Daddy

 I have had my camera out more lately (yay, that's the goal!).  These didn't fit with today's photo challenge word, but I love them!

 Rayna getting tickled over Daddy's shoulder

Dan with our sweet and funny little man, Gabe

photography challenge: creativity

photography challenge: cozy

photography challenge: chevron

Apparently I am not a trendy designer... not a lick of "chevron" anything in my whole house!  I had to dig out a piece of fabric I knew I had in my stash somewhere, then decided to stick something in front of it.  In this case, that something is my sweet 7 year old boy, who only gave me two shots to get it right.  The fabric is SUPER bright, but because of it being blurred in the background, the colors turned out very muted.  I like it much better in black and white, where the colors don't look washed out because there is no color!  Learned something about what that blurred background effect will do to a bright patterny background.  Love learning!

photography challenge: pretty in pink

Barbie - pretty in any color.  Right?!

photography challenge: colorful

Inspiration: October 30 Day Photography Challenge

I need photography inspiration!  I saw this photography challenge on Pinterest... I am jumping in on the list for October, hoping it gets me taking more pictures.  Purposefully.  My goal is to learn more of the technical side of things.  Keep my camera in manual.  See what happens.