focal length: 48 mm
shutter speed: 1/200
aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 200
flash: none

Andrea wanted to hear all the “gory details” behind our photos. You know, the parts that you don’t “see” in the final product. So for today’s daily pic, you get 4 pictures. I barely squeaked by getting the photo above there. It was a split second in time when she “let” me leave the paper crown on her head. Literally speaking, it was 1/200th of a second!

I’m going to be completely honest here and tell you how many shots I took of her “wearing” the crown. I took 36 shots in two sessions. The funny thing though, is that the photo on top was the very first photo of the 36 that I took! Not so great, so I tried 35 more times to get a better one but didn’t succeed.

A couple other attempts.

focal length: 32 mm
shutter speed: 1/100
aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 200
flash: none

focal length: 24 mm
shutter speed: 1/160
aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 200
flash: none

And after she successfully thwarted all my attempts, she flashed me this smile!

focal length: 24 mm
shutter speed: 1/160
aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 200
flash: none

And of course, the next day, her grandparents put it on her head and she happily stomped around the house with it sitting perfectly on her head, while I was busy cooking. Argh.

Laura is a Vancouver wedding and portrait photographer. Visit laurahana.com.