This past weekend was gorgeous out, it was in the high 40's and sunny. And, if you live in Wisconsin, that's pretty awesome and what Wisconsinites would say, "really warm". This winter season, we've been having quite some horrible cold temps (below -0) and a lot of snow storms and so it was nice to have the sun beaming bright and the temperature in the 40's for a change. Of course, I took my camera and new lens (70-200mm f/2.8 IS) out for some fun in the sun with my son! Who else would've been my model, right? No other than my son. He's always up for it, well for the most part, especially if he gets candies and some fun time outside. He loves being outdoor. It's a win for me, since I get to snap photos and hang out with my son and a win for him, since he get candies and for running and playing around outside.

I took my son to the beach by my house (North Oasis Beach in Racine,WI). It is a gorgeous beach, and I'm so happy we live 5-8 min drive away from it. Now that my son knows how to walk and run, I'm planning to take him here more often. Last year, I couldn't really because he was still tiny and still falling around every where when he walks, he still does now but he's gotten better. Anyway, when we got to the beach, the huge castle playground was all covered in snow. We had a snow storm with sleets last week and I guess it hasn't melted away. So, I couldn't take my son to play on it, instead we played in the parking lot. Which didn't last long either, because it was wet and full of small little puddles everywhere. He couldn't even bounce his ball. If he did, water would get on him and in his face/eyes. He didn't like it very much, so he held onto this ball for the most part. Again, we didn't stay long, because he fell face down into a puddle of water and got himself all wet! He was drenched in cold water. He really does have clown feet (big feet), he stumbles and falls everywhere. Clumsy boy! Since he was covered in water and extremely wet- I decided to just pack up and go back home. Had to change him out of his wet clothes, I didn't want him to get hypothermia (which I'm sure he wasn't going to get) but as a worried mother, I had to get him dry as soon as possible. Of course, he was upset, he didn't want to go home at all.

Owen's big feet making a splash!

Owen didn't want to bounce his ball on the wet pavement.

He was waving BYE to the airplane in the sky!

After changing him out of his wet clothes, I took some more photos of my son (indoor). He was laying on the ground playing with his toys and making a mess like he always does. He wasn't too thrilled about me snapping photos of him, since he was still upset at me. But I played peek-a-boo with him and that cheered him up right away.

Canon 6D, 70-200mm f/2.8 IS Lens, 1/100, ISO 1600, f/2.8, & no flash. Laughing because I was playing peek-a-boo with him from behind my camera/lens. Super cute! "Okkk MOM enough photos of me!"

These photos were taken with my new lens that I bought back in January of this year. It is the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 IS and I used natural light to capture all these photos of my son. I did do a few minior edits to all the photos. The minor edit tweaks I did were- changing the exposure, contrast, and sharpen the image a little bit, and increase the blues. The rest is all natural. My weekend with my son was well spent!