Well today, I participated in 2 challenges over at Scrapmatters.com. The left side is from a speed scrap, and the right side is from the tuesday template. These were such fun pictures. These were taken when i did the photo shoot the other day with the cows, and formal wear.

credits: gsass_sunshine kit, mst_sspaper pierced, nikp_fatal alpha set, scrapchic stuidio stars, haynay tuesday template, vinerhand font, pristina font.

I LOVE this picture.

It was just a pure silly moment for the girls. They were hanging out on the tractor and I was getting the camera adjusted right and just snapping pictures of the girls while waiting. Megan wanted to take a silly one. So here it is. Should this be the Chistmas Card photo for the year?

ISO 100 F4.5 1/200

Today was a very interesting, but fun day. We went over to our friends house to take their Christmas Card photo's. Ok, that was pretty fun and unuasual. They had the pitch fork and hay and cows in the photos. When I moved, I had to make sure i didnt step into cow poop. I snapped this photo of "Maui" while we waited while everyone changed into formal attire. I like how she is just looking at me and not moving. The sun is hitting her at the right angle.

no settings today. That would be too much work to pull out the camera and look.

the settings for the camera were ISO 100 f:5.6 1/200

I was just goofing off yesterday with the camera. Hannah had a friend over and I was taking some pictures of the 2. I was trying to see how it would look with a family photo. I like the way the background worked on this one. I wanted a family photo on the property without seeing any house in the background. So maybe this weekend we will get a good one. Who knows.

Today you get a 2 page scrapbook layout. I actaully really like the page. I like the colors and the layout. I changed the template around on page 2 and added more pictures. Only want 2 pagers for events in the school albums. Some years there are way too many photos to scrap. I refuse to do 2 albums for 1 school year! :)

Credits: Brittdes 101408 template, JCrowley_macabrea holloween paper

This was taken about a month ago and a friends house. I like the scenic view of the barn. For years, i wanted to photograph the barn but every time we were there I didnt have my camera. This time I brought it. But instead of just photgraphing the barn, I used part of the pond, and the tree as the forground to set the picture up. Almost relaxing thinking about it. It was fun becasue the girls were fishing in the pond while I was taking the pictures. :)

iso: 400, 44mm, F:16, 1/60

Iso:400 1/60 F4.5 (small adjustments in lightroom)

Iso:400 1/60 f5.6 ( I did a little sharpening in lightroom. no other adjustments.)

Well today I dabbled with the camera and was trying to take indoor shots. I never really taken many indoor portraits. I want to get really good at it. So I put Megan in a few different outfits and snapped away. These 2 are just a sample of what i did today. I think next time I will try with the different type of lighting. Today's were with natural lighting. The outside shots were with the sun directly behind me. It was getting ready to go down. I think with the gold, it made it glow some. Almost a warm feeling.

Hannah had me take this picture. She liked the way the one tree was falling on it's side. I turned it black and white. I think it is a cool picture. I think it almost makes it desolate looking.

iso:400, 1/50 F:5.6( origianl picture in color before I changed a little bit in editing.)

These pictures of the girls were down in the Calaveras Big Trees. It proved to be a big adventure too. After falling on my butt, in pain, I couldnt concentrate all that much. But hey, I got a few good ones of the girls. We were aiming for a good Christmas Card Picture. Maybe the next time. It is also harder to be behind the camera and in front of it. I am proud of these 3 though.

I really like this page that I did a few days ago. It is fun and shows how much Hannah is having fun. This was at the beginning of the school year for her.

Credits: Lriordan-blog paper, JEdwards add challenge alpha, Lriordan Fallon stitching, AWI LIttle zoo monkey2.

Well, Where to begin. Someone in my life motivated me to get out there and do this. She has no clue either. :) I want to be able to use this for the special things in my life, from being a scrapbook page to a photo that I took and am very proud of. I want to let people see what I am made of. So I hope you enjoy.