365 | fifty-five

{early}

a typical expression during our early morning wait in the car rider line.

I can't believe he is 12 and in middle school.

Some days we have awesome talks and laughs during these precious 15 minutes in the car.

Other times (most times) I think he would rather I not be around.

I'm glad we are rewarded with the occasional laughs...makes the other days more bearable.

It will pass.

He's figuring everything out and embracing all of the new challenges that growing up brings.

{technicalities}

I hurried through this shot and didn't put enough thought into the exposure.  I knew I had limited time with him even allowing me to take his photo, plus it was stop and go traffic during car rider and I didn't want to hold up the line.  I had to do a lot of editing of exposure on his face and white balance. Usually auto white balance does a pretty good job of getting that right, but I think the snow, the morning sun, the red cast off the brick and his blue sweatshirt all confused the camera.  Who knows what I was metering off of since I was so hurried.  Good lesson, though, and I'm still glad I captured the moment.

f/2.8

1/100

iso 200

35mm