Fun in the leaves!

I thought I'd share some recent pictures of my little one playing in the leaves. I love this little series below of her in action -- winding up to throw leaves in the air and then watching with glee as they start to ascend and fall. I'm also really loving the sun flare in this image. One of the techniques I'm hoping to improve upon is shooting with sun flare to achieve artistic and ethereal results. Here's one of my first "successes," in my opinion. I really like how the sun hits the front of her face, blurring out some of the details into a soft glow.