I promise- I'm not that kind of weirdo!

You know what??

I wish my beautiful daughter would let me take her photo. Every now and again, she's generous and lets me snap three or four, and then she gets tired of my lens in her way, and puts her hand up to obscure her face, or she pulls the most ridiculous faces (which can make for excellent photos, don't get me wrong).

She's who I take my photos of, and I'm not getting to take as many as I would like. Bummer. Every now and again, and never often enough, we have family gatherings with the grandparents and my beautiful sister in law's family, and I'm lucky enough to take their photos as well.

My point is - I don't get to use my camera enough. I'm still learning, and I'm no where near a pro, but I'd LOVE to branch out. I just have no idea how.

I think I have a better eye when taking pictures of the kids, because they just have fun. Adults are very conscious of how they want to look in that photo and pose. So the moments captured aren't nearly as genuine.

I was trying to figure out how I would go about being able to photograph others who are not my family.

But what am I supposed to do? Post an ad? "HEY!! I am NOT a professional photographer, but I'd LOVE to take photos of your kids!"

What's that? "Oh, Hi Chris Hansen..."

Anyway- If you have any tips, please share.

Annoyd.

Reminicence.

I was uploading pictures to get printed so I can decorate my home with some of my photos, and I came across a video of Adriana when she was about three, and a-freakin-dorable. So I thought I'd share.

The most beautiful person I know.

 

 

Fire!!

On July 18th, I looked out of my window and saw one of the most beautiful/interesting sunsets I've seen in a while.
I thought the sky looked like it was on fire, so I grabbed my brand new camera and ran outside to get some shots in.

Funny Things Kids Say

So my daughter is fricken hilarious. I wish I wrote down all of the funny things she says all of the time, but I rarely do. BUT she was just pretty funny, so I thought I'd share.

We had a family hug and Jeff exclaimed being silly "family sandwich!"
So afterwards Adriana looked at me and said "Mom! You and Jeff are the bread, and I'm the mayo and meat!!"

It is far too early for me to be up on a sunday morning.

Boo. Hiss.

I will start out by saying that I'm not religious, at all. But, I want my daughter to find her own path in life, even if religion is part of that for her. If she wants to go to church and her grandparents are able to take her, then by all means.
I want her to learn through experience, and make knowledgeable decisions, and I hope by going to church, or not going to church and talking with people of differing opinions that she will find what's right for her as she gets older.
I of course try to guide her in making the best choices so far in her life (be polite, courteous, be good, etc.) but for the sake of just being a good and decent person. There is no talk of "you need to do such-and-such, or you'll go to hell". I disagree with that sort of parenting and teaching. I think it's wrong to teach a child to live in fear.
I have to say, I have an amazing little kid. She's all of the things I've hoped she'd be. She's bright, caring, sensitive, funny, a little weird, but purely awesome.

So, that turned into something I wasn't expecting at all, hah. I just wanted to whine a little about having to be up to early.

'Til next time!!