Bloggography Week 5~Exposure Triangle

I have been taking pictures of everything that moves in this house... which is just children. I was particularly excited about this challenge from last week. I did discover it is hard to get your models to hold still while you are trying to figure out aperture, shutter speed and ISO. This first shot I love (even though it's not perfect). Peyton was running outside and I got her up stop for a moment in front of our white fence and I just love the blown out look. I shot all of these with an ISO of 800 (I did play around with ISO 1600 but I felt like my pictures were too grainy and I like to print them BIG to scrap book them)

This one I shot with a low f stop 5.6(that gave me the blown out background) and my camera adjusts the shutter speed when I change the aperture in the mode I was using (A). I really could have done a higher f-stop but she was moving too fast for me to readjust. Oh well.

These next two pictures don't show anything great other than the lighting is pretty good and I didn't shoot them on AUTO. I have found I don't even like how pictures look on auto now that I know I can adjust the lighting with other methods.

If you want to learn more about your camera you should join up too. Go visit Lolli at Better In Bulk (she uses a Canon) and visit Beth at Manic Mother (she uses a Nikon). They both are very great and have awesome tips!

How to get Urine/Sweat stains out of your Mattress

If you have kids you have pee stains I know it. If you don't lucky you or you are a liar and in denial. I have pee stains on more than one mattress. I also have sweat stains on pillows because well I sweat a.lot . It's a gift I know. I digress. Anyway I have tried many different ways to get urine/pee out of mattresses and I have been very unsuccessful so I did a google search and what do you know? Another mom had pee stains too. So I borrowed her recipe and it totally worked so I am sharing it with you. All you need are these few house-hold ingredients and a spray bottle. I bought a really expensive one (NOT) I used one I had for my kids hair. It worked great. You will need: 3 Tablespoons Baking Soda 8 ounces Hydrogen peroxide 1 drop dish soap Mix together well and use right away. My mom discovered that if it is not mixed well the baking soda will clog the sprayer. You also can't store this apparently it doesn't last in the bottle and it is no longe

Wordless Wednesday

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Master Bedroom Makeover Board and Batten

I highly recommend a few items although you don't HAVE to have them it just makes this project go so much faster. I bought a pancake compressor with three nail guns included saved me on this project and a miter saw. I bought both from Home Depot and they didn't pay me to say that it is just where I happen to shop. I actually had this all measured out and went to Home Depot and they cut the mdf primed boards for me. However I later purchased the miter saw and was then able to cut things right here at my house. The nail gun I used is a 16 gauge gun that can shoot nails up to 3 inches. I used a 2.5 inch nail to cover the thickness of the board and wall. Ok so I recommend deciding how you want your boards spaced first and measure and mark on the wall where you want them. I tried to do every 16 inches because that is how far apart my studs were but then I realized my wall wasn't an even length and so I have some that look a little off on the ends. Lesson learned

Rudy Family Rukus~Parenting tips and humor meet in one big "rukus"

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