Miss Madison

Just something fun that I did tonight....my subject was just too cute! :)

Waggoner Family Preview

Teage and I got to go to Selah this last weekend to visit our great friends the Waggoners. I took some shots of their beautiful family as well, and here is a little preview of how they turned out. I absolutely ADORE Madison in these shots. There are other cute ones also, but I didn't have time to edit them quite yet. Thanks Karine for letting me use your adorable daughter!!! :) Love you guys!

Blaine

This last weekend Teage and I went up to Bellingham to visit some of our college friends. While we were there, I had the opportunity to take pictures of this adorable daughter of a friend of mine, named Blaine. She was such a good sport in the freezing cold weather, but I could not get her to smile much. :) And as you can see, children are a not my forte....though they are a ton of fun. I just can't seem to adjust my setting quickly enough to get a great shot at just the right time, they are so wiggly! :) I had lots of fun with Blaine though, and I really hope that her parents like the pictures!! Thanks Kaitlyn for letting me experiment on your beautiful daughter!

Isn't she adorable?? :)

Family Pictures

I decided the other day that I wanted to take some shots of our family in a more "formal" setting, so I could actually have one of the four of us to put on the wall! :) So, we went out on this trail near our house and I just set up the camera myself to take some pictures. Definitely not as good as they could be, but some turned out ok. Just wanted to share.

Most of these were taken with a 4.5 ap, as that was the lowest I could go and still get the shot. I also didn't even think about the boys' white shirts, silly me. That made it hard to get the contrast just right, oh well. :)

The boys "bonking"....their own little show of love. :)

Having fun with the fam

We went over near Alki Beach the other weekend with Teage's brother Brook. He had just returned from his mission, so we wanted to show him some of the sights of Seattle. I took a few pics of the boys while we were there....

OK, so I went a little too crazy with the contrast on this one....I may have to fix that.

This is one that I took of their cousin Kai at his birthday party. I just love the expression on his face!

Silhouettes (how in the world do you spell that?) :)

So here are my tries at our last outing with silhouettes. Some of them actually turned out ok. Thanks again Rebecca!! This is so much fun!!!

This last one is one that I took a few nights before our outing. This is just right outside in the back of my house, looking towards Preston Valley.

DOF fun

So, the other day while the boys were napping, I decided to take some pictures of everything within about a 5 foot radius of my house....well, not too terribly exciting. But, I did get a few good shots out of it and I wanted to share. :)

OK, so this last one was at the park on a different day.... :)

Sarah's wedding

Hi everyone. I just wanted to say that I miss all of you, and our classes! Thank you again Rebecca for all that you have done. I really hope that we are all able to get together again soon, you all teach me so much!

Here are some photos that I took for a wedding recently. I just thought that they were fun, and I had a great time editing some....hope you like them!

Our last outing

I absolutely loved going to the park with all of you. It is so helpful to have some hands-on time, and learn from everyone around you. I really appreciate all of you, and the help that you have given me. We should definitely do that again soon!

So, I have been trying really hard to not only get my pictures right the first time (and not have to photoshop them all), but also work in full manual and practise spot-metering. I think that I am getting better, but there is always always always room for improvement! And Marcy, thank you for letting us photograph Carly, she is such a sweet and willing subject! :)

Here are some samples from our outing the other day...I don't have time to post all of the ap and shutter speed settings, but I will try to do that later today or tomorrow. Thanks for all of your patience guys!

First try at macro! :)

Thank you to Pat for helping us learn some macro-photography! Here is my first attempt....these shots were taken out in front of Rebecca's house after our last class. I had my ap down as far as I could go....I believe that these were at 4.5.