Random Pictures....

These past few weeks have been so jam-packed with stuff to do! I'm having a hard time keeping up on editing pictures, uploading them, and then blogging them. Here are a few random photos from this summer so far....

This one is of Josh. We were camping at the Wynoochee River, and he was deep in conversation with the boys. I stood off to the side and snapped pictures.

When Josh was helping to coach Little Leage, we played at a field in Tenino. This patch of trees was between the parking lot and the fields. The SOOC version showed just how yucky of a location it really was.... this version looks much prettier!

Here is Jessica and Tyler's dog, Mason. Jess and I were at Priest Point Park, and Mason was so intent on watching people walk by!

This is my dad. We were camping at the Wynoochee, and he was in the middle of bbq-ing when I snapped this one.


This is from Josh's dad's barn. His wife, Angie, decorates EVERYTHING so cutely.... even their horse stalls!

This is from the same park in Tenino where we had practice for Little League. I hid in an empty dugout when a random rain shower came through, and this is what I ended up with: a wooden bench.

Hopefully more to come soon!

Photography.... Here I Come!

I figured after graduating college, I deserved to treat myself to a little present. And that is exactly what I did yesterday.

I went out and bought myself a Nikon D40 camera, with a 18-55mm f/3.5 - f/5.6 ED II AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor lens. And I am in love.

I have no clue what I am doing for the most part, but I am enjoying learning. I took a bunch of pictures yesterday, of just completely random stuff. I changed settings, edited some of the pictures, and basically just played.

I find it so amazing how much you can change a picture by just adjusting a few settings. It's incredible!

So my next task is to start learning more.... I'm going to find some books, maybe a class, and definitely lots of people to help me.

Here are some of my "playing around" pictures from yesterday:

I began experimenting with aperture, not knowing exactly what I was doing. Or rather, not having a clue as to what I was doing. I took the first photo of these two in color (obviously), and then using the editing functions on the camera itself, changed it to black and white. Kind of fun!
Same thing with these two photos.

All of these were taken at the Rose Garden at Priest Point Park.

Josh's mom's birthday is in June, and her one wish is to have pictures taken at Tumwater Fall's Park of Josh and his sister, Amy, together. My goal is to be able to take those for her! But first, I need more practice.

I love photography!