They're Growing Up Quick

It has been a while since I posted some photos of the babies. They are growing up quickly and developing the best personalities as they continue to grow. Below are recent photos of the puppies, Hannah is now six months old and Lumen is now four months old.

Spring Fever

Finally I think it is safe to say that spring is here!! The weather is finally starting to warm up during and the flowers are starting to appear in everyone's yards. For about a year now, my aunt and uncle have asked me periodically to come and let their dogs out if they aren't going to be home. I always love being able to go over there for a couple reasons. One, I get to take Hannah and she can burn off some of her puppy energy...or most of it! It's a win win for everyone. The second reason is that Jude and Gail have the most gorgeous garden ever! Every time I go there I always kick myself in the butt for NEVER bringing my camera with me! The last time I was there, there was the most picture perfect sunset happening and of course all I had with me was the I-phone..(which as much and I love it, it didn't do the sunset justice). However, this time when I was asked to go over to their house I made sure I packed my camera right away. Unfortunately, yesterday I was fighting with rain and had a very limited window to get the photos in. Luckily I was able to get some quick shots of their garden. Take a look below. I want to note that the only thing edited about these photos is levels which is a huge deal that that, is the only thing I had to change! Enjoy the selection below:

Shadows

Even if you know nothing about photography or photo taking in general, you know that shadows can ruin a photo if they are not intentional. On Easter weekend, Colleen and her boyfriend Matt were in town and I of course took the opportunity to take some portraits of them. Unfortunately, the weather had other plans for us. Saturday afternoon was so sunny that it was creating horrible shadows on both Colleen and Matt. Luckily I was able to get two photos that were semi decent to share below. The first photo is actually one of my favorites just because of the lighting. The second photo is actually a replica of a photo I took of Matt and Colleen when I was still working with film photography. I still think the film photo looks better (I wish I had it on my computer to compare the two!), but I am pleased with the lighting. Enjoy the selection below:

Things Just Got a Little Crazier

Well, another year older officially and I still haven't been taking as many photos as I would have liked to have been taking. I am finding it so hard some days to pull out my camera and capture life around me. These past weeks have been a little more crazier than usual. . . to start, Dee and I got another puppy. . . yes, you read that correctly, another puppy. Below you will get to meet Lumen (yes, another character from Dexter) who is a 10 (she's probably 11 by now) week old white German Shepard. She is the sweetest dog I have ever met, but certainly not the brightest . . . we are working on her training! I took Lumen and Hannah over to my parents house to play with their new puppy and burn some energy, since they have a much bigger yard than we do at the condo. The girls had a great time together and I was able to get a few photos of them all too.

If you haven't heard, yes in the middle of April, Ohio got a really unexpected snow shower which blanketed the ground with just enough snow to turn everything white. Since Lumen is a white dog I thought I would have a hard time with her and the snow contrast wise, but it appears against a "true" white, Lumen is far from white. . . annoyingly, she looks very tan in the photos against the snow! However, one of the reasons I love the snow so much is because I love the lighting that comes with it. Rarely is it super sunny and snowing. Luckily, today the lighting was amazing and the photos barely needed any lighting help!

With the weather getting a bit nicer (hopefully!!) I hope I can start to bring my camera out a bit more and get some great nature photos as well as photos of the pups growing up. I have included below a photo of a bleeding heart plant that we got. I was just messing around with the camera the other day and happened to get some great shots of this cute little plant. Enjoy the selection below:

A Quick Note

Just wanted to share these photos real quick, next post shall be a longer one! Enjoy:

The Fine Details

One of the greatest gifts my macro lens has given me, is the ability to capture the fine details out of things. Personally, I would say the difference between a photographer and someone who takes photos is that a photographers job is to capture details and different angles of everyday things that nobody else would see. Last week I had bought some flowers from Heinens and at the time I thought I was crazy for how expensive they were, but thinking about it now, they are a week old and still look amazing....now I can never get flowers anywhere else! One of the things that persuaded me to buy these particular flowers was the colors. These flowers have the brightest and most vibrate colors that I had ever seen before, so of course I had to buy them. Yesterday early afternoon I was looking for something to do and grabbed my camera to see if I could maybe get some photos in the spare time I had in. My initial thought was to take pictures of the flowers that have been sitting on the counter basically asking for it. So I grabbed the flowers and placed them on the floor where the lighting was much better and started snapping away. I got about 10 photos in before Hannah realized what I was doing and then she started to steal the spotlight. Of course I changed my focus from the flowers right over the Hannah. Sadly Hannah had chosen to lay where the lighting was no good, so the majority of the photos I took are not really worth it. Half way into the photos of Hannah, Denise shows me this photo from online of this German Shepard where the photo was just the top portion of the dogs face containing it's eyes. That photos sparked something in me to try and duplicate it. Sadly, Hannah was getting sleepy and still laying in the crappy light, so I knew I wasn't going to get the photo this time....(I am still very determined!!!) but the photo made me want to get some of Hannah's fine details, so I got the best ones I could. Take a look below at my fine details:

Natural Lighting

Wow! It's been awhile since I last blogged! I'm excited to announce that I have been working on a website for my photography which will show case my work as well as give a place for future clients. Since I have been working on the website, I have kind of neglected to blog a little! Whoops! That also means I have been slacking on my picture taking as well! The other day Cleveland (and lots of other places in the US) got hit with this random gigantic snow storm! It snowed all day and made a huge mess! Lucky for me I got sent home from work early because of the conditions so I had some extra time to go and play with the puppies all day. Hannah (our 15 weeks old German Shepard) LOVES the snow! If we would let her play in the snow all day, she would! I used the opportunity to take some photos of Hannah. I'm really pleased with the couple I got of her playing outside. After playing outside, Hannah came back into the house and we were getting ready to feed both Zoey and Hannah. While Denise was getting their food ready, I was just playing around and taking a couple pictures of Hannah. The lighting coming in from our patio doors was probably some of the best lighting indoors that I have ever been able to capture. Take a look below at some of the newest Hannah photos.

Stay tuned for information on my upcoming website. I am still in the designing phases, so it has a while to go still!

*Please notice that there is not a logo on these photos! I forgot to add it and didn't feel like going back! One day I will get to it!!*