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Sweet Boy in Over-sized Hockey Helmet

By Lorraine

A sweet little face like this doesn’t require lots of photo skills to melt a Mom-Mom’s heart!
Silas, an enthusiastic little boy with flushed cheeks from wearing his heavy helmet on a hot day, a slight cropping to eliminate boring background, a little lightening and slight increase of contrast. And there you have it.
Ready to bring home the Stanley Cup!

Photo Stats:
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
Aperture f 5.6
Focal Length: 68mm
Auto flash ~ on
ISP speed: 400
Not posed: just a little guy who ran up and asked to have his picture taken with his beloved hockey helmet.

No time to relocate to more frontal natural light that might have eliminated the horizontal shadows on his face. I just wanted to capture a fleeting moment before he ran off.
Since the shadows don’t run through his eyes or mouth, I am not too concerned with them.
I think attention is drawn to his eyes, each framed by the squares in the face mask.

That’s a lot of helmet on those wee shoulders!
Know who he’s cheering for…
F L Y E R S!
of course!

   

Filed Under: Family, Uncategorized Tagged With: Grandchildren

Comments

  1. Wendy says

    June 7, 2010 at 3:59 am

    What a sweet shot!

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  2. Valerie @ Composition-Life says

    June 5, 2010 at 10:25 am

    The FLYERS!! Oh no – I never was a hockey follower (we live in the land of the Sabres) but always heard of the dreaded flyers) LOL – just teaasing!!

    I love the contrast in this photo of the metal grid of the mask – over his soft sweet beautiful skin! Oh to have such skin again!

    And they eyes – your grandbabies have such beautiful eyes – and you do such a great job of capturing them.

    I too never saw the shadows on his face – perhaps I am not observant enough – or perhaps you did a great job of capturing this little sweetie – so that our eyes are drawn right to his!

    Reply
  3. RoseBelle says

    June 5, 2010 at 1:59 am

    Awww, look at his darling little face in that big helmet! You're really good with photography as you know the direction of the shadow being casted. I'm slowly learning about lighting and direction to point the lens.

    Reply
  4. Mildred says

    June 4, 2010 at 11:19 pm

    He's cute as can be and oh so tiny for such a big helmet.

    Reply
  5. Ann says

    June 4, 2010 at 9:34 pm

    I didn't even notice the shadows on his face until you mentioned it. I was just drawn in by those eyes. Such a cutie and what an adorable shot that is.

    Reply
  6. Nancy's Notes says

    June 4, 2010 at 8:01 pm

    Oh my heavens, that is precious! His eyes are what I looked at first, they sparkle!

    Thanks for sharing!

    Nancy

    Reply
  7. gypsyrose says

    June 4, 2010 at 5:25 pm

    great photo, I was immediately drawn to his beautiful eyes.

    Reply
  8. hip chick says

    June 4, 2010 at 3:31 pm

    Oh my goodness that first photo is so cute!

    Reply
  9. Maggie Ann says

    June 4, 2010 at 2:54 pm

    What a little sweetie-pie!

    Reply
  10. Deb says

    June 4, 2010 at 12:31 pm

    That helmet is about as big as he is…it has to be heavy!!! He's adorable!!! There's nothing in the world like GRAND children!!!

    Reply

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