Thursday, July 31, 2008

Summer Fun

A couple weeks ago Addyson went to her first "pool" party. Now, the water entertainment at the party wasn't a "pool", but an inflatable water slide. Addyson and some other kids were too little so they had fun with sprinklers and the kiddie pool. Addyson enjoyed watching the other kids going down the slide and getting splashed...and so did Mommy - it was hot as Haitis that day!

Initially, she was afraid we were going to dunk her in...


Then we couldn't pry her away


This was a little more her speed


Funny girl!

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

....A sigh of relief

Monday after work I was determined to try my new camera ninja skills, so me and the fam loaded up and ventured to the new community in Cypress, Bridgeland. This place is awesome for pictures! They have lakes, trails, a waterfall, a park with old oak trees and lots of bridges and benches and gourgeous flowers. We got there as the sun was starting to set so I was able to try out some of the silhouette tricks we had learned the other day...here's my shot at it:


Here's one trying to use the rule of thirds....or something like that :)



Here's one of Addyson:

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Hello....anyone there?

Yes, I know it's been 3 months since my last post here...I've been super busy and can hardly find the time to update this thing. I'm happy to announce that I finally took my first photography class this past Saturday. It was offered by Leisure Learning and I totally recommend it to anyone who thinks they're reading Japanese when people talk about aperture and depth of field. The teacher is Kathy Adams Clark and she was a wonderful teacher. I already have a couple more of classes in mind that I want to take. So...I was all excited Saturday and thought - I'm a pro now, I know how to make my way around the Manual Mode...yeah right! Today, me, Brad and Tooty set out to take some pictures. To my horror, my pictures SUCKED! I was so upset..I even went out and bought a tripod. Just a few minutes ago though, I noticed that I had my camera's white balance on Tungsten the entire time...I'm hoping that was why all my pictures were way overexposed....if not, I have a lot more learning to do. Well, I know I have a lot more learning, but you know what I mean. Anyway, I hope to stay active with this blog as I want to post my pictures as I progress with my photography. Hopefully as time passes all these settings will come a lot easier to me - and I can learn to be happy with my pictures.