The incredibly talented
Tara has done it again. At two weeks old, Milo had his pictures taken...and I LOVE the way they turned out!
Here are some that I took with my dslr...I thought I'd try to learn a thing or two from her:
I don't have photo shop to touch the pictures up the way she does,
but I think some of mine turned out pretty swell!
Tara also took some pictures of her little guy, and I wish she had them posted somewhere public for me to link to because they are absolutely breath-taking!!
I've been trying to get more practice with my dslr camera...practice, practice, practice! I think I've finally figured out how to adjust the aperture and iso. Next I need to experiment with shutter speeds. But what a great time to be able to experiment with a new camera ... a time with a new baby!
The first two sets of pictures are not taken with the dslr:
4 days old
Milo and Ollie...my two babies
You have to check out the adorable face Ollie is making at Milo here...
I zoomed in on Ollie because it is just too precious!
What a sweet brother.
6 days old, with the dslr
12 days old, with the dslr
And lets not forget the sweet images captured with the ipod, just because they're not as sharp!
3 days old
6 days old
one week!
8 days old...
what a cutie!
9 days
first watery bath in the sink
Okay...that's enough for now, but more later!
1/7/12-1/8/12
It has become an annual tradition for us to take a trip to the Oregon coast in January. It started a few years back because it turned out that we could get a condo through our friends the Mansius family for really cheap in January, since it's the off season. And surprisingly we always seem to get the best weather whenever we go in January! So we've kept up the tradition. This year we got a condo at Seaside again and we went at the same time as the Mansius family so we could all hang out together! It's a great little break after the holidays in the middle of boring January, which has nothing really going on anyway!
Well, the first day the weather wasn't so promising...but it got better!
Even though it was cold and blustery, we spent some time playing on the beach, taking pictures, and a few of us got up the guts to go swimming in the heated outdoor pool...no, not the ocean!
But the next day, we got this:
niiiice blue skies, sunshine, and warm temps.
(the view from our condo balcony)
Of course, it had to be a Sunday! Hahaha.
After church we enjoyed walking on the beach, taking pictures, and had dinner and games with our friends.
This is Tara and I with my new (to me) dslr camera. It is Tara's old back up camera and we traded about 50 pounds of free-range, grass fed, organic beef for it.
(I bought the 1/4 cow from a local farmer friend, but then I realized that we hardly EVER eat meat, especially beef...so I was happy to trade, and she was happy to get a bunch of very high quality beef...soooo...PLEASE send your favorite beef recipes my way because I STILL have a lot of beef!)
It was great to be out on the beach with our cameras together so she could teach me more about how to use the thing! (I did take a photography class in high school, so it's coming back pretty quickly).
Here are some pictures we took:
she took these of Ollie and I with her big professional camera.
...and I took these of her with HER big professional camera. Pretty great, huh? ^She's the professional, and I'm glad to say that I have a lot to learn!
Anyway, these are with my camera:
Here is my 15 week pregnant belly, just in case you were wanting to see it!
This camera does need a new lens...I'm excited to see what kind of pictures I can take when I get one! Hopefully I can get that all ready before this baby comes so I can get some great pictures! Yay!
a cute 'lil toddler!
...or frosty fungi.
...or small wonders.
Nevermind. I have more than two things to post about for December. I was looking through our pictures and noticed that Brent took some AMAZING mushroom pictures on his daily walk through the woods near our house. I have got to give credit to Brent's eye for the amazing little things in life. And how I appreciate that so much.
12.9.12
This is pretty much what winter looks like here: fog rising off the river, mushrooms sprouting up everywhere, and an occasional frost covering all the green things.
Maybe once or twice we get snow. So far this year, we've had two days where snow was forecasted. And it was a big disappointment! Oh sure, it snowed up where the altitude was a teensy bit higher (like at our old house), but down by the river we just didn't get snow.
Other than fog and frost, we get rain.
jogging up on the frost covered plateau
the trail back home...
