snowmen
By now you know about the freak snowstorm that blanketed Austin and other parts of Texas in a nice cushy thick (we had 3 inches in the front yard) blanket of snow. For the better part of the morning, this was happening outside our windows. It was beautiful. I wasn’t going to let them outside since we’ve been rather sick lately and three-to-one is not the kind of ratio I like to have stacked against me. I caved in, though, when the oldest begged for a snowball fight. How many more years will it be before I can give him a snowball fight, afterall? It was definitely not a...
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My middle son is three years old come Monday. Three. Three long and trying years. Three years full of the most hard-earned joy! Three years of the most divine eyelashes a human could possibly possess. I love this photo because his big brother truly overshadows everything he tries to do, yet he shines through in the way that so many middle children do. He is uniquely sweet. And, oh, those eyelashes! I’ll probably post another little ode to my Lowell here tomorrow, on his actual...
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two tip tuesday
I’m going to regularly post some simple, effective, and easy to implement ideas to help improve your kid or pet photography, your casual family moments, and even your self portraits. These are things that may have taken me awhile to learn but that have made the biggest difference. We all know the “get down on their level,” so I’m skipping over that for now. TIP #1 Know how to disable your flash and learn the different flash modes of your particular camera. No matter what kind of digital camera you have, there is probably a way to disable the flash. It’s...
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This little man is my middle child. His special song is “You Are My Sunshine.” We visited the local drive-in on one of those beautiful spring-like days we had back in January and I actually caught him smiling. He is quite a serious young man but moments like these brighten any day. I’ve been missing the sunshine lately, haven’t you? One of my favorite things to do when the sun is long gone is hop on the computer and play around in photoshop. It’s how I learn. I know I spend way too much time up late into the wee hours and I usually don’t use...
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