Day 7

This is Jackson's birthday week.  He turns 10 on Wednesday, and he had an indoor soccer game tonight.

The focus of my photography class this month is Winter and Low Light.  I took this shot in front of a bank of windows at 4:50 p.m. with no lights and no flash.

ISO 2000  f/2.5  SS 1/200

I warmed Jackson up a bit with a Florabella action in Photoshop.  He is one of the pastiest people I know.

And here he is in action...this was taken behind plexiglass, and I blurred out the other kids' faces since I do not know them or their parents.

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Day 6

This is Brendan!

He is 11 years old and in the 6th grade.

Today Brendan starts Confirmation in the United Methodist Church!

It is a big day!  The start of his three year journey!

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Day 5

Brendan played in his second basketball game at the YMCA this morning.  He scored a 3 point basket! Yay!!!

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Despite his team being in the lead 20 to 10 in the photo above, they ended up losing by 4 points.  It was a great game!

Day 4

JC and I received a beautiful Phalaenopsis orchid for Christmas from some of our dear friends.  It is absolutely gorgeous, and what may be even more unbelievable is that I have not managed to kill it yet!  :)

So for today's post, I'd like to share three photos that I took this afternoon of our orchid.  In the first two I added a texture to the background.  I also made a watermark for this blog's photos.  I kind of love it! 

I bought the digital camera on Etsy in a set of 5 vintage cameras.

This photo has a Florabella texture (Raw Silk II).

ISO 200  f/2.5  Shutter Speed 1/640

This photo has a Sarah Gardner "Earth" texture on it.

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This one may be my favorite of the three.

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Day 3

This Christmas was all about Nike Basketball Shoes for Brendan and Jackson.  I know Brendan spent many minutes if not hours on my MacBook searching for shoes. 'Tis the age!

Here are two of the pairs of shoes that my mom got the boys for Christmas this year.  They are quite spectacular!

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Day 2

Wow!  Day 2, and I am already struggling.  It was back to work and school today, and we are all feeling a little irritated! :)

I did snap a photo of our Breville Juicer on Instagram since we broke that baby out for the first time in six months this morning.  JC juiced spinach, carrots and apples.  It was delicious!  The most servings of vegetables I've had in a while! Haha!

Day 1

On January 1st, American Girl announces their Girl of the Year!  

The 2013 doll is Saige! 

This photo was taken this morning as Emma and JC were on the AG website checking her out!  Saige is at the top of Emma's birthday wish list!  Emma's birthday is January 24th!

New Year's Resolution

I've been in a photography class with Lisa from The Long Road to China off and on for the past two years.  My classmates and online photography friends have inspired me to start this 365 project again for 2013.

I do actually use my big camera more often now, and also I am in love with Instagram for my iPhone.  I didn't even have an iPhone two years ago.  I am hoping this will make it easier for me to keep this project going through the entire year!  One can hope, right?

Today is one of my best friend's birthdays.  She is 40, and we partied like Rock Stars this weekend celebrating!

Birthday girl is the one in the middle!

Happy New Year's Eve!

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