i am usually the one to take the fotos.
which presents a problem when i need to be in them…

and since i am a little bit OCD about wanting to shoot in manual,
it means i have to set up the shot, balance for light, then hand it over and hope the light doesn’t change immediately or the camera doesn’t refocus on my guest fotographer…
{in this case, a family friend staying with us at the cabin.}

lucky i heart aperture and shooting raw fotos, cause these still turned out ok.

last year {when i was 10 lbs + one cute kid lighter}, we shot using a tripod and timer,
having gone ahead to find our location and configure the lighting…

and last christmas when we used a tripod and my infared remote…
{if you look close, you can see cc holding it}

i normally don’t believe in being all matchy matchy….but…
couldn’t resist.