Flying

I'm not an outdoor Gal.  I love air-conditioning.  I crave one or two real camping trips, but that's it.  No sunning on the beach.  No hikes into the forest.  But lately I've taken to the outdoors.  I must rephrase that last sentence: Lately I've been hijacked into the nature and I don't mind.  The boys love to be outside.  I'm not sure what we do most of the time.  Tuck tries to bounce a basketball & Gus works on his dribbling skills.  Yesterday, we pulled out our pitiful baby pool.  That's how we spent yesterday.

Because of all this outdoor time, I've been taking more photos.  SK is helping me with some editing skills & I'm learning to crop most of my photos.   I know it's summer & most people don't comment during the summer, but I need some bloggy help!  I would love to try out a new Nikon 50 mm f/1.8 lens, but the AF won't work on our camera's body.  Being a complete novice, I rely on the AF a lot!  I'm trying to switch into Manual & work on focusing on some fast moving kids.  The photo below is done without the ease of AF.  Some photos are clear.  Some aren't.  Would this be a worthwhile purchase?  Or is trying to manually focus on kids a losing battle?  Help, please.

Comments

[mamie]

i am of the opinion that you need AF with kids and an SLR. you just cannot get the focus fast enough to catch them, they are always in motion. and then you can learn to play with aperture instead of worrying about focus...

and i love the pic of the boys in the pool. how do you keep their clothes on though?

[Ava]

Manual focus is all you! And you know how I spent my day yesterday (in a car, on different roads, trying to get to Philly).

[Shannon]

I wish we had the weather at the weekends to sit outside, but noooooo it saves the good weather for when we're stuck in the office. I have no camera advice.