adventures in the "studio"

         I recently had a few requests for a traditional studio look.  For those that know me, that is not really my thing.  There is nothing that can compare to natural light!  But I thought, "hey, it wouldn't hurt to try something new... right?".  So I asked one of my wonderful friends to borrow her lighting and background kit, and had my kids and niece and nephew goof around in front of the camera for me.  I really didn't like anything in color, so everything ended up in black and white or desaturated.  I found that I liked them looking a little bit blown out.  Well, needless to say more practice is necessary!  Cute kids though... right?