I was asked to do a friend from high school's photos for her daughter's birthday and a couple of shots of both her children.    I snapped some great photos and my friend is thrilled and I am thrilled with the shots.   Seeing these photos makes me realize that I have come a long way in my photo taking skills and all my reading, trial and error have paid off.   I still have much to learn, but my effort is starting to pay off.

There are two photos that I love and think they are absolutely precious!    This is the first one, I happen to love the background and her adorable hair lying as a little person's hair should lie...however it wants.  I love that she is perfectly exposed and the background is exposed rather nicely also!    To shoot in daylight and get a wonderful shot like that and not being in the shade I am rather proud. 

My other favorite shot from that day is just a straight on shot nothing fancy no crazy poses, but I think it is absolutely a gorgeous shot.     Now this little girl happens to be adorable, so I cannot take credit for that and I am sure anyone would of gotten good shots.  But for me, I am thrilled that the settings I use when I take my photos generate a photo like this, not over exposed or over exposed...just right!