My kids

Like any hobbyist who has kids, Matthew and Madelyn (Little PixelNewbie and Little Ms. PixelNewbie) are my primary models for my photos. For the last 2 weeks, I've been making the conscious effort to bring my camera whenever the family heads out. I only pack 2 prime lenses: the Canon 50mm f1.2L and the Sigma 30mm f1.4.

The 50mm f1.2 is relatively slow to focus which makes shooting a running subject a challenge. For the shot below, I had to get Matthew to run back and forth a few times to get a decently sharp image.

I think the following shot could have benefited from my Canon 70-200 f2.8 which will allow for a clearer separation of the subject and the background. If I didn't have a big belly getting in the way (or if Canon's LiveView wasn't such a POS), I would also have wanted more trees than steps by shooting from an even lower angle. Decent enough due to my kids' expressions though.

The 2 lenses I brought are actually more suitable for close-up portraits like so:

This one just begged to be in B&W. :)