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a newborn, sisters, and cousins

Whew.  Well, I had my chance to practice on a brand new seven day old baby on Friday.  So sweet and little.  I got a couple of shots I really like plus a few fun ones of her sisters and cousins. 

 

 

check out this cutie

I met this cutie and his mom at the park for some practice and I can't believe some of the photos I snapped of him.  Such a boy and all over the place which was fine since I am totally used to chasing after G for pics.

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

hamburger joints make for some good photos

Scott & I took G to eat at Kincaid's for dinner last weekend after hearing how great their burgers are for oh about the last five years or so.  I love the message on the napkin holder ("our cows are vegetarian so you don't have to be") and loved that Scott didn't mind me getting up to go take a photo of the gumball machine with those bright lime green gumballs.  Super fun.  And the food was pretty good too.

a visit with Kara resulted in a photoshoot

Kara was in town from Denver and after a nice brunch in Dallas (and a mimosa) she agreed to pose for me to get some practice.  It was tons of fun especially because she was so agreeable to trying out some cool backgrounds.  Like the red wall of the liquor store on Knox Henderson.  Holla.  That was just for you Kara.  And maybe for Chuck too.

yum yum

Just a little guy eating snow for the first time.

and then a little guy trying out a snow angel (yes those are hero pajamas you see...it was early this morning).

snow day in Texas

I was amazed at how much snow we got yesterday.  It was the most I have ever seen at one time here in Texas and G really had a great time playing in it.

wine, good friends, and good food

April's glass of red wine

   

the wall of wine...super cool atmosphere and great way to decorate the wine bar...floor to ceiling wine bottles

beet, grapefruit, arugula, and pistachio salad

P365 February

I finished the first week of February and thought it was interesting that on the two days we had sunshine I took photos with the blue sky taking up tons of the space in the photo. I think that is a sign of how desperate I am for the spring and the sun and the warmer weather to be here. Soon. Really soon.

bedtime, books, stuffed animals

At bedtime last night I realized I hadn't taken any photos yet for P365.  EEEeekkk!  G isn't usually a willing subject (probably because he is almost always the subject) but for some reason he really played up to the camera.  Too bad the only light was from the table lamp & the closet light because quite a few came out blurred.  He wanted to me take pictures of all his stuffed animal "friends" too.  I thought these would be fun shots to try in a board so here you go...four of my favorites!

fall in Austin, Texas

This is the view from the deck of my friend's house in Austin from my visit in November.  I just finally got around to editing the photo today.  She has such an awesome view.  Perfect for sitting on the deck and drinking wine and catching up on everything we miss in each others lives while we are living in different cities.

Same photo just in black and white.

books & water towers

What do books and water towers have in common?  Well, nothing that I can think of off the top of my head except that I snapped these shots for P365 this week.

I actually took this photo out of my car window while sitting at a red light yesterday in downtown Keller.  I just rolled down the window, stuck my camera out, and didn't worry about whether the person in the car next to me thought I was a crazy person.

your favorite things contest

What is your favorite thing?

Rachael Ray Magazine is hosting a photo contest about "your favorite thing" where the winner receives a Nikon D3000 camera.  You can post as many photos as you want and then people vote for their favorites.  I snapped this shot of the new blender I bought today along with my groceries.  Not necessarily the best photo I have ever taken but it does have 2 things I really like...small kitchen appliances and food!  Maybe I will keep looking for a few other favorite things.

P365 Month of January

I ended taking a lazy shot of the guys on the couch this am just to be able to get all of January d.o.n.e.  I can't believe I only missed taking photos one day this month.  It was a pretty good month of practice although I haven't experienced that life changing part of P365 that some people have talked about.  Hmmm. Maybe that happens in February.  I guess I'll be able to find out since I have decided to keep going.  Be sure to check back on me!

my favorite store

Can my favorite store be a grocery store?  Well, I hope so because I decided yesterday that Central Market is my favorite store.  Where else can you get a pretty much already made dinner for 6 adults & 4 children including appetizers for under $100?  Love it.  And as my photo of the day I snapped this through the windshield as I was pulling up.  I was surprised it didn't have more grain but I did run the wipers first (seriously, I did).  Then I ran an urabn edit in post processing that I really like with this photo.  Now I am off to find some of that leftover mac & cheese. yum yum.

day 29 P365

This is one of the best photos from yesterday and probably the one I will use when I scrap this week for P365. Thought I would post it and say that I am really (really) hoping for some warmer weather next week. It would be super nice to be able to get some photos outside where I can lower my ISO and get some sharper images. Ugh. I did get in some practice on TV mode instead of AV mode yesterday. I have been pretty lazy about keeping the camera set on AV mode with the 50 mm lens so that I can really blur the background while we have been inside this month so I thought it was time for a little challenge. It doesn't look like G was moving around fast in this shot but he was all over the place so at least half the photos came out blurred. So, I will keep practicing.  And hoping for better weather.  And maybe some more interesting shots so I don't end up with a year of photos of G playing with trains.

baby G

Here is my favorite photo of baby G.  I took what seemed like a billion and thought that even though the lighting was bad (I mean really bad, like no windows, only florescent lights, bad) that maybe I would end of with a couple that I really liked.  She is such a cutie and had a huge grin so hopefully I will make it back with a few more edited pics later on.  I can't seem to stop messing with the white balance and sharpening.  I think I will go search out a good defog action to download because I had the ISO up so high to compensate for the bad lights they all look a little grainy to me.

Can you see the grain?  I guess I can pretend it was on purpose but I think I will just have to wait until next time  to try again.  Hopefully, in a few weeks I will get that chance with some natural light.

Oh, and did I already say she was in her jammies?  Well, she was in her jammies.  Nothing like a great outfit to say snapshot over a professional shot.  Her grandma said we can try her in one of those adorable tutu like skirts next time.  I can't wait!

conversation with a three year old

him:  make sure you are driving safe because it is raining.

me:  I am driving safe.  thank you for the reminder.

him:  no, you are driving too fast.

me:  I am driving 30 mph which is within the speed limits.  I promise I will always drive safe with you in the car.

him:  well, actually, mommy, that is not true.  I remember when the police officer pulled you over because you weren't driving safe.

End of conversation.

Side note from me.  I did get pulled over for going 38 mph in a 30 mph zone with him in the car with me (about 3 months ago).  I did not get a ticket but a warning instead.  I think it helped that G wanted to tell the police officer how nice he was during our traffic stop. 

P365 week 4

Whew.  Week 4 finished.  I almost can't believe it.  The good thing about January almost being over is that I only have 11 more months to go or 337 more days this year to take photos to have completed P365 successfully.  I'm not sure that you are supposed to view it that way so for now I will just be thankful to have made it through another week!  Okay, actually, the good thing is that I can really visually see how wonderfully full my life is by looking at these layouts.  It may not seem like much but some days it is the little things that make the big impact.  Like the note & the gum.  What girl wouldn't love that?