Neva butterfly

Hey Sherry I was just having fun with this picture of Neva. I found these wings and thought they looked cute making her a little butterfly. You'll have to tell me what you think.

Abe, Sherry, Neva and Hank

Hey Sherry here are your pics. I think they turned out pretty good. Let me know what you think.

Roger Family

I found this field of poppies and took some friends up their and they let me practice taking family pictures. I'm not sure if I like the processing on these so any feedback would be great.

Where have I been?

I know a lot of you have been wondering where I have disappeared to. And here it is.
I took the test on April 3 and about a week later morning sickness began. I lost all motivation to touch my camera or the computer. I just have no desire almost to the point that it makes me sick to actually mess with it (weird huh). I bought a program to calibrate my monitor and I have had it for a week and haven't touched it (normally I would use it the minute it arrives). Presently the computer is only useful to me as a means to watch tv as I lay in my chair trying to will the sickness away. So basically from 8-12 in the morning I can't function then it's time to work on cleaning,except I am too tired to do that (I can't wait to be in my 2nd trimester). I'm about 9 wks and will go to the doctor on May 7 for my first appointment. I'm really hoping that I do better with this pregnancy than I did with G and so far so good. Poor G is trapped in the house as I have no desire to leave since I don't want to get ready for the day, on the other hand she is learning to play by herself in her room which has been a great development (And we are saving so much money on gas). Pete's super excited and has been wonderful trying to help as much as he can. So lets hope that in the next couple of weeks I can come back to the world of the living. Thanks for thinking of me and your concern.

T and J's wedding

I decided to take my camera to their wedding and see how I could do. It was much more difficult than I thought. The lighting conditions were difficult as we were out in full sun light. So I really struggled with harsh shadows. This is were I definately need to understand exposure. I started out shooting in manual but my settings were all over the place so I gave up and switched to ap mode. How do you shoot manual when all you have to do is turn to the left or right just a bit and the lighting situation changes. That was really tough to work with. I also just had to grab what I could while the photographers were doing their pictures and man that was tough working around them. Here are just a few of my favorites. I'm still working on the rest and I got more candid shots than anything else. It was a beautiful day and a beautiful wedding. I'm not sure if I would be interested in wedding photography as it seems like a lot of work and there's a lot of people you have to work around. But I sure had fun. Thanks for looking and any cc would be appreciated.

Duck pond

I wasn't going to post tonight but I was going through these pictures and really like the way they turned out so here they are. Thanks for all your cc on my previous post. It's great to have a place to go to get opinions on different processing techniques. Plus you all are teaching me so much.

Zoo Picks

We went to the Zoo on friday with Aunt Sherry, Neva, Hank and Grandma. Just a few pics of our adveture. We had lots of fun.