In celebration of the upcoming Valentine’s Day holiday, I heart faces is having a Kissing theme this week. As soon as I saw this week’s topic, I thought of a certain picture, and I was so determined to find that particular picture that I spent about 45 minutes trying to find it on my computer….
Give Me Your Best Shot – PRC
This week, AJ and I picked up our friend, Butterfly, and headed to the Resource Center. The following is my favorite picture from our day there. Butterfly painted a very colorful picture of herself. ….while AJ spent the majority of his time at his favorite table (the play dough). I am glad that we got…
Shutter Speed {All You Need To Know} – A Bloggography Tutorial
It’s time for another addition of Bloggography! Today we’ll concentrate on shutter speed. Visit my co-host, Manic Mother! What is shutter speed? Shutter speed is the amount of time that the camera’s shutter (or the opening that lets light into the camera’s sensors) stays open. The shutter speed is measured in seconds (or fractions of…
Give Me Your Best Shot – Daughter in Law?
I think my 4 year old son may have met future wife. I had a vision of an older AJ and his little (girl)friend when she and her big brother, AJ’s best friend, were over at our house this week. By the way, I am just as smitten with this little girl as AJ is….
Bloggography Challenge – ISO
Is it Tuesday already? How does the time go by so fast? It’s time for another Bloggography Challenge! But before we move on to this week’s challenge, I wanted to showcase one of my favorite pictures from the first challenge (Winter theme). I’ll be looking through this week’s entries to show off another favorite picture…
I Heart Faces – Texture
I’ve got to admit (and this won’t come as a surprise to those of you who know me): I rarely if ever use texture in my edited photos. Textures kinda scare me. I love looking at photos that have had texture added to them, but I rarely add them myself. So I almost didn’t add…
Give Me Your Best Shot {Old Toys}
Every once in a while, I look back at a week’s worth of photos and think, “Well, that was a boring week.” I had that experience today while I looked through this week’s shots on my computer. The fact is, I shared most of my interesting images throughout the week. And those weren’t exciting enough…
Learning ISO with Bloggography
This tutorial was written by my co-host, Beth from Manic Mother. What is ISO? One of the greatest tools of a DSLR camera (and many point & shoots) is the ability to adjust the ISO. Before the digital age, photographers bought their film in different “speeds” – the ISO number referred to the speed of…
We Are Family
This is not my family. This is my good friend’s family. This is my good friend who, 8 years ago, encouraged me to pursue photography. Eight years ago, this family was the very first family that I did a photo shoot for. They’ve grown a lot in the last 8 years, and I am happy…
Give Me Your Best Shot
I am a sucker for sunsets. Last night, I was cooking dinner and looked out my kitchen window to see this: When I was younger, orange skies spooked me. They looked like fire. Doom. They looked wrong. I remember one evening vividly. I was driving back from afternoon Chinese school with my best friend (who…