His face was in the shadows, but I wasn’t about to move him! The foreground and back of his head are overexposed. In this picture, I’m happy with that.

My younger daughter has started calling him “Bungee.” I have no idea where she got this, but it’s sticking.

Bungee still has “stork bites” on his forehead, just above the bridge of his nose. None of my other kids’ stork bites have stayed this long. Although I hope he outgrows them someday, it’s nice to have that lingering marker of babyhood on my last baby. I’m still so amazed to have a “last baby,” to have a baby at all. I treasure it.

The camera settings…

I was exposing for his face, which was shadowed. To keep the ISO as low as possible (320) and avoid a grainy shot, I opened the aperture wide (f/2.5) and slowed the shutter as much as I dared (1/60). Then I rested my arms on the bed, held my breath, and snapped the shutter. The resulting picture is a confidence booster. One more manual shot, one step closer to conquering the camera.