Wedding pics… part 2
Posted on January 19, 2010
Here are some of the actual wedding party:
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Some wedding photos
Posted on January 18, 2010
I’ve been going back and forth for awhile on photographing weddings. I have only shot one thus far in my photographic career. The photos turned out lovely, but it’s not a venture I have sought out again. I would gladly photograph a wedding if asked. Anyhow, since I may be doing some new pictures for my sister-in-law soon, it brought to mind the last photos I did for her – her wedding almost 5 years ago! Today I will post some of the details, tomorrow I will post some of the actual wedding. All taken using film:
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Flower girl
Posted on January 17, 2010
Do you remember as a kid, picking flowers and pulling the petals off, one-by-one? There is just something intrinsic about that memory. And that memory always reminds me of this picture:
She was just so captivated by those bright yellow daisies!
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Architecture
Posted on January 16, 2010
On my way home from a session in Prineville last year, I noticed this building while I was driving out of town. I wrestled with myself over whether to turn around to photograph it or not, and in the end I obviously turned around. Altough the building is very regal and important looking in its own sense, the picture gains more charater by the sliver of moon hanging above the building:
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Lavender Fields
Posted on January 15, 2010
Hood River, the Willamette Valley, whatever title you wish to give the area, one word really sums it up nicely – stunning. If you haven’t ever been, I highly suggest it. I have many more pictures from our trip there last fall, but this is just a teaser of one of the amazing lavender field farms there (one of several!). And oh, the smell! The picture alone brings the sweet, calming aroma to mind!
Wouldn’t this be a pretty place for a wedding?
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Thank you Stephenie Meyer!
Posted on January 14, 2010
I don’t know exactly when I fell into the Twilight trap. I had read about the series in an aquaintances’ blog and she mentioned that the first movie was in production. I didn’t quite understand the hype, but figured, hey – I’ll bite (pun intended!). It was then that I went and saw the first movie on opening day (and took my then one month old baby with me, too) and fell in love. I raced out and picked up Twilight, the book, the very next day. I devoured it in about two days! And so I finished the whole series in under a month. I am currently re-reading the entire series. I have about 100 pages left of Breaking Dawn. Eclipse is my favorite of the series, so I am excited for June when that movie will be out! I hope they do it justice!
The book that started it all:
Yes, I know New Moon is missing (*note to self: do not lend out your favorite books!)
And, my favorite:
All the pictures were shot in the “meadow” behind my house lending additional “Twilightness” to them 
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Here kitty, kitty
Posted on January 13, 2010
We went to the Portland zoo for the first time last spring. This pretty kitty was awful crabby. I don’t think he appreciated the camera in his face. He actually growled at me! Guess he’s not into the papparazzi.
You can actually see the glass being steamed up….
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Mountain majesty
Posted on January 12, 2010
These pictures were actually the very first taken when my canon 50D arrived last year. It was all shiny and new – and I couldn’t wait to use it! I went and shot the breath taking three Sisters mountains, also know as Faith, Hope, and Charity.
And then there is Broken Top:
The other more noticable moutain here in this range is Bachelor, which I do not yet have a photo of. For those not familiar with this area, Bachelor is the southern most mountain, Broken Top is in the middle, and the three sisters are to the north. The old story is that Broken top was the tribe chief, the three sisters his daughters, and Bachelor was the brave warrior of which all three sisters fought over. Eventually Broken Top got so tired of the bickering that he stood between the three sisters and the Bachelor and “blew his top” in frustration.
The bible says “I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible to you.” (Matthew 17:20)
I have not been able to make a single mountain budge, but I think even if I could – they are so beautiful and perfect exactly where they stand, right where God wanted them – that I wouldn’t want to.
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A photo a day
Posted on January 11, 2010
When I started this blog last year, I wrote in my first post that I planned to post a photo-a-day. It didn’t happen, unfortunately. Yeah, I’m beating myself up about it. And then, when this year began, I promised myself that beginning January 1st I would commit to this task. Here it is, almost mid-January and I’m just posting for the 1st time! So. I can 1) forgive myself and begin to post a photo-a-day TODAY or 2) wait until next year and be mad at myself until then. Well, I am going to be optimistic and start now! C’est la vie – seize the day! There is just so much beauty to Oregon that I have plenty of material to work with. I am just going to keep my trusty canon 50D with me at all times so when opportunity presents itself I am ready! So, some of the work presented will be new. Some will be old. It will range through the categories: nature, pets, familes, ect., and I am happy to say there will be some maternity and newborn sessions! Maybe you will learn a little about me along the way. I definitely hope my competence as a photographer is demonstrated. Most of all, I hope you enjoy!!!
…. to begin, a photo of the reason it’s not a good idea to let your husband run the dishwasher:
He’s not too happy I’m sharing this picture, but it’s pretty funny – so if it makes someone smile, it’s worth it!
(If you’re wondering how it happened, liquid dish soap was used instead of dishwasher soap).
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The Welsh Christmas Portraits
Posted on January 10, 2010
Happy New Year! Wow, 2010! That sounds so futuristic, doesn’t it?
Since the holidays have passed, I think it’s safe to share a couple of the Welsh family’s fun holiday portraits, as promised:
Aren’t they a beautiful family??? And guess what? I get to photograph them again in May! I am busily planning that session already (and really looking forward to the spring weather that it will bring, too!).
Here’s to 2010!
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