Girls Easter Celebration

Today Gabby and I participated in the 4th annual Girls Easter Celebration at our friend Judith's home. Judith and her sister Amy provide the crafts, Easter egg hunt and the home for a lovely event. It was such a sweet time with the women in our church and meeting some new women from another local church. We ate well and created some beautiful things. Thank you Judith and Amy for a wonderful time! Here are some pictures of Gabby at the party today.

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Photo Lesson #3 ~ Field Trip

Here are some highlights from my photography lesson field trip. Random people and dogs were my subjects.

Ballet and Tap

This past Saturday at Gabby's ballet and tap class parents/family were invited to observe class. Gabby started taking ballet at this dance studio last January. Just recently Gabby switched over to a ballet and tap class. She just loves it! We got a sneak peak of her ballet and tap performance for the recital in May. She did such a great job! We all enjoyed watching her perform.

Photo Lesson Part 1 & The Scary Princess

Yesterday was my first day of photography lessons. I received a gift certificate from Greg for my birthday. I finally got the first class scheduled. I learned the basics of photography, shutter-speed, aperture and/or F-spot and ISO (film speed). My photography instructor, Gary was able to show me all these modes on my Nikon D60 and how to change and modify them. In the words of Lauren Sykes, "It rocked my world". Wow! This is awesome stuff! I am starting to see the light! I am enjoying being the student for a change and learning something new.

Today I played around with all these different features and was able to capture some really cool shots. Here they are...

These first two images were my first attempt at panning. The background is blurry and the main subject, in this case Matthew and Gabby riding their bikes, stay focused. Pretty cool effect.

This evening the whole family was out and Alex and I passed this dress and bridal boutique and immediately when he saw this he said "oh, scary princess." I am still laughing as I write this. Later on in the evening I got my camera out of the car and was able to use my new knowledge and capture this picture of the "Scary Princess" in all her glory.