Last January, when we were in Kansas City, I fell in love with this photograph at Nelson-Atkins Art Museum.  The first time I saw it, I just walked right by it.  But I was drawn back to it.  That’s when I started to notice all the details- the woman, the car, and an older lady in the windows of the right house in the front.  I fell in love.  It was an amazing lesson- to stop and look at all the details. I took the picture above...

The photo I’m about to post is awful- among it’s problems- it’s off-centered and awkward. This “lovely” example of a picture gone bad was take about a week and half ago.  Cody and I took an evening to go out and take pictures.  We went out the a native plant area on the college campus.  (It was actually because the weather fooled us into thinking it wasn’t as hot as it’s been. . .) I took Candice...

Last month, I took a class at Jessica Sprague called Photo Editing: Frame-ups and Special Effects.  It was a lot of fun to step outside of my box and do things to photographs that I don’t typically do. . . it’s just not really my preference or style.  This month, I’m taking the Brush*Abilities class at Jessica Sprague.  It’s been some more fun experimenting and learning.  Although during the last class, I really...

My husband opened his big fat mouth yesterday and created quite a stir in our household yesterday.  You see Monday we were talking about my enrollment into Karen Russell‘s Snapshots of a Good Life Photography Class and how much it cost.  You see, he’d had selective hearing in our previous converations about the cost. Well yesterday, he was telling a dear friend of ours about his selective hearing.  Next thing he knows, he...

If I could sum things up right now with just one word. . . Swimming might just be it.  I’m not drowning or anything but I feel like I’m swimming. We returned home from our trip to Kansas City.  Cody has nearly climbed Mount Washmore but I still need to put some laundry away- and he’s still got more to do.  Once we got home, I began scaling Photographer’s Cap.  I started out with over 1700 pictures not including our...

Since getting high speed internet, Cody and I have spent many a night with the both of us tuned into our computers with a half of an eye on the Royals ballgame.   Tonight is no different.  I’ve spent a lot of time learning more about photography or checking out music.  Tonight, it was photography as I started a new class online.  And, while I actually was just playing with a few buttons on my camera, I also got  this shot of my...