Photography

I take way too many pictures! 

These were taken a few weeks ago on some of our nature walks in the country, 

and I just wanted to share them. You can tell that my favorite things to 

capture on camera are my children, and nature!  

It is still quite chilly here, though we've had some beautiful days this past week. 

Spring is definitely in the air!  We have some lovely flowering trees around our neighborhood. 

One, in particular, beautiful, pink cherry blossom right out our front picture window.

I've taken some great walks lately, by myself and with the children. 

We've discovered some new neighborhoods close by that are so pretty. 

I walk through them and feel like I am in the mountains!

I've been trying to be diligent to exercise. 

Often the pastor or I will run and the kids will ride their bikes. 

It, unfortunately, is not one of my favorite things to do, so there's nothin' like 

being able to take that P.E. break whenever motivation strikes! 

Other big news is that I finally took my first photography class this past Saturday. It was so informative and interesting that the five hours simply flew by! I'm trying to wrap my head around terms like aperture,

F-stop, and ISO. It's coming....slowly but surely.  I'm finding that learning new things at almost 37 (YIKES) is a bit more challenging than in my younger days :)

 Anyway, the kids have been quite tired of me taking pictures around the house, 

but practice makes perfect....right?

I'm hopeful that one day, shooting manually will be much more enjoyable and creative than simply always relying on the auto focus! Especially when it seems the auto does such a good job of selecting the right settings. Will I ever be convinced manual is better? We shall see. . . 

My dad's father was a photographer. He died the summer before I was married. 

I have lots of memories of his HUGE camera, and endless minutes of standing still while he got the shot right. I guess now that's what I'm putting my children through. Ha ha!

 Thanks to him, our family has lots of wonderful black and white photos of past years. 

I sure am interested in understanding Granddad's love for photography a little better.

So dad, when I come to see you in May, get ready! 

I'm gonna try and do a little research..... 

I guess its in my genes!! 

:: Happy Monday dear ones ::