Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Beautiful Sunday afternoon.....





I just have the best friends! Thank you Holbrooks family for letting me get some more practice. We went to the Botanical Gardens and got a few shots of the family. It was so much fun! I just went to Wally World to get a few prints from this shoot and the lady told me I had to have a copy right release in order to get them. Ha! I told her I took them and then realized when I was leaving that I just got a super compliment!
Here are a few sneak peaks. Hope you like them Holbrooks family!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Continued from below.......






Here are some more pics.....

Thank you Kids!!!!!






My wonderful, patient children spent 2 hours at the Botanical Gardens in Clemson with me so that I could get some more practice. Now that my class is over, and I am waiting for the next one to start, I need to PRACTICE!! The kids were very patient with me. I mostly let them run around and I took random shots. There are a few that were posed. None of the images have been altered in Photoshop......yet. Oh, and I did it all in Manual setting :) It was hard to decide which ones to show, there are so many!! So, with that said, if anyone wants some pictures, I need the practice. Just let me know!

Nighttime shots



My class went to Falls Park during class one evening and we learned how to take night shots WITHOUT the flash. It was so cool. I managed to get a couple good ones. My wonderful husband just bought me a tripod for our anniversary, so now I can really get some that will be in focus.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

My new Hobby!!!




I found out I love Photography! I just finished a 9 week photography course at Greenville Tech continuing education. I had so much fun. I can't wait to take the next class and increase my skills. Here are a few shots from last Sunday when my class went to Falls Park in Greenville. The bumble bee is the granddaughter of one of the ladies in my class. The shots of the couple are a girl in my class and her husband. He was such a trooper. I am planning on taking some shots of my "very pregnant" sister and her family at the Botanical Gardens sometime soon.

Friday, August 21, 2009

The Migraine Blues


I finished this blanket yesterday while recovering from a killer migraine (for the baby shower). I have not had a migraine in 2 years. Oh it was horrible. Thanks to my wonderful husband Ian for staying home and taking care of me and the kids.
This blanket was for a friend from church. She is having a baby boy, and naming him Bradley. We can't wait for his arrival.

Friday, August 14, 2009

Evelyn's Bday

Well, since I am very slow at posting my crochet projects, I thought I would bless you with some of my random thoughts. You know, since so many people read my blog, haha. Evelyn's birthday was a huge success. We rented a giant Spacewalk (I highly recommend it). The kids had a blast, but it was 100 degrees so they spent most of the time in her bedroom, tearing it to pieces. It was clean for all of 30 seconds. I spent the entire week preparing for this party. My house was so spic and span I could have put it on the market. Of course now, not so much. Anyway, an incredible amount of people showed up to the party. I was so happy and overwhelmed at the same time. Thank goodness for friends. All the mom's jumped right in and helped me so much. I am so thankful to have good friends. Kudos to our friend Jason who came and drew portraits of the children. That took lots of patience. To top it off, there was even a kid at the party that I have never even seen before! He walked in the house and asked for a piece of cake. I realized later that I had no idea who that kid was. He stayed while Evelyn opened presents and played for 1.5 hrs after the party was over. I finally had to ask him to go home - wherever that may be.... Come to find out, he was a friend of the neighbor boy. I am patting myself on the back for my patience that day!
Oh yes, I had a birthday four days later. Thanks everyone for the purses. I got 4 of them. And yes, I like them all.