Ipad dreams a.k.a Follow your gut feeling, follow the light!

Our daily ritual is to play with the “Ipap” every night before we go to bed.  I am a reader and before the Ipad we used to read stories…  We play with educational apps,  lately fragments of movies.  I am not too concerned is not a book,  they will be around,  in electronic format.

I was with Aidan on his bed and I noticed how the light from the Ipad reflected on his face.  I though how cool would it be to get a picture of this exact moment,  so unique and intimate.  Then I thought there is not enough light!  I almost  discarded the idea then I thought twice… That is why I spent all that money, didn’t I?  In any case it wouldn’t be the first time I get a lousy shot.  I got my camera and played,  and played, and played!  Different lenses (I used my nifty fifty thinking 1.8 aperture would help), I changed ISO…  He was not looking at me at all, and all from a sudden I got the right combination!  The gods of light, technique and composition got together and magic happened! 

Canon 7D, Canon 17-55mm f2.8 IS, @ 20mm,  1/15, ISO 3200, f2.8