Class of '09

My Kid

"E"

Tim and Nan

My Adorable Cousin

Pooh

Bulldozer

Neigh

It's Been A While...

I have been neglecting this blog. If anyone still checks this thing, I sincerely apologize. I will try and do better. I am seriously lacking in creativity, so that is why my poor blog is so lonely. I am going to try and do better. I desperately need to practice. So maybe I will get my butt in gear.

All that being said, I leave you with the flower that Zachariah likes to smell every morning. :)

Cute Face

Purple Flower

Pianist

I See You!

Mr. Ducky

Flower

Raisin Box

Baggy Pants :)

Easter Basket

Happy Baby

Here is a picture of my little nephew from this weekend.
Isn't he adorable?!?

Tootsies

T-I-double-guh-err

Please excuse the rainy day lighting. Doesn't make for the best of pictures, but I thought Tigger looked pretty happy sitting there. :)

Road Trip

Close Up

Peeking

In case anyone was wondering, this is the handle on his walk and ride bus. Coincidentally, the same bus that was pictured in the post below. :)

Toys

Friday Morning Smile

Play-Dough

Wearing Daddy's Hat

I know this isn't the best photo in the world, but I am putting it up anyway because its freaking adorable :)

Horray For Manual Focus!

I tried to do this a while back with my point and shoot... but just didn't have the focusing capabilities. So I was thrilled when it actually worked for me this time!


Okay, is it just me, or do the leaves look a little too blurry? And do you know a way I can avoid that next time?

Waking Up...

My Gorgeous Child

A Little Depth of Field

Yeah. This was a total accident. But I would really like to experiment a bit more with DOF. I just have to figure out how I accidentally do this stuff, then do it better. haha.

Anyway, I kind of liked how it turned out. Except for it making my baby look really old. That part I don't like.

:)

Blocks

Straw Cup

Cousins

Happy Boy

Visit to Mimi and Poppie's

The sun was crazy bright in Z's face, but I kind of liked the composition of it. So I am putting it up anyway. :)

Cuteness

Slacker

So I am in some sort of funk. My pictures are getting very repetitive (seeing as how they are just of my kid) and I am obviously not making the time to try to get creative with it. That being said, I am going to ask you to excuse my lack of picture posting. I am still going to try and put pictures up a few times a week. I just don't think I am going to make my every day quota. At least not until I get out of my little funk.

So that's it for now.
Here is a picture to end the post!

Baby Boy

I had my first pro bono photo shoot this weekend!
Meet my little nephew...


You can go to my other blog to see more pictures from the photo shoot!

Round Two

Here is my second shot at using the manual mode on my camera. I am not completely happy with it, but I think its an improvement from yesterday. One day I may figure this thing out. :)

Manual Mode

I have spent the last couple days learning about shutter speed, aperture, ISO and exposure. I have a lot more reading to do before I feel super confident, but I thought that I would try out some things I have learned. I spent a little while reading my camera manual and quickly familiarized myself with the few settings I had never used before.

That being said... I have had some time to think about my feelings toward the manual setting, and I have finally come to a decision: I would rather be poked in the eye with a fork rather than use the manual mode. I actually had to resist throwing my camera in front of a car this afternoon. I took 72 pictures in less than 20 min, and this is the best that I ended up with.


I don't know if its the rinky dink camera that I have, or the moving toddler, or the amount of sunlight outside, or my lack of experience with the settings... but I was not happy with the results. If I actually get the nerve to pick up my camera anytime soon, I am going to try to glue the knob to auto. *shudder*

Window Art

I am not a fan of the lighting on this one... but its basically the only one I took today. Oh well.
Zachariah has recently learned that he can "draw" on the condensation that covers the windows in the mornings. Its his new favorite. :)

For Tammi...

I know this isn't a fabulous picture, but I have absolutely no experience photographing animals. And I figured Zachariah needed a break from having the camera in his face, so I decided to photograph this thing. Canadian Geese give me the heebie jeebies. They could take out an eye if they felt like it.

Tree Peeker

Is the contrast to high in this picture? After debating back and forth yesterday while editing I thought it looked good. But then this morning I looked at it with fresh eyes and it just looks a bit off.

Is it just me? Do you see it too? I need feedback. :)

Library Visit

Let Me Out!

Couch Potato

Swinging