Thursday, April 30, 2009

Butterfly



This butterfly came and sat down right next to me and didnt move. I was able to take shots with my regular len, and then I switched to the zoom lens, but this one was taken with my Macro lens. I love this lens! I think Sigma makes the best lens' out there. This butterfly eventually took off. I like how you see some details on the body.

Friday, April 24, 2009

Today........

Today is the day! I am going on a walk with my camera. I want to caputre some things around my new town through the eyes of my camera. Today I am going to walk along the busiest street.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

More from the driving range.

Well now, I just love this picture. It is such a candid shot and he didnt even know I was taking it probably. I like how he is so focused and sharp and the background is just slightly out of focus.

Friday, April 17, 2009

Day at the driving range

I love how this turned out. The orange outfit pops right off the green grass. I was playing around with the camera yesterday at the driving range & I got some really good candid shots of the girls. I had my camera in Manual mode for this, the sun was setting but was high enough, I really didn't need to use a flash. I set the ISO to 200 and changed the white balance a bit.

Friday, April 10, 2009

My new adventure

OK, So I am back.... I am hoping that now that I am mostly unpacked and ready to start focusing on my passion, Photography. We are hoping to make Cuddlebug Photography a success down in our new town.
But I must share with you what the last 2 weeks have been like. First off, the move went really well, and the movers only broke a few things. No biggie, we bought the insurance so it will all get replaced. The first night, we realized that some of the outlets upstairs didn't work, and the dishwasher drained into the sink and counter. We also couldn't control the temp on the showers. Made life interesting it was either blazing hot or ice cold! But all that stuff was minor and we were able to get it all fixed within days. The kicker was when I was in the shower on Saturday morning and my darling hubby came in to tell me that my shower water was running down the driveway. The clean out for the house is right there by the garage door. Needless to say, the trees here are so old that they eat at the pipes. Everyone on our street has had major problems for years. My nice landlady had a plumber out on Sat but couldn't solve the problem. Sunday she found the first plumber who supposedly fixed it. He was a joke, I would never pay that company to do anything! We had to wait till Monday when the joke plumber came out and said it was the city's problem. We contacted the city and since we had kids at home, and we couldn't flush the toilets or shower they treated it as an emergency. On Monday afternoon they dug up the sidewalk and the planter in the front yard. I am posting a few pictures to show what the city did.
We started our adventure off right!

This is tree root coming out of the sewer pipe.


The city excavating in the front yard.