Family Fun

This has been a really busy week. First, a couple of ramblings.

I've noticed that this blog has really given me practice in the area of capitals and punctuation. Seriously, I've gone through too many years of schooling, and I think that alone should exempt me from having to capitalize or punctuate anything ever again! But for my blog, I will.

My cousin Jenny is still in town. She's a real character, and loves the camera. Naturally her and I get along great because I like to take pictures! Here are some of her that I got a few days ago!

At the Irvine Spectrum...

For some reason everyone in my family is fond of crawfish. Personally, I just think it looks gross, and here's my proof of that! See? Gross.

and here's Jenny enjoying every minute of it. Ewww...

For those of you wondering whether my family will disown me for posting pictures of them like these, rest assured, I forewarn everyone in my presence that I am with camera, and will not hesitate to use it! :o)

Website

There are far too many things going on to cover them all in this post, but here's a recap:

- My website is proving a little easier to put together than I had anticipated. That is a good thing! I have hours of reading ahead of me in order to finish everything up and create my galleries.

- My cousin got married this past weekend. It was good to see family that I haven't seen in a while! I'm really glad I brought my camera with me everywhere, it has certainly paid off (in memories)! Here are some of my favorites from the wedding.

The traditional ceremony...

The western ceremony...

The lovely centerpieces, which I won, but forgot to take home :o(

The first dance...

And of course the cake I wish I got to eat! :o)

New Hobby

Anyone who knows me knows that I am notorious for my hobbies. I guess you could say that I'm a Do-It-Yourselfer to the extreme. Basically, the general rule of thumb here is that if I can figure out a way to make it, or do it myself, I probably will. SOOOO here is my new hobby! Actually, this is more than just a hobby, it's actually a necessity. I've been wanting to get a portfolio website up for a few months now and I missed my last deadline for having my website go live. One of the issues with this was that I didn't want a cookie cutter website, and since I've got that DIY blood running through my veins, I figured what's a better way to shoot two birds with one stone than learning html and css, and maybe a little flash and build my own website MYSELF?! This can prove to be a valuable skill, and I love learning new things, so you can see where to me, this just seemed like the logical choice :o)

I picked up three books from Amazon.com today. I can't wait for them to get here!!! :o)

Fun in the Sun!

One of my coworkers asked me to photograph her son's 4th birthday party. One of the areas I'm working on right now is nailing exposure in bright outdoor harsh light. Here are some of my favorites! The theme was Spongebob Square Pants! You can see more on my flickr stream :o)

These kids are TOO cute!

I just love the "fun" factor in this shot!

Fun with my new camera :o)

I took my 5d out for a spin, and wound up getting some silly shots of my friends as well as some shots I apparently was not allowed to take inside a popular home decor store. I was very, very sneaky ;o)

New Addition to the Family

So a no sales tax event landed me a 5d! I love it, and here are some of my first shots with it. Some of my images were too big, so I'll have to remember to resize them for the size of this blog.

Puppy Love

Okay, so they're not exactly puppies, but I had the opportunity to photograph one of my friends with her two dogs, Chico and Sophie. I must say that these dogs were really easy to work with once they calmed down a little! Here are some of my favorite shots!