Snow!!

I could have also titled this "The Day I Discovered I Cannot Handhold My Macro Lens at 1/80", but I figured more people would be interested in "Snow!"...

Last Thursday morning, I was very pleasantly surprised that it snowed for a little while. And when I say snowed, I mean the big, beautiful fat flakes that just make you happy!! So I decided to try to capture a few of these wonderful snowflakes with my macro lens and see what I could get.

I discovered that 90% of the shots I thought were OK... really weren't. Here is one of the best ones I got that day... unfortunately, it is not an award winner by any means. So let's chalk it up to experience and just say "wow, beautiful snowflake" because it sure was!!! I really didn't notice the texture on this fabric until after I took the photo... next time I will look for something a little smoother to showcase the snowflakes more...

So, what is the moral of the story? I now have a new item to add to my wish list: a new tripod, because the flimsy one I have really doesn't support my camera and any heavier lens well at all, and I obviously am WAAAAY too shaky to handhold! Lesson learned!!

FUN February... Day 9!

OK, there is nothing amazing or photographically fantastic about this picture (it was even taken through the window)... I just thought it was a really funny shot of my really BAAAAAAAD dog sitting on my table!! Ha!

I certainly hope he doesn't think this kind of behavior is acceptable on any other tables, and once it gets nice out and we are eating, drinking and otherwise entertaining on the furniture outside that it will not continue :)

I think my big, tough puppy doesn't like sitting in the cold snow!

FUN February... Day 5!

Again, sort of Day 5. It's photo 5 on Day 6... I'll have to catch up this weekend :)

This morning, I found a mysterious set of tiny pawprints that looked to be leading right out of my garage into the driveway, up towards the front steps where they turned around and walked back down the driveway and out in to the street. Curious...

We received such a light dusting of snow last night, I like how you can see the texture of the concrete right in the pawprint :)

Spring Break Snow Day?!!

I usually try to keep my blog posts related to clients or other photography news, but I just had to post these on here today! We woke up to a snow-covered yard (not what I want to see in April!) and the kids decided to take advantage of their spring break to play outside. It was a nice day and good for them to get outside for a while!

Emma was having fun building a snowman, but Ben wasn't really that excited about it. He spent more time rolling around and making "snow bombs", also known as snowballs that "bombed" his sister and her snowman!

And here is Buddy, the finished product. Emma wasn't so sure she wanted Ben in the photo, because she said he didn't contribute very much to the snowman, but he did help shape the head so she finally allowed him in the photo with her!!

And to bring this back to be photography-related... my monitor calibrator has been on the fritz for a while, so I'm questioning the color on my photos. Any photographers who are calibrated... do these look OK or do they look off? I need some calibrated eyes to help out here!!! Thanks :)