Taking Family Photos

Photography has been a great hobby for me. Most of what I have learned I have learned on my own from books or online. I don't have fancy equipment but have tried hard to master what I have. I am still working on it.  Last fall I took some picture for some of our friends and family. I don't have a lot of confidence yet so friends and family have been great subjects to work with because I know they won't be afraid to tell me what they really think. Christmas came and went, life got busy, and I never got a chance to post these to my blog. Now that Spring is finally here my interest in photography has been rejuvenated and I am excited to get back to taking pictures.   I have posted some of my shots from last fall with these two families. The first set are our friends, Krista and Jeff, and their three great kids. We had a ball taking these photos. The kids were game for anything and had some great ideas of their own. They are such a photogenic family. And the weather and light were beautiful that day.

I took these pictures of my brother, Dan and his family in early December. It was so cold that day but they were troopers and hung in there. I love family photos and getting some shots of his family was important to me. I loved getting to take pictures of my nieces and nephew.

You don't need a wonderful camera (although I would love to have one)!  Take your camera out and get some shots of you and your family.  Family photos are always enjoyed and are a great way to decorate your home.  Here is to the beautiful weather and I encourage you all to go out and take some photos!

Around Here

It has been a while since I have done an "Around Here" post and so much has been going on I thought it would be the best way to update the blog.  So here goes:  

Around here....

Toy Story has always been one of our family's favorite movies so we were all excited when Kaleb recently fell in love with it also.  He got Buzz Lightyear for Valentine's Day, and got Woody right away after that.  We already have the Potato Heads, Mr. and Mrs. with a couple little potato pets and today we added Jesse to our group.  One of the great parts about having a little one later in life is that you get to enjoy these sorts of things all over again!

Around here Jess and her boyfriend, Kyle were home for the weekend.  They started Spring Break.  This picture turned out pretty blurry.  I am not for sure why which leads me to:

Around here I am still working on my photography skills.  I will be so happy when it finally gets nicer outside.  I hate shooting indoors and am more of a natural light kind of girl.

Around here we are busy in calving season.  Last weekend the boys and I went down to help Kenton take care of a new baby.  Right away Kaleb wanted to help feed her.

Around here I finally finished a canvas class I took online at Brave Girls Club.  They say it should take about 3 hours to do this art project.  I hate to say it but it took me more like 3 months but I don't think that I should count December with Christmas and all.  You can not tell from this picture but the edges of the canvas are done with gold leafing and then painted over it to make it look more aged.  Gold leafing was a mess to do but I loved how it turned out.  Someday this will go in my art/craft/photography studio.  It fits me as I have lots and lots of ideas, but sometimes that is about as far as they get!

Around here it rained today.  It was pretty cool temperature wise outside but when Kenton said he was going to feed the cows Kaleb ran for his new rain boots and coat so he could go along.  We had to get pictures of him playing in the mud puddles for the first time.  I swear that he is the hardest child to photograph as he never stands still and won't look at me and smile.  He is always too busy!  I love this picture anyway.

Around here life is busy and I am having a hard time keeping up!  There is so much more that has been happening but these are a few that came to mind tonight.  Wishing you all a blessed week.  The weather is suppose to get warm here so we are super excited!