Sunday, March 31, 2013

Day 90

Today is Easter Sunday!!!

This morning Wyndham hosted an Easter Egg Hunt for the little children staying at the resort.

The girls had a great time and found lots of eggs.

Here they are posting with the Easter Bunny:

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Happy Easter everyone!

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Day 89

Absolutely marvelous first day on the beach!

Spring Break 2013

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Day 88

We hopped on a plane to Florida yesterday. It was a long but good day of travel. This is my post for yesterday since I missed posting last night.

 Here we all are at the airport gate waiting to leave...
10 people waiting on a flight to FL...been tormenting the terminal for 2 hours now!!!

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Day 87

Spa Night

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Day 86

Emma had another swim lesson this afternoon!

She is so cute in the water!

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Day 85

It is still cold here.  I am feeling uninspired again this week.

I decided to snap a photo of the dogs curled up together in their favorite chair this afternoon.

It was very dark so I took my aperture to 1.8.  I focused on Franklin's left eye. That is pretty much all that is in focus.  Oh well.  I now know the limitations of my camera, and it is hard to get past them in situations like this afternoon with poor lighting.  I guess I should have gotten the speedlight out.

doggies

Monday, March 25, 2013

Day 84

Here is the opposing view of the dining room.  

I moved the chair in today from our bedroom. It is a much better fit.

Now I need to hang the draperies, buy a small rug and a small settee for the "living room" space in addition to hanging a few photos.  Will it ever be finished?

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iPhone photo

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Day 83

After 2 months of painting wainscoting and drywall, I finally finished the dining room today!

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I love how it turned out!

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Day 82

Jackson had another soccer game today.  They lost 3 to 2, but Jackson scored his first goal!

This is a shot of him kicking it into the goal.  Amazingly it got by the defender and the goalie!


jacks first score

So proud of how Jackson played today!

Friday, March 22, 2013

Day 81

Tonight we went to the Winterized Wonders Annual Art Show at Brendan's middle school.

Brendan had two pieces of art on exhibit...

The first piece we saw is a clay sculpture of a "bird with personality".  The bird is sporting a baseball cap and football pads ~ according to B.

B clay

This next piece won second place in the Sketch category!

B sketch

There was live music, professional artists, food and more.  What a neat experience!

Photos taken with my iPhone!

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Day 80

On this first full day of spring, we had winter-like temps not reaching above 43 degrees.  Brrrr!

The good news is everything is really starting to come to life again!  Spring is my second favorite season because of this beautiful transformation!

My "Tulip" tree has finally started to bloom although it is behind a few others I've seen very nearby.

I decided to snap a couple of photos.  They are really insignificant so I decided to fancy this first one up  with some color pop and a funky Sarah Gardner texture.

tulip tree darker

I actually like the next one but wish the flower was more in bloom.  All of the bokeh is natural which makes me happy!  Love that light!

tulip tree


Now we just need warmer temps to match our official springtime!

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Day 79

I had JC pick his favorite from the photos I took last night.

This is what he chose...not my favorite, but this one is funny!

Emma did a split flying through the air and then crashed and burned...somehow she managed to score.  I guess that's soccer at 5!

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Day 78

We have just now gotten home and gotten the kids in bed.  It is 8:46pm, and I am quite exhausted from the day's events.

Emma had another soccer game tonight.   I don't have it in me to download the pictures so I'll post another one from this past weekend.  I edited it this morning along with a few others.

crooked 2 web

Monday, March 18, 2013

Day 77

Brendan was hard at work on his Eleanor Roosevelt project this afternoon.  He didn't really want me to take a picture of him.  He did let me snap a couple though.

It was gray and rainy and this was taken indoors.

It's not the best picture, but I find myself taking fewer and fewer pictures of this boy who is quickly becoming our young man.

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Sunday, March 17, 2013

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Day 75

Today we traveled back to Boone for our second game.

We lost, but Jackson played very well so we are not disappointed.

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Friday, March 15, 2013

Day 74

Tonight Emma and I did her photo shoot to mimic my inspiration photo.

Emma was not all that cooperative as far as following direction or standing still or cooperating with her mouth expressions.

Here is my inspiration photo...
inspiration

Here is the straight out of the camera...
original

And the final:
side by side

and here is the interpretation...(definitely not as crisp...)

first cropped and blurred watermark

I had such a great time thinking this through and getting the props.  I cannot wait to tackle another one.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Day 73

Today is a very special boy's birthday!

Since it is a soccer practice day, and my turn to drive, I decided to take Dunkin' Donuts for the group!

donut

What a sweet bunch of boys they are!

Happy Birthday JJ!

best of boys texture

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Day 72

JC brought home a beautiful orchid today.  It was a gift from some of his patients who also happen to be long-time friends.

orchid 2
ISO 6400  f/5.6  SS 1/320

Somehow I turned my "auto ISO" function on without knowing.  I thought the ISO was set at 250, but my camera was overriding it.

Taking photos of jewelry and flowers and eyes really really makes me want a Nikon Micro Lens!!!

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Day 71

Emma's Very First Outdoor Soccer Game

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She looked like a pro!  We are so proud of her!

Monday, March 11, 2013

Day 70

NINE days until the official start of spring...

but who's counting???

march 11 web
ISO 1000  f/2.5  SS 1/100

processed using Florabella Colorplay Actions with a Sarah Gardner Wax texture overlay.

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Day 69

We drove straight from the beach to Jackson's soccer game today.

Our team lost, but we are proud of how Jackson played!

get it
ISO 200  f/6.3  SS 1/500

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Day 68

Same vantage point at sunset...

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ISO 320  f/6.3  SS 1/200

Friday, March 8, 2013

Day 67

OKI

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ISO 400  f/5  SS 1/2000

day 66 texture web
ISO 400  f/5  SS 1/1600

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Day 66

Today I picked Emma up from school, and she decided to dress up as Merida from the movie, Brave.

merida
ISO 400  f/3.5  SS 1/400

merida shoot
ISO 400  f/4  SS 1/400

She still has the dress on, but the hair has come off.  
She and Jack even kicked the soccer ball a bit before Jackson got picked up for practice.

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Day 65

Emma wore her Little Red "Rolving" Hood dress today...

rolv
ISO 400  f/2.5  SS 1/4000

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Day 64

eyes
ISO 2500  f/2.8  SS 1/200

processed with Florabella's Retouch and Colorplay's Pink Honey

Monday, March 4, 2013

Day 63

I'm very excited about my last photography assignment for the month of March.  We have to pick an inspiration photo from a photographer.  We then we have to plan out all the details like the subject, location, props, etc. and post all of these details.  Our teacher only wants us to submit between one and three photographs for this assignment.

Emma actually chose my photo for me.  She was giddy when I came across the photo that I will be using.  If she is happy about it, then hopefully, she will be more willing to cooperate with me during the actual photoshoot.

Anyway, as the sun was setting tonight we quickly ran out onto the porch to take a few test photos.  

She is just in a t-shirt with unkempt hair, but I kind of like the sweet smile on her face.  It is a little too over-the-top for the inspiration photo though.

Processed using Florabella's Colorplay actions with a Florabella texture.

Practice Emma
ISO 1250  f/3.2  SS 1/200

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Day 62

Favorite photo of the day...

One of Jack's teammates ready to kick:

Brendan to kick
ISO 200  f/4.5  SS 1/1000

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Day 61

Today we drove up to Boone to visit family and to play soccer!

It was 32 degrees, very windy, and snowing!  Not an ideal day to play soccer outside.

Our boys lost.  Jackson played well, though, and he had some great passes.

jack snow 2
ISO 640  f/4  SS 1/4000

Friday, March 1, 2013

Day 60

This afternoon I had the pleasure of photographing our Goddaughter before her Daddy-Daughter dance at school.  She was just precious and did everything I asked of her.  She is so excited!

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ISO 640  f/3.2  SS 1/400

I could stare at those eyes forever!

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