Captain America and the Hulk

These are two of my adorable nephews.

 

 

Kellen

 

 

 

and Blake.

 

 

 

Also known as

 

 

Captain America and the Hulk.

 

 

 

 

We had a little photoshoot awhile back.

 

 

 

With a few of their favorite things.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And I thought this one would be perfect for a school picture.

 

 

Now who wouldn't want a karate-kickin' school picture?  Who???

 



The Man Cave photoshoot

 

This group of young men, also known as "The Man Cave" guys (after their basement hangout at one of their homes, which happens to be down the street from us), all graduated from high school last May and are one by one leaving on missions.  Several of these guys are in our ward & I could swear it was just yesterday that they were on their bikes on our street corner with their backpacks on waiting til everyone was there so they could all ride to junior high together. 

 

But just after graduation & before they all started going their separate ways, one of their moms thought to get a group picture, and asked if I could do it. The problem was, the following night at 10:00 was the best shot at having almost all of them there (one was out of town). So I left a space hoping to take a shot of the missing guy later & photoshop him in.  

 

So, can you tell which one was photoshopped in?......* 

 

I'm not so good at this sort of thing, so it was a photoshop triumph for me. And also just fun being a part of the Man Cave for a night.

Such a cute group of boys!
And I think they'll be glad to have these one day.


*Answer - bottom right :)
 

 

 



 

 

Another chapstick bites the dust....

I found this the other day.....

My bill for some screen-cleaning by Zane.

 

I must say, he does pretty good work.  I don't know what we would do around here without him.

 

Anyone need a good screen-cleaner?  I think he's available.

 



Merry Christmas!

All Gus wants for Christmas is.....

 

.... his two front teeth.

 

 

Not really.

 

Whenever I say this he's quick to tell me that's NOT what he wants for Christmas.  Like, why would anyone ask for teeth for Christmas?  He wants a red Razor Flash Rider, of course!



senior pictures jumpstart

 

For October Break this year, we took the 4 oldest to Seattle, where I tried to work in a little photoshoot with my favorite senior and take advantage of some real fall scenery.

 

 

How this girl is about to turn 18 and leave my nest I'll never know.

 

Doesn't it go by in a blink?



What's in my bag

In response to questions about what camera, etc. I use......

I'm a Nikon girl. It's what I've always used & I'm too invested to change, even if I wanted to.  I shoot with a Nikon D700.  My favorite lens would have to be my Nikkor 70-200 2.8G, but obviously can't be used in every situation.  Same with my Nikkor 85 1.4. Such beautiful lenses, but when I need something wider I have to use the Nikkor 24-70 2.8G. The 24-70 has a great, practical range, but I don't love it.  It's not as pretty.  I also have a super-wide, a Nikkor 16-35 4G, which can really come in handy & is fun to play with.  And then a 50 1.4G, which I use quite a bit, usually for indoor & low-light stuff.

I never use an on-camera flash.  But I do use strobes in my garage/studio.  I have 2 Profoto & 1 Elinchrom strobes & use a big (5 ft?) Octabox, among other light modifiers.  My backdrops are usually seamless paper rolls.

And for post-processing, I use Lightroom & CS5 & a random assortment of actions.  I still have so much to learn!!!


And of course I can't do a post without a picture.....

 

Caroline couldn't decide which hair accessory to wear today.

 

 

This has been a daily activity as of late.

I've got me a girly-girl and I'm  loving it!



Halloween 2011

So I'm trying to get last year's Halloween posted before it's Halloween again!

I barely made it!

 

 

So here's what our   HALLOWEEN  2011

 

looked like......

 

 

the pumpkin carving

 

 

 

the elementary school Halloween parade.....

 

 

 

And then....

 

the big night.......

 

 

This was the closest I got to a group shot.

It's like herding cats.

 

 

So we had Granny Zane....

 

 

Who for some reason thinks old ladies tend to be combative or aggressive....

 

So I told him that old ladies are nice & sweet.

 

 

So here's his sweet little old lady version.....

Love that kid.

 

 

Then there was Gus as an oh-so-original Commander Rex.....

 

 

 

 

Then there was Max......

 

 

......do you see him?

 

He was a bush.

 

He and Noah were both bushes.

They had big plans to curl up in yards & scare people as they walked by.

Not sure how that went.

 

 

 

 

And then of course there was Chicken Baby, which I've already posted pictures of, but I'm going to post them again.

 

 

Fluffy cuteness.

 

 

Didn't even try to take the hood off.

 

 

LOVE that little Chicken Baby.

 

 

I didn't see much of the older kids that night.

Jake(red hat) & his buddies wore their morphsuits & think they're not too old to trick-or-treat.  And I don't even have a picture of Mars at all, but she didn't really dress up.

 

 

But of course Brian & I did!

 

We were Billy Idol.....

 

 

 

and Madonna.....

 

 

....as in the Lucky Star version of Madonna.

 

 

Oh why must I humiliate myself like this every year?

 

Really!

 

 

 

But we aren't the only ones at least...

 

Here's some pics from the annual Halloween Block Party......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good times as always!

 

 

And Chicken Baby had a great time!!

 

 

Hahaha!

 

School pictures 2012