Baby Girl....

In no specific order....

I can't remember if I told you her name, Kali (pronounced Cali) Dawn (Rosie's middle name). She really is so cute.

This one with the ribbon is my favorite one. I think she looks so precious!

Shaila's Week Ten

Week Ten: Landscapes

Seriously I think the busy summer is getting in our way of our blog. There's pretty much only one challenge after this one. We can do it! On our way home from Pullman and on our way up to Grand Coulee, there we tons of times I wanted to capture the landscape, but due to time and kids, we couldn't stop to take them. Dang! So, I took the first three pictures last week, but just never posted them. I took the last one on our way home from Spokane last night. (Winston wouldn't stop crying so we stopped to comfort him...so why not take pictures too.!) I'm glad I got it, because it's ended up being my favorite! So nothing "awesome", but at least I'm finishing the challenge, right!?!

1/30 20 ISO-400

1/40 20 ISO-800

1.6 sec 20 ISO-800

1/250 10 ISO-200

Shaila's Week Nine

Seriously I'm having some blogging issues. Finally here is my week nine.

1/160 7.1 ISO 200Little did I know his mouth was actually on the drinking fountain.
1/80 6.3 ISO 200

1/400 5.6 ISO 400

1/80 5.6 ISO 800

1/80 5.6 ISO 400

Then in black and white.

Week Nine. Mel.

Could this baby boy be any cuter? (don't answer that since you have 3 baby boys yourself, ha!) He was sitting up and couldn't take it anymore and flopped back on the boppy. He thought he was hilarious. I did have to use photoshop to lighten it a little. It said it was balanced but it just turned out too dark for me. I have a couple more but I want to upload and post but I just had to do this one before I left. I hope to take some this week at my mom's house or out and about. Yes, I will be calling you for quick tips on the camera since I won't have time to real the whole manual!

Shaila's Week Eight

Week Eight: Capturing Action

I was more interested in trying out panning, so most of my pictures are of me trying it out.

Malcolm in action at his t-ball game.

1/320 8.0 ISO-800As I was watching my neighbors kids we played some t-ball. I of course got shots of the bat and ball blurred, but this is my favorite. Quinn started swinging, and somehow ended up falling. I love how it captured his fall!
1/100 10.0 ISO-100One of the pictures Matt really liked.
1/100 20.0 ISO-200

1/15 18.0 ISO-200

I think this is my favorite!
1/60 13.0 ISO-200

1/60 13.0 ISO-200

Another that Matt liked.
1/100 10.0 ISO-200

Week Eight. Mel.

After talking to you I wasn't sure if I would have an opportunity to try 'panning' out. These aren't great but it helped me get the idea of it. We stopped at the park last night and Milo ran sprints for me, ha! He was really running in all three. He was also getting annoyed with me cause I kept making him to it over again. And then when we went home he said he wouldn't be able to walk today. Thankfully he wasn't as sore as he thought he would be.

1/400 6.3 ISO 100

1/400 6.3 ISO 100

1/640 5.0 ISO 100

1/1600 4.0 ISO 100

Nathan just throwing the football around at the school today. So not tons of action but I still think his 'form' is cute. Boys are so funny.

1/50 3.2 ISO 400

This is my 'embrace the blur' photo. He was waiting for his next bite of carrots and rice cereal and making the funniest faces. So many of the ones I took are blurry but I still love them cause he was making me laugh with every face (I'm posting more on my blog since today is his 1/2 birthday, can you believe it, 6 months!)

Week Seven. Macro. Mel.

The Macro shots. Actually I had the camera in SuperMacro and without looking that up I'm not sure of the difference in focal distance. I love that it rained this morning and drops were everywhere. It made me want to go out and find more flowers with drips hanging off. I just might....

1/800 2.7 ISO 800 6.0mm

1/800 2.7 ISO 800 6.0mm

1/1000 2.7 ISO 8oo 6.0mm

1/640 2.7 ISO 800 6.0mm

1/1250 2.7 ISO 800 6.0mm

I just had to show you these crazy roses! They have always, always been the color above, peachy/white and this year these red roses came out of nowhere. Is that weird or what? Help us out Matt, why the heck did that happen?) I didn't take this photo early enough, they are already wilting.