Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas! I probably won't be blogging very much for the next months (not like I have been super often...) because we finally had to send my cousin his camera, but I am saving and I hope to buy it SOON! But I will leave y'all with a last photo for the year:

Baby Jesus:)  It's very yellow because of the crappy lighting in our house.  Sorry:/

  

Meg's Senior Session (Sorta)

Yesterday Meg had her senior pictures taken by a family friend and photographer, Leah McLean.  She let me tag along to help with lights, reflectors, and to shoot some pictures of my own.  It was a very fun learning experience.

Anyways, here are some of the shots I took:

This one was really interesting because it was with a fancy light (I have no idea what it was called) at 3:15 in the afternoon. Cool, right? 

At this point, my other sister Karis had arrived and held the reflector so that I was free to take pictures. :)

 For this shot, we went to a sort of field and took pictures, but not until towrds the end did I realize that my camera was on the totally wrong setting.  But, I eventually got this, so all's well that ends well, right?

I LOVE this one.  It was very windy yesterday, Karis was holding the reflector, and my camera was on the correct setting. :)

This was more at the beginning, I was just shooting on the side while Meg focused on Miss Leah, and yet I think it turned out pretty well

These last two are by far my favorites of all eight.  

So, that's my blog for the day. (or the last two-and-a-half months...)  Hope you enjoyed it. :)

Impatients

I haven't blogged in SO DANG LONG!  It's sad.  I miss blogging.  I just haven't really had any inspiration lately.  :(

Anyways, it is such a nice day today and I thought I would take some pictures, so I sat on my front porch and took these.

I like this one a lot :)

This is my favorite. I messed around with the exposure button.  :)  (And, I found out that EV stands for exposure value)

Mavis, At Long Last!

Finally, my cat has come to live at our house with us.  She has gone a bit insane.  She's VERY jumpy and freaks out if you make sudden actions.  She's gone crazy.  :)

Anyways, here are some pictures of her in her new room...  Enjoy!

It is very difficult to get a good picture of her face.  But, although these are fuzzy, I think these are all right pictures.

Full-body shot.

This is one of the few good pictures I have of Mavis' Face.

The flash kind of freaked her out and she made weird, crazy faces. 

I LOVE this shot.  It's just dramatic and shadowy... I don't know... But I like it. :)

Lichen!

So, the other day I was out taking pictures, and I stumbled upon this. :)

I just really like it.  I don't know why.  I think it might be my like of pictures with lots of texture.  Hmm.

SHROOMS!!!

I know I haven't blogged in a looong while, so I thought I would now.  What better time?  

Here are some mushrooms that are growing in our flower pot.  

Today, in this heat, they were flopped onto the side of the pot.  So, apparently, I got them in their prime.  :)  And, apparently, mushrooms have a "prime"...

Mavis: Through the Ages

So, I miss my cat like CRAZY! She's at a different house than me, and I only see her for about 5 minutes every day. :( Quite sad. :( So, since I miss her so much, I have decided to do a little through-the-ages thingy here.  Pretty exciting, huh? :) So, here you go:

  

These were taken when she was a wee little bit.  She was teeny tiny.  I mean seriously small.

This is, without saying (but I am saying it anyways), the more mature, older Mavis. :P

The usual, cat in the window, sillouette picture.  I like it, actually. :)

She was playing with the dog's paws under the door. :)  I love my cat.

Here is her having a little crazy hyper rampage.  She used to do that a lot.  Well, she might do that now, and I'm just not there to see it.  Who knows?

And finally, a beauty shot. :)  She is not a very photogenic cat, as you may have noticed, but she is amazingly pretty in person. :)

To conclude, Mavis is large now.  Her kitty days are over. :(  She's growing up!  I don't have any recent pictures of her, but trust me, she's big!

Lily of the Nile

Right in front of our house we have some lily of the Nile plants... flowers...  Anyway, my grandma loves them and she asked me to take pictures of them periodically.  So, here they are:

Just Some Catching Up

I haven't really been posting lately.  I'm sorry to all of those who ask at church if there are any new posts and I have to say that I haven't yet, but I will.  Well, this is me FINALLY doing it. :)  Sorry it took so long!

Okay, let's get down to business.  I am posting some pictures that I have taken over time in the past month-ish....  So, here they are:

I really like this little white chair.  It sits next to my grandma in her wheelchair.  :)  It's for any visitors, or if we just want to visit. :)

These were my Grandpa's gloves.  They're huge.  And worn.  And cute. :)  In a old-vintage-y way... :)

Not to toot my own horn, (but toot, toot) but I think this is the prettiest picture I've taken and it looks professional.  But, that's coming from the person who took it, so, what does it count for???  :P

I plan on blogging tomorrow, so please check back! :)

Magnolias, Daisies, and Tulips

Yesterday my grandma asked me to go take a picture of her little Magnolia tree with a blossom.

These are some Magnolia buds.

Karis got flowers for her birthday yesterday.  They were gerber daisies, tulips, and lilies.