Lavender - Her first scoot

Lavender was sitting on the floor next to my dining table and suddenly she was under the table. She scooted backwards. It was very exciting!

Easy tips to take great photos of kids

I think most of you have seen this but incase you haven't, I wanted to post this here. I got asked to speak at a photography conference last weekend. I taught a class about tips to help you take better photos of children. It was really basic and full of good guidelines that can help photographers of any level. If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend downloading the PDF version of my presentation. You can find it when you Click Here.

Here's a shot triptych (series of 3 photos) that I am in love with now. Oh, actually I'll post two triptychs since I love both of them.

Countdown to 5... Day 5

Similar picture to the first, but with a new expression.

Countdown to 5...

Uly is turning 5 years old on the 30th. That is only 6 days away. Yesterday Uly and I took some picture of him for his birthday. This is one that he and I both really like. As I go through and process them, I will post them here on this countdown to Uly's fifth birthday.

Halloween & Thanksgiving...

I posted this photo of Uly and Gar over on Momshots in their Halloween Costumes.  Uly was Indiana Jones and Gar was Wall-e.  We had a really fun time making their costumes and more importantly the boys loved them.  I think that Gar actually believed that he was Wall-e.  He has such a great imagination!

I didn't really get any good shots.  I was pretty disapointed.  All these shots that I thought were good turned out to be out of focus.  That's what I get for wearing my glasses while I use the camera, I guess!  

Next thought...  Does anyone have any good ideas for Thanksgiving decoration craft ideas?  I would really like to make some decorations with the boys, other than just turkeys.  I'm sure we'll make a few of those, but any other ideas would be greatly appreciated! 

Curly Headed Little Boy

Just my sweet little Gar-Gar.  I sure love that curly headed little boy!!!

I just entered this photo in a weekly photo contest from the Digital Photography School.  The assignment is called Contre-Jour which basically means a photo that has light in the background/is backlit.  I don't think this really fits the assignment but it is the closest one I had in the alloted time frame.

The Birth of Momshots

This is a bit anticlimactic but I wanted to share with you a little project I am currently working on.  It is a blog that focuses on learning how to take better photographs of my kids - or as I call them Momshots.   

This is just the very beginnings of the site so when you view it imagine a great bit "Under Construction" sign in flashing letters at the top of the page. We have plans to make it into a really cool place in the future.  Right now it is just a pretty low key blog.  We will be making changes often until we get it right.  My cousin, Kristina and I will be working on it and developing the blog and site as we learn how to take better photos of our kids.  We will share Momshots, tips for getting better photographs, tips for post processing, tips for all kinds of things photography related.  In the future, we will have interviews of professional photographers and pick their brain on how to get great pictures of our kids.  Those are just a few of the ideas that you will see on Momshots.com.

So I just wanted to put this out there.  There will be many, many changes to the site over time but in the mean-time, this is my new baby.

Also, If you would be so kind as to put a link to it on your blog, that would be really cool.