Archive for February, 2008

fun in the buttes

February 27, 2008

Jess, Kylie, Annie, and I went out to the smallest mountain range in the world after school yesterday. We pretty much just had some fun with our cameras. Jess took some really great pics of me and kylie, which you can view here! While I was waiting for them to pick me up, I took some pictures in the parking lot.

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There was some kind of science experiment on the fence, so I decided to make it my art! haha

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They finally came and got me and then we headed out to the Buttes. I snapped some of the girls being goofy.

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I have been really attracted to bug shots lately and the perfect opportunity fell into my hands yesterday. While I was trying to pose the girls, there was a lady bug on Jess’s pants, so I told her to freeze while I took this great shot. (I’m using my standard 18-55mm lens beth ;) )

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It was a fun day and I think I have fallen in love with Jess’s Nikon :)

Nina!

February 25, 2008

I completely forgot about these! And I am so glad I found them! I took these when my mac was getting repaired so I don’t have the original files :( I had to pull these off Flickr but hey, it still works. Nina was incredibly easy to work with. She definitely has her place in front of the camera. If I could work with people like Nina all the time, that would be amazing! Enjoy some photos that I took about 6 months ago, and don’t feel shy to comment ;) There were way too many, so I tried to narrow it down haha…


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just three more…

February 22, 2008

i couldn’t let these be.. i love them!


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Kylie ♥

February 19, 2008

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My Kylie girl. It was sunny and I was dying to go take pictures and it just so happened that she had gotten her braces off! Perfect timing! We were able to get few we liked and we had fun doing it!

Now this is kinda funny. So we find this really neat orchard that had tons of “weeds” as Kylie called them. I had to explain to her that they were flowers. Weeds are simply plants or flowers growing where you don’t want them. She still thinks they’re weeds. What will I do with her? I actually had to carry her to her spot because she has this fear of bee’s and they were everywhere pollenating. I tried to convince her that they are our friends, but she wouldn’t listen LOL. Unfortunately we couldn’t get to the spot I wanted to go, but we shall try again!

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Finally we ended up at a park that was packed with kids! I think the weather this past week was quite deceiving. Just because it’s sunny doesn’t mean that everything else is ready for spring. Lots of trees still are leafless and so I have to wait patiently for spring to come. 

To my disappointment, it rained today- and it will continue to rain for the rest of the week. So we went from this….

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to this…

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I suppose it is only for a season… no pun intended.

Sisters

February 17, 2008

I’ve been posting a lot lately and I hope that you are scrolling past the first post. Sometimes people just look at the first post, but there is much more beyond it!


These are some photos I took of my cousins. They are sisters and boy do they act like it. When I was taken the pictures of them they kept goofing off and picking on each other. It was funny.

This is Bella. She is definitely the more outgoing. She reminds me of this little flower child who would have fit in during the 1960’s.
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Tori is the more logical. She enjoys reading and learning new things. They kind of balance each other out.
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Almost spring

February 16, 2008
Today was a spring day, at least it felt like it. The sun was out, the air was warm, and the birds were out singing. After doing yard work and cleaning up the mess that winter has made, I came in to look at some photos and maybe post some. I found some that I took last October. Even though I took them in fall, they still remind me of what is around the corner. My goals this spring are to get some shots of people in the awesome weather, take some nice flower/landscape pictures, and catch a robin or two. I have never photographed birds, but it might be fun!

Oh, one more thing. Last night Kylie and I decided to get some chipotle for dinner and when we came home the neighbors were out in the street. I asked them what they were doing and they said they were waiting for the space shuttle to fly over. Well, sure enough, a bright light went streaming across the sky. This was probably one of the coolest experiences I have had. Even though it was such a small light and you couldn’t tell what it was, the thought of astronauts in space flying over my head, many many miles over my head, was mind boggling. It is suppose to fly over again tonight, so we will see if I can get any pics with my zoom. But for now, enjoy the promises of spring.

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And this one is one I took a couple days ago. This little guy was just cruisin along one of my mom’s plants. He seemed to be enjoying the day as well.
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I worked on some pictures of my cousins today. I really like how they turned out so I will be posting them within the next couple of days, so don’t forget to come back!

Update: So the shuttle graced our skies once more. Unfortunately my 300mm zoom isn’t strong enough! Here is what it looked like though…
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Natalie & Angie

February 13, 2008

The other day I was looking through my photobucket. The very first photos that I ever uploaded were some shots I took with an old, and I mean old, 1960’s Minolta 35mm film camera. They are pictures of my two cousins Natalie, whom you may find here, and Angie whom is making her debut on my blog. So basically, I got a call and they asked me to take pictures. I had never taken pictures with a 35mm camera. I didn’t know what the heck I was doing, but looking back, I am amazed when I see these. I love these pictures, and the best thing is that they are from film! I went back and forth with whether or not I should edit these. I decided that these pictures really could use little editing because they simply capture the beauty of the person. They are light, elegant, and pleasing to look at, so I did away with photoshop this time. With that said, I present to you, my first ever photo shoot.


*Update- I wasn’t twelve- I was 15.I was thinkin, there was no way I was 12. I guess I looked at the wrong upload date on photobucket. Enjoy. :)

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I guess you could say I am feeling restless. Today is a great day with lots of sun, but I don’t have anyone to take pictures of. I went to get my hair cut, tried something different, and I think I will get use to it. My sister had a birthday party today but we were 25 minutes late because of construction going on. I went on the same road about three times, couldn’t turn around, and accidently ran a red light because I was in the wrong lane. I was tense and frustrated, so when I came home, I blew off some steam and took some self portraits. Not my favorite, but hey, I get what I get.


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Well, this week is going to be full of sunny, warm weather and I am dying to take some pictures! You know, God is pretty amazing. He gave me (and many others) this wonderful talent. He knew that it is what I would enjoy the most and he is giving me spring to enjoy it much more. With the promise of 70 degree weather and sunlight, trips to the Buttes and orchards near by will be necessary, and of course, we’ll see if any photos find their way here…

Racing Little Cars

February 8, 2008
On super bowl sunday the kids were bored staying in the house, so they asked their big cousin to take them across the street to the school to race remote control cars. And of course, their big cousin brought his camera. Enjoy :)

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I edited all of these in photoshop. Took me about 3 hours. It’s a whirlwind, but its fun. You can find a random creative edit I did here, but I didn’t want to bombard this post with pictures. Well I should probably give my mind some rest. 

Until next time…

My first…

February 5, 2008

Okay everyone, here is my first photoshop edit. I am still REALLY confused but I am getting there.

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