First Grade Rocks

Ellie had a concert last night. I got this shot of her as we were walking out. A tiny bit overexposed, but I love her face and hair. SOOC. And I LOVE her natural expression.

fall pics... SOOC

I intend to edit them.... later....someday :)

Carnival Rides

It's not perfect, but still... what a shot!

It was fun to get Lydia in focus while the ride twirled around.

Waterfall

I wanted to experiment with shutterspeed on this little waterfall, golfing in Leavenworth. The leaves are over-exposed. Hmmm... how do you NOT overexpose the greenery and still keep the lens open long enough for the blurry effect on the water? Is it all in the PSE work after?

tulips

I dug these out last weekend as I planted my Mother's Day flowers. They were sure pretty while they lasted! I've been a terrible camera slacker the last while. Time to get practicing again.

outside 3/27/09

Same lens, same attempts to balance shutter speed and aperture. Just so much easier outside. I loved the holes in Lydia's jeans. She had a bump on her forehead that day that might be a good experiment in Elements. But that'll be another day's project. I also love Ellie's grumpy faces. She is most fun to photograph when she's in that kind of mood. :)





Derek didn't love that her whole face isn't in focus, just one of her eyes. I personally thought it was kind of cool. What do you think? (click on it to see better)