Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!

Wanted to share my family's card. I wanted to share this image earlier, but knew it was going on the card, so I held off. Didn't want to ruin the surprise, you know.

I hope everyone has a blessed New Year!

My favorite candid shot of the month

As usual, the fall is a busy time of ball around my home. Baseball, softball, volleyball...we're there. One morning, we had a very early game. The sun was just in a terrible spot for the action shots, and I was standing in the dugout while our team was getting their gear together to go on the field, thinking about just putting the camera away. I glanced over at the catcher getting all geared up and loved the harsh shadows that problematic sun was creating when combined with the dugout roof.



Thanks, mom and dad for letting me share!

Coming back to the blog

I had been trying out another site recently, but decided after my 6 months was up, not to renew. I like the more personal feel of the blog. So I'll be returning back here as of...well, now. I took quite a bit of time off this summer with the kids. Time just seems to be flying away, they're all getting so grown up. Yeah, I know that's supposed to happen, but I don't want to miss it. I will be running some specials soon, geared at updating some of my advertising pieces. If you're in the market for some shots for your Christmas photos, give me a call!

I'll leave you with a few shots of my favorite part of this summer. It was actually last month, and we got a call out of the blue to join my SIL and her family at the beach. My husband couldn't come, so I loaded up the car and drove us all there myself. It was the perfect way to spend my birthday weekend. I can't post my very favorites though. Or else I'd have to do another photoshoot for our Christmas cards because you would have already seen the photos, and according to my son "that's not happening". But this was just me, sitting back watching my children explore. If you really want to know what the 2 oldest were looking for, it was a pair of someone's swim trunks that kept washing up into their portraits and making us laugh.

And she's OUT!

I always have a favorite shot of the weekend. More than once, this young lady has managed to land herself in that shot. This was no exception. She's caught my daughter off and on for a long time now, and she's always been one of my favorite kids. But in the last 3 years, I don't think I was ever able to catch her without her helmet, and a runner coming home. So thanks for letting me share your talent on here!

Bluebonnets in Texas

Until I came to Texas, I'd never seen bluebonnets. Some years they are breathtaking, a sea of blue, but right now in my area they are not doing so well. There is a spot I found a few years ago. It's a big hill, surrounded by a rusty metal fence. I drove out there yesterday to check on the flowers. I had the little one with me and she fell in love with them. To her, there were millions. I took only a handful of shots, as she was not thrilled with the strong wind on top of that hill. But I love how innocent she can look.

It's been a while

Yes, I know it's been a while. Cold weather and I don't like each other and I was not too motivated to photograph much of anything interesting. I've been busy the last couple weeks though. I've never really shared much of my sports stuff on here, even though if you go by my memory on my hard drive, it accounts for at least half of what I do. Thought I'd share a couple of my favorites. I have a really cool shot I want to share but I need to get permission from her parents first. So I'll share a few of my daughter.