Photography Dreams

Being a photographer seems like it would be so cool. I've dreamt about it for a long time, but have never made any strides towards actually doing it. Well, aside from getting a nice camera and that college class I took in photography way back when (those were when my dreams seemed more attainable). I just think about it and imagine, you get to share a small snippet into your clients lives and then gift with them magical photos they will forever cherish. It's usually documentation of happy times. I can't think of anything that would be bad about that?

But then I really really think about it and oh wait, yes I can. How about actually getting a good picture? Remembering not everyone is photogenic. How about trying to get kids to smile?  How about showing up and your clients are wearing something you would never want to photograph, but you're required to turn that into a dream?!  And the editing, ohhhh the editing. I do a lot of Adobe Illustrator for work, and occasionally play around with Photoshop and although once I get it right I am so proud; getting there is a battle. A long battle. And in photography now-a-days I feel like 50% of your job is taking pictures and the other 50% is editing … if not even more editing than that. Maybe if I actually knew what I was doing it would be easier, but that is an extreme deterant for me.

For fun, I took bennett to the park the other day to try and snag some cute fall photos. Bottom line, I took about 45 pictures and got about two that I actually like. And then, for fun again, I had the idea to play with them in Photoshop. Ha. It took all of the fun out of it. Perhaps if I really want to take this seriously I should invest in Adobe Lightroom and that may make things a bit easier. Oh well....

So, I landed on some easy iPhoto filters and called it a day. Here are some of my favorites.

Signing off, and daydreaming about one day making those dreams a reality … maybe. Minus the editing :)

Halloween Pumpkins

Happy Halloween!  I'll be sure to report back next week with a full Halloween recap, but for now in honor of the big day filled with tricks and treats, I'll share Bennett's first pumpkin carving!

We went to the pumpkin patch this year, but we couldn't find much and instead B-man was way more interested in feeding the duds and playing on the playground … so we walked through the corn maze and called it a day. Instead, I snagged some pumpkins at our local grocery store … so at least the effort was there.

We waited for Daddy to come home and headed straight outside at dusk to get started! Aka - Shane did all of the work and I took pictures :)

Maggie wanted to help too!

 Yuckkyy!! :) And we removed the shirt because things were getting verrrrry messy.

 Don't eat it silly!

 Bennett wanted the carving tools really bad.

Really, really bad.

 And wouldn't take no for an answer.

 But quickly moved onto something else, thank goodness.

 And then giggled at their masterpiece.

 And then we timer-cammed a family photo, and I blew it.

So, we did it again :)

 And one more time. Bennett and Maggie are clearly in love.  

 And then the following week, I had all of my gal pals over for our annual pumpkin carving and made my own (mine's the fourth from the left).

 Then we posed for another family photos and Teddi took this one. Shane was embarrassed of his pumpkin, so he hid it or something (pardon my house slippers).

Happy Halloween you ghouls and goblins, Hope you get lots of yummy treats!

October: Photo Dump

So sad to see October go … it's been a really fun, colorful, busy fall ya'll. Here's a few little snippets from life around here this month.

We kept cheering' on them Bengals.

One of the gals (Jenni) got marrrrrrrrrried!

B-man played the drums for the first time!

We enjoyed us some good ol' roasted corn from Harvest Homecoming

Bennett took his first quitar lesson from Mr. Shane Cody himself (Drummer of the band Houndmouth) 

We took fun selfies.

Daddy bought us some sweet cowboy boots, in alternating sizes (w0w). 

We added a fun item to our kitchen routine so someone could help out with dinner ;) 

We went to a parade and played in the bubble blower.

We conquered a corn maze at Huber's. 

And posed for another selfie.

Bennett attended his first wedding and was IMPRESSED by the band. 

We enjoyed tasty treats in the sunshine.

We ate our breakfast faster than mommy could cook it. 

We carved pumpkins (and ate apples) with the girlies. 

We sported super cool owl hats that mommy insisted little man wear. 

We rode the train at the zoo. 

Mommy and Daddy went to a couple shows at Actor's Theatre for date night and drank yummy drinks. 

We went to the Jack'O'Lantern Spectacular at Iroquois Park. 

And we went to the park ALOT to play in the leaves. 

Winter will soon be knocking on our doors … good thing we enjoyed this season!