Photography Practice

Last week I had the pleasure of taking a photography course from two amazingly talented local photographers, Shannon Rosan and Brent Holland. I had so much fun learning more of the technicalities of manual shooting. Every question that I went in with got answered without me even having to ask! I'm so sad that I'll miss this week's class (I'm starting a 10k training course!), but I'm excited for next week's class where they'll be covering light.

After the lecture part of the class, they brought in a model and we got to practice what we had learned. Here are a few of my favorite (completely unedited!) photos that I took. Now, I just need to figure out how to download RAW files on my computer. Next on the to do list...















I'm thankful for... my new camera!

Yesterday I didn't post, but I didn't forget to be thankful. So, for yesterday:

I'm thankful for... my two big helpers. When I'm out running errands having one kid is SO much easier. There's only one person to take in and out of the car, instead of four. When I'm home or for extended periods of time the opposite is true. It's SO much easier with Judah and Samuel. The past four days, when Eric was gone, I seriously don't know what I would have done without my big boys. They played with the little ones while I made meals and cleaned up, they informed me of mischief-making, they did little tasks that I asked them to do. I am seriously SO thankful for them and am surprised that, even thoug I'd already been told, it really is true that things get easier as you have older kids, even with more little ones.