I wanted to give Heather a photo album for her birthday in February (okay, I may have sent it out in March, and it may have gotten lost in the mail, and we may be really sad about it, but we’re moving on). Anyway, 90% of the pictures I take when we visit are of her children…So, instead of going out to buy an ordinary album, I decided to make my own accordion album. Here’s how… Read the rest of this entry »
What happens when Margaret’s off working night shift? I sneek onto her blog and post my non-pink, do or die, action packed, extreme boarding shots. These were taken at the Wedge in Newport Beach, about an hour before high tide, during a predicted 6-8 ft swell. It was a perfectly overcast day and I was using a Sony Alpha shooting at a shutter speed of 1/640 sec.
If you want to see how I made these little cake bites, you can find the instructions at these two websites:
Bakerella’s Website (the original creator!)
and
They were so fun, and much simpler to make than I originally thought! You definitely need to try them. 
I must’ve tricked my friend from work into thinking that I’m some sort of photographer, because she asked me if I could take some pictures of her as a favor. She was a little surprised when I suggested California Adventures as the place to go, but she decided to give me the benefit of the doubt (even though I was questioning the choice myself), and we were not disappointed! Here are some of my favorites…I bet you’d never guess the location from most of the shots! Good thing we both have annual Disney passes
Every once in a while, I find a …distraction… on a picture of someone’s face. Or, the picture is just lacking the soft quality that I want. The GIMP editing program gives me all the tools I need to fix this…without going over the top. I’ve seen some pictures that have been "retouched" so much that your (okay, okay, MY) first reaction is "ummm, that is definitely not what his/her face really looks like." My goal is to show you how to take away distractions and make a face look a little softer, without anyone supposing that you did. Read the rest of this entry »
On the day after Christmas (I know, I know, I’m going backwards since I still haven’t shared the pictures from Christmas day)…anyway, on the day after Christmas, my mom treated us all to a trip to the San Fransisco Zoo. We had a lot of fun, and the weather was surprisingly perfect . Here are some of our pictures! And a warning…I just noticed there are about a bajillion-and-a-half pictures of Lily in here. My camera had some sort of attraction to her sweet little face. Read the rest of this entry »
A couple months ago (before I got a job) I decided to try to be creative for Christmas. So, I leisurely set to work on “The Glamorous Gal’s Domestic Charm Collection.” Then…I got a job. This halted most everything besides sleeping and eating…and even some of that. A few days before we planned to leave for Middletown, I realized that I was less than half way done! So, I whipped out the sewing machine, spray paint, computer designy tools…and some quick meals….and here are the results!: Read the rest of this entry »
Margaret and I spotted an interesting new style as we walked around Disneyland today. Read the rest of this entry »
Tim and I made a last minute decision to drive to Arizona for Thanksgiving. Even though we had to turn around and come back in 2 short days, it was worth the drive. Here are some pictures of our wonderful family!
Kristin needed a “model” for a fun, experimental photo shoot a couple days ago. I use the quotes around “model”, because I’m really no such thing. Maybe a guinea pig? Whatever the case, I dressed up in a couple different outfits, arduously put on some fake lashes, then did whatever Kristin told me to do: hop up on a dumpster, commune closely with ants crawling on a tree…whatever. Read the rest of this entry »
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