Summer Photo Tips

In case you missed it, my guest post (& giveaway) is up at Blessed Little Nest.

Heather asked me to post about how to take good pictures in the summer.
It is SO hard to take good pictures during the middle of the day when the sun is shining bright. You get a lot of shadows & glares. I delete A LOT of photos!

The best time to take pictures is in the morning & in the evening (about 1 hour before sunset). But, I do have some hints that will help you out when you take pictures in the middle of the day.
Click HERE to read the post!

I wanted to post some pictures here that I took in the middle of the day when the sun was shining brightly.
I took these pictures when we were in Pebble Beach over Spring Break.

I will post my camera settings after each picture so you get an idea of what I did to adjust for the pictures. Most of these pictures were taken in the sunlight in the late morning, or in the shade.

I am planning on getting some of these printed for Kevin for Father's Day.
We haven't updated the pictures in his office in over a year!

f/1.4, 1/6400, ISO 400

f/2.0, 1/3200, ISO 400

f/3.2, 1/250, ISO 160

f/2.2, 1/125, ISO 160

f/1.4, 1/1250, ISO 160

f/2.2, 1/200, ISO 160

f/2.0, 1/800, ISO 125

f/1.4, 1/800, ISO 100

f/1.4, 1/1250 , ISO 100

f/2.0, 1/1250, ISO 125

f/1.8, 1/1000, ISO 160

f/1.8, 1/1000, ISO 160 - converted to B&W

And, Claire is done :)
f/2.5, 1/400, ISO 160

I am not an expert, I am self taught and I just love taking pictures.
My biggest piece of advice is to just keep taking pictures, learn & play around with the settings on your camera!