Thursday, August 31, 2006

How funny is this?


Playing around and trying more panning....
My son is skate boarding across the driving way...doesn't it look like he's racing the car?
The car is actually parked and blocking the driveway to help keep the wild skate boarder in the driveway.

A Fun wedding last weekend.





















A country western theme wedding. Loads of fun, lots of happy people.

Had a couple to share...well maybe more than a couple. :)

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Mel, Mom, Gib


The trio.

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Try not to ignore the dogs


when taking pictures...They get very jealous and must be the center of attention.

Monday, August 14, 2006

Old and odd doors





When we were downtown in this one spot in the alley, all these doors, or doors no more. Tall doors, bricked up doors and doors you could never get too. I think this used to be the delivery hub for down town...It's really strange now to see this.

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Exposing myself




Sam and I went down town today. old alley had some cool walls and textures.
I was showing Sam how to work my camera, and she talked me into sitting in front of the lens. Very award to say the least. One of the white ones... I look so grumpy. Man that thing was bright. An old water fountain they painted BRIGHT WHITE. if you sit in it, it looks like your in a big white box.

Poor Jack


He just wants to sit next to Ramsay. Ramsay just "loves" too much sometimes. Jack loves it and puts up with it. Takes whatever he can get from Ramsay.

masking and merging


very intersting
3 seperate shots masked together. I have some other ideas for this. Would like to do this for some senoir portraits too. They love this fun stuff.
(The strips across the pants is the sun coming through the fence.) We were on a hill too, so the fence really does slope down like this.



The teen who loves to model...but only her way. Nothing I want to do :(

Saturday, August 12, 2006

Picks for the fair


I had help from others picking what to go in the fair this year. These are six that you are allowed that I'm entering. They all on metallic paper 11X14.
Always fun to be a part of the local fair. The art exhibit is my favorite part.

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Agility dog show

Saturday I went to Burlington, VT to an agility dog show. My Mothers dog, Melody was in it to get her fourth "leg" so that she can advance to the novice round.(Which she did and took first place) Pretty amazing stuff. A giant indoor place. You'd never know the room is full of dogs as they are so quite. What is so amazing is the silent communication between trainer and dog. Lots of hand signals. I stayed and watched the advanced jumping...which was really amazing. Lots of fun. Though shooting tho. these are at 3200 iso 500 ss F 2.8. Lots of yucky yellow. I couldn't catch any of the black dogs, the camera just couldn't focus on them fast enough. The next show in October is outside. That one will be fun to shot.


This Lab was soooo cute and nervous. He was coming over one of the ramps and looked down. He got so nervous...he couldn't make it. the trainer tried and tried to get him to walk over it. She finally went over and picked him up and got him down. Once you touch the dog your disqualified.


The above one is my Mom's dog..melody . This below one is one of my mom's friends.

Thursday, August 03, 2006

she's feeling much better


everyday.
So during her recovery from surgery, she has to sit and relax alot. Perfect ! A model to sit by the window and let me practice natural lighting.