What can I say? A backpack doesn’t get much cheaper than this!
Blaze insists on this being his backpack right now. He wears it EVERYWHERE we go. And as you can see, he’s not joking around–this is serious stuff. You may spot him in Cosco, Trader Joe’s or Ikea. He’s the soon to be 4 year old with the plastic Safeway bag hanging off his back. 
The red folder inside his “backpack” is his laptop–of course.
Kids are hilarious! You can’t make this stuff up!
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Recipe…
Lens: 85mm, fixed lens (this means it’s not a zoom lens so I’ve got to move my body to get in closer :), but the fixed lens will often give me the lower Aperture)
Aperture: 1.8 (went super low to blur the background behind him and create a nice green background for contrast with the grass)
Shutter Speed: 125th of a second
ISO: as low as I can go, 100 ISO, the lower you go the more rich your colors are
To learn more about aperture, shutter speed, iso or how to frame your photos, check out our DVD series!
Have a great weekend friends, and look for the kid with the Safeway grocery bag hanging off his back. Yep, that’s my kid!
Priceless…what a wonderful image. I love that kids are so creative
The 85mm is one of my favorite lenses…yummy stuff!
Nothing like a good laugh in the morning! What a funny boy
I love that he truly doesn’t think of it as a Safeway bag. It really is a backpack.
Now that is what I call reuse and recycle!!!
That is just too darn cute!!! I love the fact that you allow your children the room to be who they are.
Cute pic. It’s funny to me, because my daughters pre-school uses this same method to bring home art projects for kids who forgot their backpacks at home.
Thank you for explaining how you got such rich colors. I have been wondering why all my pic’s seem to be really dull. I was told by a photog. teacher that to shoot toddlers (who are always on the go) that I should alway shoot with ISO 400 or higher so my pic’s won’t be blurry. Now I need to experiment with all my ISO numbers and see what I get.
I ordered your DVD’s a few days ago and can’t wait till they get here. Can’t wait, can’t wait. :0)
So glad you like this photo, I just look at Blaze and want to freeze time. Why do they have to grow up?
This is great!
Funny thing is that I know adults that have the same backpack, only since they are older they are “briefcases”. =P
This cracks me up! LOL! Super cute!
Send this one to the corporate office of Safeway, you’ll be able to retire off the proceed! ADORABLE!
Kari Hale!! Are you the freckled mama? Or is this a different Kari! Dying to know!
Those CHEEKS!! That LOOK!!
I love that you publish your recipes. You don’t even know how much it helps people like me!
Quick (at least, I hope it is) question. I have a 50mm lens and when I shoot at 1.4 or 1.8 it seems that I may get something like the nose in focus, but the eyes are slightly out of focus. Is this b/c it is a 50mm or b/c I am too close? I love this lens (for the reasons you mention in the post), but when taking pictures of those fast toddlers, the 50/50 chance of the focus being right is driving me crazy. Thanks in advance!
Hey Jessica!
Try standing farther back from your subject. If you get in to close with those low F stop lenses, you’ll only get a part of the face in focus–like what your expressing. But if you back up and shoot from farther away, you’ll love the result even more!