We Looove the Outside!

So it's been a long time since I've written and today I was having camera withdrawals. I took over 1200 pictures on vacation and I guess I was kind of burned out when I got home so I haven't really used my camera. I'll have to recap our vacation soon - it's just so hard to summarize a fantastic 12 day trip in a few pictures but I will do my best. But today after I got home from working out I took out my camera and my favorite subjects and went outside for a bit. It was nice and "cool" at 95 degrees...I'm just trying to enjoy before we get back into the 100's everyday! I dread what August brings...eek! Anyways - here's some of my favorite pictures of my little dog models from today :)




My sweet little man!





Lexie and her long tongue!





She's just pondering life





Such a good poser!





Concentrating





Such a pretty girl!





He loooves outside!





The grass is always greener on the other side!



Spring Time Fun

This spring has been so busy but so fun. Justin and I threw a surprise 25th Anniversary party for my parents and it was a BLAST! They were indeed surprised and everyone had a great time. The pictures below are all taken by the wonderful Rachel Barde!



My photographer & amazing cook :)





The Delish cake!



SURPRISE!



The Party Animals

 On Saturday Justin and I went to Steiner Ranch Steakhouse to celebrate our 6th month anniversary...can't believe it's already been 6 months!

**Note - I found this blog posts in my drafts and decided I might as well post it - better late than never**

Chimpsy

Ok so I know I haven't posted in forever and I feel like I start every post with an apology....then I realized that this is my blog and I can post as much or as little as I want...so no more appologies!


A couple weeks ago my friend and Rebel buddy came to visit me and we went on a Chimpsy photography field trip. It was a beautiful Saturday morning and we learned a lot and had fun. Here are some of my fav shots that I edited in Picnik. I kind of feel like I'm cheating by editing them but as long as I want to take the time to edit I guess there's nothign wrong with it! I'm usually just too lazy...imagine that!




Different view of the railraod





Playing with aperture





Cabbage anyone??





Food-trailer park





By far the cutest food-trailer!





Hot sauce anyone?





Eat...ok!





Such a cute name :)





Photo buddy in action!





Such a colorful mural...love it!





Love the colors of E. Austin





You know I can't resist these shots





Little birdie





The Vegan Yacht!



UT, A wedding & Baby Audrey!

What a wonderful weekend! Started out Saturday morning with our photography field trip on the UT campus. Kristin and I got caught in the pouring rain on our way to the meeting place...only to have the teacher not show up! Frustrating! On our way back to the car we stopped to photograph these interesting trees outside the Blanton Museum of Art...they're tree stockings! Has something to do with that lady that does knit graffiti. I thought it looked very Dr. Seuss-ish! There are 99 trees with these socks on them!



Beautiful crepe myrtle outside of the library

 Saturday night we went to one of Justin's really good friends from high schools wedding. It was out near Blanco in the hill country and it was beautiful! I don't have those picutres with me but I can add them later:)


Sunday we got up and made the drive to College Station to see baby Audrey. Justin and I realized we hadn't been to College Station together basically since we graduated - crazy! So we spent the day enjoying time with Sandie, Neil, Rachel, Cliff, Grandma, and of course baby Audrey. Audrey was born on Wednesday March 2nd! We also got to go see the progress on Rachel and Cliff's new house - can't wait to see it when it's done - it's going to be beautiful! Here are some of the baby pictures I took - a lot of them came out blurry becaues I didn't want the flash going off in her face.



Adorable Stork in the front yard





Audrey Sophia :)



Her precious little hands & long fingers!



Isn't she beautiful!?






So precious!



Her tiny feet & long toes!

 


A little sun-bather already!

  The next couple of pictures are a little blury but I had to add them. Sandie has 2 dogs and her big dog Cassie was quite interested in Audrey. Pretty much all day she walked around and tried to either stick her nose into the bassonet or sit by whoever was holding Audrey. She even gave Audrey a few kisses on her head - so sweet!





Cassie & Baxter are concerned with the crying!

 


Puppy kisses from Cassie



Just keeping tabs on Audrey!



Understanding Exposure...The Beginning

So I'm taking this Light & Composition class with Kristin, a friend from work. She loaned me this awesome book - "Understanding Exposures" and I've been trying to read it and try out the exercises when I have time. Tonight when I got home the sky looked kind of cool so I decided to try out some different settings in manual mode. They aren't great pictures but I thought they came out pretty good considering I didn't use a tripod. Can't wait to keep reading this book & learning new techniques! I just ordered this book for myself - as well as the updated edition!!