Oh my aching heart!!

Last week I was in Idaho Falls. I was lucky enough to be asked to take some pictures of my CUTE Niece, Evelyn.

Beware!!!
Some VERY cute chubby cheeks ahead! You may be tempted to pinch & kiss them!!!

Thanks to Derek and Christi was letting me snap some awesome pictures of your cute daughter!! We just love
her!!

Breath of Fresh Air

While trying to take a picture of some beautiful white snow swan, I fell in a hugely deep snow pile, waist deep! When I fell I scared away the swan's! Grrrr!! But I did end up getting a nice shot of the water.

We had a wonderful time in Island Park. We were surrounded by beautiful, clean, pure, white snow for a full 4 days! It was fun to play with our family and of course go snowmobiling! I have tons more pictures to come!

JUMP!!

1....2....3.... Jump!

POP QUIZ!!

Remember our little lesson on Aperture? Sure you do!! I bet you even took notes, right??

what is aperture.... can you believe this girl?

So here is the big question.

What f-stop did I use for this picture of Hannah?

come on, don't be shy now! Make a guess, any guess!

If you need a little reminder....here is the link to my mini lesson!

a girl after my own heart!

1. Loves her camera

2. Can get what she wants with a little lip!

3. Pretends to be shy....when REALLY she is NOT!

and that's what its all about!

So a lot of you have been asking me questions about photography....so I thought that I would give it a shot. (Please remember that I really don't know what am a talking about, I just pretend to know!)
To start off, you can get great results from a P&S (point and shoot) camera by using manual mode. You may not be able to do everything with your P&S as you could with a DSLR but you can still get great looking pictures. (you can learn a lot from your manual!)

Aperture is one of my favorite things to play with on my camera. It can make your picture tell a story, give it depth and make you fall in love with your children again...did I say again?

Aperture is a little hole in your lens that lets in light. This hole can be made small or big, just by pushing buttons or turning a dial.

Aperture is measured in F-stops. Now this is where it can get really confusing, so listen up! The smaller your F-stop (F/2.8) the larger hole. The larger the F-stop (F/11) the smaller the hole.

Aperture also controls "Depth of field" this is the area of sharpness (from near to far) within a photograph. Some photographs contain a great deal of sharpness while others focus on a single subject and wash the rest out.

Wake up!

Are you still with me??

1.Tell a story
You can give you picture a nice, clean sharp look with a large f-stop such as: f/9 or f/11


2. Close up!
You can focus just on one subject, for example - those cute little dimples your babies face, or their tiny toes, you get the point! To do this you need a small f-stop, such as f/2.8 or f/5.6

I learned all that I know from my manual, Ralphie, and the Internet.

a little side note: I edited both of these pictures of Hannah on Picasa. It is this great program that can organize your pictures and edit your photos. If you are looking to not spend very much money, this is a great option because it's FREE! Here is the link to download it!

Old Friends become new!

Caleb and Ryan where friends when we lived in Logan. They spent almost everyday together. Rebecca and I were in RS pres together with our other good friend Melissa. We had so much fun together! When we moved back to Utah from MN we met up again....as you can see Caleb and Ryan still have a blast together!

Ryan & Caleb

They wrestled for a good part of the time that they played together! It was so funny to watch!

Hannah and Lily