my family

We needed new family pictures, so I took these yesterday with my tripod! I was excited that they turned out like I wanted them to, it was fun getting up and setting the timer every few pictures, but I think they turned out well! I'm glad my kids (and husband) were cooperative and put up with me!!

A and J

This is my brother in law and his girlfriend. I LOVE washington fields for pictures. it is so pretty out there!! This was a quick shoot because we were losing light, but I think they turned out well!!

A and J sneek peek

makeup party

My little sister is an amazing artist, and it carry's over to make up artistry. She is always experimenting and letting me try fun makeup. She came over last night with a drawing that she had come up with and we played :)

More E Family

This is my sister in laws family. They graciously let me take their pictures :) It was fun figuring out lighting at 8 AM. I'm still learning :)

E family

got to take this cute family's pictures yesterday! Stay tuned for more :)

a day at the park

we have been lucky enough to get to meet daddy at the park a few times this week. the weather has been beautiful.... but the rain comes tomorrow. I decided to take my camera along today, and I'm glad I did!!

flowers and fun

I love playing around with different settings on photoshop. It's so much fun to see how one picture can look so different. The possibilities are just endless!! This flower is in my sister in law's courtyard. My other sister in law thought they were pretty so she asked to take some pictures of them. Aren't they pretty!! I'm glad she did, because it was a lot of fun to mess around with them!

happy easter

cousins

I love eyes, and I love taking pictures of kids! These were taken at my mother in laws house last month. I LOVE my nieces and nephews! They have such gorgeous eyes! They are so blue and vibrant. My 2 boys have blue eyes and my daughter has blue AND green eyes (cool huh!) but I haven't really been able to get them to pop yet. I was messing around with my camera and took some quick shots in the backyard :)

This is my daughter, my niece, and my son, they love each other so much!

Here is my other son, my baby :) isn't he cute!

This is my nephew! He didn't like me taking pictures of him, but he still smiled! ;)

This is my niece again, isn't she going to be a heartbreaker in a few years! watch out!!

And my other nephew who's eyes are AMAZING!!

Taking pictures is SO much fun!!

*m*

this is my cute friend who is about to have a new baby! It will be her 4th and she mentioned to me one day that she didn't really have any pics of her belly and wanted to get some done for this baby, which will be her last! SO! this is my baby gift to her! doesn't she have the cutest belly! You wouldn't think she was due next month, she's so tiny! congrats *m* I can't wait to meet your new baby :)

self portrait

i needed a new picture of me. After a sad disaster last fall, my hair had to be chopped off. I haven't been able to find a good picture of me with it short, so I thought I'd do a few test shots. It went horribly wrong until my hubby came home. I handed him the camera, and he snapped one photo and one photo only. I got to try out my new b/w action on photoshop. So, here I am :)

megs

one of the best parts about being an older sister is that i get to make my baby sisters into my guinea pigs :D of course, these days it's easier to talk them into things. (not so much when we were younger and i made them do my evil bidding) this is my gorgeous sister megan again. Doesn't she have the most amazing eyes! They are big and beautiful. I don't have to do much to them!! these shots were taken at my house, in my yard. it was kind of a spur of the moment thing. the sun came out for a bit and we got some cute shots in. then i experimented inside with some natural light in front of a window. I used a trick i read on jessica kettle's blog for the background (wrapping paper! genius!!) her link is on my sidebar. I love the way it turned out, the lighting seemed just right....i just didn't really know what to do with it once i got it into photoshop, so i kinda just played with the curves, popped her eyes and poof. thats it!! its so much fun to experiment. the only problem is...i have no idea if they look good to other people! i am happy with the outcome...i'm sure it could be better, and my sister loves them..so thats' all that counts right???