113 . . . no problem

I love the heat. But it usually doesn't look good on people. However, my friend Ashley somehow convinced her husband and kids that it would look good on them. And it does. Yes, the day we shot these the thermometer peaked at 113. We took these around 6-7 pm so I don't think it was that hot, but it was pretty close. The kids did great, and so did the husband, and he's a big warm guy. It was kind of hard because we took these at the tracks--and those puppies were hot. And my big ol' pregnant belly wasn't helping either. It's the first time I've shot there, and I have wanted to shoot there forever. Ashley does photos too, so I let her have the images before I did, so she posted hers Here and Here. Then I though it would be fun to see my tweak on the images. It's fun seeing what other people do. I loved the turn out of these photos. I borrowed this Canon 30D from my husband's friend. I'm in love. I love my Nikon, but Canon just pulls the colors that I want. Anyhow, here they are. The balloons were her idea--I love the color.

Wooby

I bought my camera for pictures like these.

I never wanted a thumb sucker, or a kid who was attached to any sort of comfort item.

But now that I have one, I think it's the sweetest thing.

At least for now.

Star Gazer

I posted this on my personal blog and realized I should post this on my photo blog too.

My daughter found my binnoculars and decided to do some star gazing. My friend had just suggested to me a book in which they encourage "telling a story" with your photos. When I saw her outside it was the perfect story.

I love these shots because they have so much grain because I maxed out my ISO. And they are under exposed because the light was getting dark. But that is exactly what it looked like. I wish I would have shot this when I was in my photo class, because it would have fit on of the assignments perfectly.

My BFF

This is my best friend's family. Her kids are super cute and photogenic. I have some great shots of them individually, but I'm a slacker and haven't got around to spicing them up yet. So hopefully, I'll do that and then I'll post. It was fun to shoot them and the place we went had just got back to being green after the winter--I love it there. I also tried a new action on the second one down. You can download a free set from Pioneer Woman. Woo-hoo! I love free things.