Sunny Evening

All day today we had rain and clouds and just dreary weather.  I'm one of those people whose moods are affected by weather greatly!  So i was in an odd mood, but in the evening the sun finally made its way out and i headed out to take some pics of the flowers and bugs and stuff.  Kenzie made her way out and asked me to take her picture.  Ironically she never wants her picture taken and thus won't look at the camera...but i got a few anyways...



spiderwebs

I need a micro lens like nothing else.  I love photographing the little things that you usually wouldn't pay any attention to.  A bug on a leaf, the center of a flower, the details on an interesting piece of architecture...etc..etc...
I do what i can with what i have though so i was tempted outside this morning by the interesting sunlight cast across my yard...

 so i thought i would practice my capturing of the sunshine, as i learned how to do that the other day...

As i was doing this i noticed an awesome spiderweb strung up between the grasses...

when i walked away i found another web in the grass with a spider currently working on it.  Again...i would LOVE to have a micro lens for things like this...but this is what i could get...

after the web i went back to focusing on different techniques.  Trying to capture some bokeh with the fresh morning dew was a challenge as well.  I am however loving getting to practice with my camera and learning new things!!

Gigi (Gee-Gee)

Gigi is our kiddos' grandma, Joel's mom.  She lives not too far off so we hang out pretty frequently.  Today we were just doin our normal stuff, running errands and such and i noticed that GiGi and Xander matched quite nicely in their white shirts and thought it was a good day for some pics....so off we went to an exotic location far far away....my front yard.

my children have GOT to be the least cooperative young children for photos...