It is Spring Time!

As most of you know, I love working in the yard. We redid our gardens (yes, already) in November and I didn't think the Antique Roses would make it b/c we turned one plant into three but they came back beautiful, as you can see by the first open rose. I also love Alyssum and you don't see it enough so I got a picture of it too.

Hey little froggy

Thankfully, he stayed there long enough for me to run in and get my camera.

No PP done on this pic.

Jenna's Turn

Here are some pictures of Jenna
from over the weekend.

Invites are fun

Well they aren't pictures but I did them in photoshop so that should count :)

Luna

Neptune isn't very photogenic but Luna is :)

Website is up for Oasis

No pictures today but the Oasis Homes website is up and running. Check it out, http://www.oasishomesllc.com

I did a collage

I made these collages after the LaPlace Parade.

Staci actually played model!

Staci and I were playing around taking pictures. Here are some after being Photoshoped a bit. Let me know what you think.

Wow

Did a quick comparison using my wide angle lens. Both of these were taken from the same spot. I still need practice but this will help alot with photographing houses!

Need something other than squirrels!

Practicing with my new lens, old wheelbarrow in my neighbors yard. The next is Jenna, just playing around with angles. The squirrels are all I have to practice on right now with zooming in from a huge distance. They are both at the top of really tall trees on the other side of my yard. I, obviously, wasn't using a tripod.




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People Pictures

Here are some pictures of Staci and Jenna that I took with my Kodak at North Oaks Park over the summer.

The first two pictures were taken in Manchac with my Kodak a while back. The third picture was also taken with my Kodak over the summer right after I released ladybugs to control aphids.



This is my favorite picture so far. It is a cyclamen my MIL gave me Christmas Day. I took this right after the rain. I would love to blow it up and frame but I don't think I have anywhere in my house that bright pink would match LOL

Wow, first a myspace and now a blog!

Never thought I would have a blog, at least not until a baby comes along one day. Anyway, this isn't to keep you up to date with me. I strictly did a blog as a way to post my photography so family/friends could see it easily. I am very new at this (blogging and photography) so I will try to do my best.

I guess it was a few years ago when I realized how much I really enjoyed taking the pictures and not just being in them like when I was a teenager. My only photo subjects right now are my two nieces who rather act up in front of a camera then pose and smile :) I also love taking nature/macro pictures. My wonderful husband, Steven, just got me a Canon G9 for Christmas. It is the top of the line PowerShot (as of right now at least) and I can still add lenses/flashes to it if needed. I have a lens/filter kit on order right now and should get it in the next few days. This camera should last me a few years before I decide I want an SLR. I am already amazed at the macro pictures I can get with it! Before this I had a Kodak DX7440 which I thought was great until I tried getting better nighttime pictures and closeup/macro pictures.

I will post some of my better pictures as soon as I figure out how to do a copyright on them. I am also trying to decide on software right now. I downloaded the trial of Corel PSP and I am currently trying to download the Adobe Photoshop trial before deciding. Right now, my main goal is to make a collage!

One more thing, I have very bad grammar and spelling skills so just ignore. I can't get Steven to write this like he did my papers all through school :) One good thing, misspelled words are underlined in red so I can correct those if I notice.