I count my blessings, my family is at the top of my list. Allison is my middle child, and she was willing to sit for my assignment this week. My husband pulled some magic out of his hat too, when I needed some light stands for the clamp lights. Some of his "toys" from his collection of stuff in the garage served well. It allowed me to place lights up high when needed, without contorting and balancing, etc. Well...mostly. There was still some climbing and balancing, but it was much less, thanks to him!

As for the photography...we had fun with the assignment. Allison put on a couple of her old formals and was playful once we passed the initial stiffness. I tried every tool in my aresenal: white balance, ISO, aperature priority, shutter priority, and exposure compensation. I found that my tendency remains to over-correct in my adjustments and thus I have to take the shot a third time (at least) to get what I'm after. Most of these were taken at an ISO of 800, with a white balance set at "incandescent" and using a 50mm lense. Aperatures ranged from 1.8 to 22.

When I played with ISO, I rolled down as low as 400 and up as high as 1600. I used exposure compensations up to -1.3.