Saying goodbye to 2008

It has been an interesting year, besides the obvious, the kids getting older and such I took a big step with my photography. At the end of 2007 I bought my first dslr, just after the new year I put it on manual and haven't stopped learning since. I hope 2009 brings me and my family health and happiness. Wishing you all a Happy New Year.

These were taken Christmas morning right before the present diving started.

I am back, hope you all had a nice Christmas. We went back home for a few days and I finally got to meet my new niece who is already 3 months old. Of course Auntie had to pull out the camera and torture her. LOL. I brought my Grandma's old bread bowl and we filled it with bubbles and put her in it. She slipped around so mommy had to hold her up which made it harder to get a wide pic. Our background was also moving since Isaac and Dakota were the poles and trying to watch the action. I should have pulled her farther out from the backdrop but we managed to get a few pics. I do need a tripod if I plan on trying to move around and make a baby smile or look at me.

Merry Christmas

Wishing you all a safe, happy and healthy Christmas. May the New Year treat you well.

Where is the warm weather?

Since I live out in the middle of nowhere there are always animals roaming around, they do not show themselves often but they do leave their marks behind.

Ok I have had enough of this frigid weather. I know, it is December and I live on the praries so I should expect it to be cold, BUT does it need to be -30 with windchills close to or below -40? I was crazy enough to go outside and snap a few pictures today to put up here. We have a fair amount of snow but I think it has been too cold to snow lately. Ok I am off to go thaw out my hands now.

Another look back...

I was going through some of my pictures I took this summer when my Mom was down for a visit, I was gathering up some to print for a Christmas gift. I ran across some pictures that were taken in my Uncle's wheat field. I had gone just before the sunset to try to capture the right light. Well my two kids wanted nothing to do with the camera and we lost the light. I ended up just playing around and caught some sillouhettes that I had been wanting to capture for a long time.

On a side note, I really need to work on my watermark. My computer crashed a few months ago and I just got my new laptop this week. I lost all my brushes that I had in CS2 in the crash so that is my next goal. I am stumped though and have no inspiration at the moment.

Oh Christmas Tree...

The kids are with their dad and I was bored tonight so I pulled out my camera. Since my two favorite subjects are absent I took a pic of my tree all lit up.

Looking back

I am just testing out the blog and was looking back at a few favs that I took this fall. I love natural light photography.

The joy of the season

My little girl is so into Christmas this year, her excitement is so catchy that it makes me smile. I tried to capture them in a different way this year for our card. I turned off all the lights, cranked the ISO on my camera (which the D50 does not like), and brought my shutter speed down low. Now to get two kids who run from the camera to co-operate. Here are the results. My next purchase will be a good tripod.

Please be patient with me while I figure out how this blogging thing works. I am having difficulties with the layout and picture sizing.

Joining the blogging world

With the push of a few online friends I am joining the world of blogging. So I will blog about my life, but mainly about my dream of one day being a great photographer. Right now photography is a hobby that I love. So I am building my skills up as I continue being a single Mommy and teacher.