Bridal Shower!

Farbeit from me to miss a golden opportunity! My cousin is getting married in a little less than a month and his bride-to-be's bridal shower was this past Friday night. It was a professionally designed and catered affair - a PERFECT photo opportunity. Although the bride-to-be gave me permission to take photos, the professional photographers on site were giving me the evil eye the whole time. I made sure to keep out of their way. If they were there, I wasn't. Even so, I think I got a few nice shots and the best part was that I learned A LOT about shooting at night.

RAW Handsomeness

Just one quick picture of my 6 year old today. I did a bunch of reading on using RAW today, so I used him as my experiment (which he did not appreciate!).  I LOVE RAW!!!

And, just for good measure, a black and white conversion (mainly because I love black and white).

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Eek! I shot these pictures LAST Friday night and I am just now adding them here. Life has been crazy busy and I feel like I am constantly playing catch-up. Nevertheless...

A few of our friends invited us to see a minor league baseball game. Although I don't think that they pics came out professional quality, I still LOVE them. When I got them on the computer, I realized that, with the light, they looked kind of old-time-baseball-ish, so I went with the theme while editing.

Sunny California

Yesterday we ventured west to the Pacific Ocean and the place where we got engaged over 9 years ago. I <3 you, Santa Barbara. I <3 you, Stearns Wharf.

Happy Birthday to Audrey!

My niece (who's not really my niece) celebrated her 2nd birthday this past weekend. Her mom, and my good friend, Becky made Audrey and Emily the cutest tutus! I couldn't resist snapping a few shots (and seriously Photoshop-ing one!), but I'm still TERRIBLE at indoor shots!

Impromptu Portraits

On a whim yesterday, we decided to head out to Vasquez Rocks, one of our local state parks and also the set for many, many movies.  I knew that it was the wrong time of the day for taking photos. The shadows being cast did not lend to good photography. Although I didn't get any really great scenery, I did torture my 6 year old son one more time by asking him to be my photo subject. I was really surprised by what I got.