Shutter Love - Hands

Ah, one of my favorite things to photograph! Especially my little brother's hands.



What do you think of this diptych with one shot in focus and one shot out of focus?

i heart faces Challenge - Anything But A Face

“Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes...
Anything But A Face!”

I choose....

Hands!



Can I tell you how much I love taking photos of hands?

I love it a lot.

More than anything.

I especially love taking photos of Matt's hands.

Thank you, i♥faces, for giving us this theme.



This photo is from last May, when Matt's health was suddenly deteriorating and we had no idea why. during one of our trips to the hospital, in between all the blood draws and the tests, the doctors and the waiting, we would slip outside for some fresh air and sunshine. My long-time followers will remember how scared I was. When I go back and reread my posts from that time, pleading for prayers and unable to express my true feelings, those feelings come back.

It is a truly a blessing that we were his doctor was able to determine what had caused his systems to go haywire.

YouCapture - Hopeful

I've decided to join up with YouCapture, which is run by Beth over at
I Should be Folding Laundry.




The theme this week is Hopeful. I could not, for the life of me, find a good photo for this theme. Then, I found this one in my photos from last weekend. A few weeks ago, I had taught my little brother how to make a peace sign. Since then, he does it EVERY SINGLE TIME the camera is on him. It's so cute.

Black and White Wednesday - Matt's hands

I hope no one minds that I reused a photo for today's b&w. When I was editing this photo of Matt's hands for the i♥faces challenge 2 days ago, I tried it in black and white. It looks amazing! I couldn't just ignore how awesome it looks, so I kept it in color for the challenge, and saved the b&w version for today.

i heart faces Challenge - Hands

Today's challenge for i♥faces is HANDS!! I was so excited when I saw this because I LURVVVEEE taking pictures of hands. For the most part, I focus on the hands of Matt, my younger brother. He has issues with fine motor skills, as well as some gross motor tasks. A lack of muscular development in his hands has made them very loose and fluid, and thus very graceful.

For the challenge, I chose a picture of his hands that fills the entire image. One hand is holding a chocolate milk bottle, and the other hand was tapping his fingers. (He does a lot of self-stimulation, including tapping his fingers together and rubbing his fingers and knuckles.) I just love how I caught the one hand mid-tap, and it looks almost posed, but it really wasn't!



I played around with the light and color curves, which I am finding so much easier as I continue to play with levels. I also learned how to do rounded corners, although somehow they got filled in with white. Odd.