Birthday Portraits – Alyssa
I wanted to do a photo shoot with Alyssa for her birthday last month, and finally made it happen. Alyssa is many things - a funny, stubborn, sass-bucket, athletic, super-smart,…
Macro Fun
While noodling around on the B&H Photo website, I noted that there were these nifty extension tubes that I could get to allow me to get closer to my subject…
The Last Gift
With mother's burial complete, the last of the inheritance money was distributed. I have thought and prayed and researched for many months about what to do with my portion. I…
Roosevelt Row
Since the kids and Paul were off school and work today for MLK, I wanted to take everyone for a fun little excursion and also get some more portrait practice…
Wild Burros
Paul and Jon went on a little desert off-road and photo shoot in April, and happened upon the cutest little pack of wild burros! I sent my camera along and…
Desert Date
On Sunday afternoon, our daughter Megan gifted Paul and me with an afternoon to ourselves while she babysat her siblings. It was a wonderful blessing to have some extended time…
Practice Makes …. Better?
A week or so ago I found a good deal on a Canon EOS Rebel T6 for the kids, and since then I've been doing some research in order to…
A Long Awaited Photo Shoot
Sunday we tried something new and very different. For the last 4 years we have been sitting near the back of the church due to a plethora of unruly behaviors…
Freestone Park, 01/01/20
In keeping with our New Year's Day tradition, and in light of my new camera, we took the family on a little walkabout on Wednesday afternoon to Freestone Park over…
Pumpkin Time
For someone who loves autumn as much as I do, I'm painfully negligent of fall traditions. I can count on one hand and have fingers left over the times I've…