I love this picture, even though the lighting was really awful and all that--his expression is priceless. Good thing this was the last shot I took!
My friend Nadia asked me a few weeks ago if I would take some family pictures for her little family. I haven't had time to edit all of them, but here are two of my favorites that I couldn't wait to edit. Isn't their little guy cute!?
A couple of weeks ago we took some family pictures with my husband's dad & sisters. This is my favorite picture of my cute niece. She was so sad. I love the tear on her cheek.
By beautiful sisters-in-law
A couple of weeks ago my sister-in-law was in town with her two little girls. We don't get to see them very often so we decided to take some family pictures. We wanted to take a bunch of the girls together, and their Auntie Callie made some great tutus for all of them. So here are my favorite, even though it was very hard to narrow down. It's way easier to get good shots of a 7 month old than 2 rambunctious 2 year olds!
My husband stuck a smartie in his niece's mouth for comic effect, but I don't think her momma was very happy with him!
The two older girls somehow conned grandpa into playing "Ring-around the Rosies" with them. I think that all three of them have him wrapped around their little fingers. 
This is my attempt at the "Monthly Special" from Take Out Photo. This was a fun one and I learned a great new technique that I'm sure I'll use again and again. It's amazing that even though I took a couple of digital imaging classes that were all about Photoshop as an art major, I still learn new things almost every week. These are some pictures that we took a couple of weeks ago of my daughter and my 2 cute nieces that were visiting for a week. It was awesome to have them hang out with us for a little while.
This is Jerry's beautiful sister Callie and her fiance Rayson. I took their engagement pictures a few weeks ago. These are some of my favorite. 
This is my little brother Mark. Everyone says we're exactly alike. I used to think that was a real insult, but he'd definitely getting more tolerable! Haha... He is going to be a senior this year, so my mom has been asking me to take some senior pictures of him. This was my first attempt at doing anything like this, and I definitely learned a lot. I got some good shots, but my biggest problem was that Mark procrastinated moving the water lines until the very last possible minute, and I had to wait for him to finish and then shower and get dressed before we could do pictures, so the light was getting kind of iffy. 
Thanks, Mark, for being my guinea pig! We'll probably do this again so we can get some better shots. ANYWAY--if anyone reads this, I'd like to know what you think and I would also like to know if anyone has some great ideas of a spot to take some pictures in the Salt Lake/Provo areas. If you have any ideas, please, please...let me know!
**I don't know quite what the deal is, but they're showing up a little grainy and weird when I uploaded them today, maybe its just my computer, but they seem weird...
So, I haven't done any of Kristina Werner's color challenges for a very long time. I have hardly scrapbooked all summer long, mostly because I've been using my creative time with Photoshop, instead of with paper. Anyway, I needed a card for a bridal shower the other day and this challenge last week really caught my eye, so I decided to give it a try. Anyway, I haven't quite decided if I like it or not, but I do really like the colors. 
I made these a few months ago when we had lots of friends having babies and I needed some little cards to go with their gifts. If anyone knows how to tie a perfect bow, I would love to know that secret because my bows look a little crazy (see top picture).
I took these pictures a couple of weeks ago when I went to visit my parents. They live on a small cattle ranch in Colorado. I think it is a beautiful place, especially when there is actually enough water to keep the fields this green. 
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this shot of A. I love her eyes and I love the little bit of something(?) on her face. If you can't see it in this little image, click on it to see it bigger. 
