The Things They Say!!!

Daddy: Dallas, are you a goof-ball?

Dallas: Thinks for a second and then says "No, I'm a red ball"!!!

One of those Moments

I was sitting at the computer this afternoon messing around on the internet and I hear Skip yell for me to "Hurry up and bring the camera". I grab my trusty Nikon D90 and run as fast I could to the back door. Dallas was standing there in her school clothes all covered in sidewalk chalk. Wait a minute, she wasn't like like when I picked her up from school 30 minutes earlier!!! Of course I had to remind myself that they are only little once and this is, after all, one of those moments I just have to photograph!!! I'm in the last week of my photography class so I have learned a few things about taking the camera out of Auto. I start going through my mental checklist of what I would need to do in order to take a great shot of this moment in manual mode. I set the ISO too high and I wish I hadn't set the aperture for this much blur. I did a little color correcting in Photoshop, added my watermark, and here is the finished product. While I was getting the camera set to take the pictures, Skip was telling Dallas where to stand and to smile(which she didn't). He was even telling me where to stand to get the best shot. I think I've got him trained!!!

New Layout

I finally finished my new blog layout. I really wanted to create my own background instead of just doing a plain one. I am going to change it more often now to reflect holidays and seasons. It was a real pain but I was determined not to quit. I am still seeing HTML code flash before my eyes!!!

Many Apologies

I am so sorry to have been such a lame blogger this past year. I fear I have lost many faithful readers due to my lack of posting. I am back blogging now and plan on posting much more often. Now that I am developing my photography skills, I won't be as ashamed of showing off the pictures I take. Now catching Dallas in a mood to be photographed is another story!!! She's not always the most cooperative when the camera comes out. My Mom says it's payback because I did the same thing to her when I was younger. Here is a picture I took of her last month. She was tolerating me sticking the camera in her face!!!

Look What I've Been Working On!!!

I just realized that I have forgotten to post some of my Digital LO's I have been working on. I haven't done any lately because I just haven't felt like it and I have been doing other things, like learning how to use the camera!!! Here are some LO's I have done over the past several months.

Photography Course and More Pictures

I've been taking this online photography course over at the Spraground for the past 4 weeks and I am loving it. I have actually taken the Nikon out of Auto and put it into Manual!!! I don't always know what I am doing but I love it. Dallas and I went to the airport last week and you should have heard hear scream DADDY as she ran to Skip's arms. She is such a daddy's girl and has him wrapped around her little finger. The first picture is the original straight out of of the camera. In the other four I was playing around with different actions I purchased from Mindy.

Can You Guess What She Did Today!!!

Dallas got more chalk on her than the patio!!! As you can tell, she really gets into her work.