One of my recent photography assignments was to take a picture of something in bloom, that represents the rebirth that comes with spring. I took some pics of marigolds that Claire and Brian planted a few months ago. I got as close as I could to the blossom and snaps some shots, playing with keeping the flower in and out of focus.
The next pic is of a butterfly that was hanging out in my front yard. He (or she) was very patient with me and posed for some pretty cool shots!
As I mentioned in my last post, we went to Bako for Miss Mae's 2nd birthday. We had a small family party at my parents' house. A few days before her birthday I told Audrey that it was going to be her birthday soon. Her eyes got very wide, she inhaled loudly, and said, "For me?" It was too cute. She has been to a lot of parties lately and I think it really surprised her that she was going to have one too! Here are some pics:
We have had a very busy week! We were in Bakersfield for Audrey's 2nd birthday and have been working at home to get this darn kitchen finished. I have also been keeping up with most of my photography assignments. This forces me to get in the habit of carrying my camera everywhere. Usually I forget it and end up missing great moments.
This next photo assignment was to capture the light in a loved one's eyes. This was a hard one for me. My most loved ones either: a) move too fast for my slowish camera or b) refuse to let the camera near them. I managed to capture a couple good pics of Claire. We were at my parents' friends' home on the outskirts of Bakersfield. They have AMAZING fields of wildflowers on their property. I tried to get pics of my girls in the flowers. That didn't work too well--they were too busy rampaging and rolling all over the flowers.
The first two pics are for the "light" assignment. The rest are some fun ones.
Today's photography assignment was to take a self-portrait. This was a very intimidating one. For one, I haven't plucked my eyebrows in weeks and wasn't about to today, in the midst of plant killing, painting, and kid-wrangling. Two, I don't know how to work the timer on my camera, so I had to take these at arm's length.
I decided to take the pic of this eye because of its strange color: blue with a yellowish spot Kinda interesting? I am going to keep plugging away at this self-portrait thing.
Here are a few pics I took of the girls today. The first is of Audrey Mae and her chubby foot at my friend Lisa's house. I also managed to snap a few of Claire at the tail end of her gymnastics lesson. She was learning how to walk backwards on the balance beam.
Today's photography assignment was to get your camera down on the ground. I like the color and juxtaposition of the grass and concrete in the first pic. I like the perspective of the other pics--the giant chubby baby and kid parts. :)
The next two are Audrey Mae, who will by the way, turn 2 years old on Monday. Whew!
This is Claire's hand. She is starting to lose her delicious chubbles. :(
I hope to post some more Easter pics later, but for now I love this one of Miss Audrey Mae. She was so excited to find the eggs in our yard this morning. Look at that chocolate smeared on her face! I love her.
My wonderful friend Miranda has inspired me to work on some new projects this month. I'm completely jealous of her gorgeous photographs, so I decided to stop envying and start creating! April is a slower month for me because I am off of work for three weeks. My days are still hectic and busy, but I have more time to "smell the roses."
Anyway, I am taking the online photography class she mentioned last week. I'm a few days late to the party--the class started on the first. But, I think I'm pretty happy with the first two little assignments I completed.
1. Take 30 steps from your camera and take a picture of what you find.
I was taking a picture of a dew-covered leaf when I noticed this mosquito eater hanging out on the grass. These guys are EVERYWHERE right now and are driving me nuts, so it was actually nice to pay homage to the little beasts by taking a picture of one. I did some cropping and editing of this picture on flickr. I am quite please with the results and am very proud of myself.
2. The other assignment I did was to look up and take a picture of the sky. I took a few shots, but thought this one was pretty interesting. It's a pic of the sun between two trees, taken from our yard. I enhanced the colors a bit and think it doesn't look too bad. What do you think?
Here are a few more I took during my 8:00am tour of my front yard (these are completely unenhanced/edited):
According to my amazing hubby the work on the above paper means we don't actually need the very inconvenient post that has been sitting between our kitchen and dining areas. Brian has been debating with himself for months about whether or not it's a good idea to remove the thing. Today he finally decided to do it, with a few modifications to the post that actually holds up the house.
The post that is going bye-bye is on the left. The modified one is on the right.
Brian put up this bracing to make the post removal easier. Claire's asked, "Dad, are you making an A?"
I didn't get any pics of the actual post removal. It made me way too nervous to be in the room. (Note, fairy Rosetta on the dining room table is nearly nude. Claire claims this is because, "Rosetta is having a panty party!" ACK!)
And...voila!:
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