Sunday Snapshot: Just black and white

The other day we had to bring Patrick's car in to get it serviced, 

which meant he had to take my minivan to work.

That resulted in an empty garage.

What did the kids do?

Play in it.

Yep.  I sent them out to play and told them I would be out in a second.  Only when I headed outside,

I found them still in the garage.

It's not often the kids can play in the garage.

Here in Florida, it gets too hot.  But the weather was lovely, cool, and breezy.

I thought I'd snap a few photos.

It seems Madeline didn't get the memo.

She kept darting from the front of the garage to the back, which kept me on my toes.

Lighting in the back of the garage is way different, leaving me to constantly recheck my settings.

I guess you could say I was up for the challenge.

Madeline basically just wanted to play with her cat stuffed animal.

She loves to be the mommy and shower it with lots of kisses.

All the while, Caleb was busy on his scooter or playing basketball (the hoop is just off the garage.)

Then Madeline decided she wanted to play with the chalk.

That's when she finally decided to flash me her pretty little smile, hair in her face and all.

I thought I would go ahead and share what I shot with and my settings.  My camera is a Nikon D700, lens 85mm 1.4.Shot at f/1.6, ISO 400 (a few at 640), shutter speed between 1/320 and 1/2000.
I converted them all to black and white so that the "blahness" of my garage wouldn't detract from the images.
Before Stefanie changed up the rules for Sunday Snapshot, I had decided to improve my photography skills.  
Some things I've been working on: 1. Improving composition.2.Improving full sun shots. 
Now, the new rules have given me that extra motivation.  So, thanks, Stefanie!
I still have more photos to share, as well as how life is going.  I just thought I'd save that for another post.
Please stop by Stefanie's blog to learn more about the "new" Sunday Snapshot and see some incredible photos.