Pictures By Roxy

Love these guys!

2011-10-13T15:50:00.000-07:00

So I'm going to slowly to try to catch up with the photography I've been doing since the summer. This family are such good friends of ours. I have no idea what I'd do without them. We had fun hiking around their property taking some pics.

Under Construction: Stay tuned!

2011-06-18T15:10:00.000-07:00

I'm in the process of redoing this blog and taking this photography thing a little more seriously as a business and not just a hobby. Until then, remember to enjoy the view!

Gorgeous Family

2011-02-23T19:27:00.000-08:00

I was lucky enough to be able to go out and itch the photography bug and take some pics of my cousins beautiful family. They were such good sports in the snow and yucky cold. They have the best kids. They are way easy going and a lot of fun to take pictures of. Plus, all of their outfits were absolutely perfect. It was the perfect combination of colors and patterns. I think I'm going to have her dress my family up next time I want to do my family pic. Anyway, thanks so much! I had a blast!

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This is them humoring me. I have a heck of a time when it comes to telling couples what to do and how to make them look natural. This whole learning photography thing is a long process, but by trial and lots of error, I'm learning it all very slowly.

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2010-12-18T19:12:00.000-08:00

This family gave me the chance to take some pictures in Moab for the first time and I absolutely loved the white snow on the red rocks. You guys are a beautiful family!

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Big catch up!

2010-12-06T13:27:00.000-08:00

I finally decided to play catch up. Here are some of my favorite pics I've taken over the past 6 months or so.

Tom and Fawn

2010-06-26T16:42:00.000-07:00

Tom and Fawn are an awesome couple and I'm glad his mom took a chance on me and let me take some of their pictures. They are a very fun couple and you could just tell they were just having a blast on the most important day of their lives. Thanks so much for letting me be a part of it all and thanks for your patience since it took me so long to finish up your pics. Have fun guys!

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All you locals recognize the horsehead in the above picture?

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Kara's Seniors

2010-05-21T06:43:00.000-07:00

This girl is beautiful and very easy to take pictures of. It's been fun to get to know some of these seniors better by taking their pictures. You guys are awesome and thanks for letting me be a part of such a important part of your life. Good luck to all of you!

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Out at Grandma's

2010-05-14T14:31:00.000-07:00

Alyssa is my second cousin so I thought it would be a good opportunity to go take some pictures out at Grandma's. I felt like it would give a little more meaning to her senior pictures, or at least more meaning to me. It was cold and rainy but I had a lot of fun hanging out with her and getting to know her better. Thanks Alyssa! You are beautiful! This first picture is front of the famous rock us kids would always climb in her back yard.

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The next few are in my grandparents awesome chairs out on their porch. I have many memories of walking to Grandma's and always finding my grandparents sitting out on their porch in these chairs just waiting for the sun to set.

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I'm Back!

2010-05-12T07:33:00.000-07:00

I have definitely been MIA for the last few months, but I want to try to start posting some of the things I've been up to. I didn't really start doing pictures again until all the ugly snow melted which was only about a month ago, but it's been good to get back into it again. Here are a few of David's seniors. It was fun to get to know you a little. Good luck in the big world!

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New baby Kaelin

2010-02-25T10:43:00.000-08:00

My new nephew is here and he is adorable! My sister-in-law and I had a little photo shoot yesterday with her little boys. I played with this one today so I figured I would post it really quick as a little preview.

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witches and fairies!

2010-01-15T15:02:00.000-08:00

I started this tradition last year of taking my girls pictures on Halloween. I had a lot of fun last year with my old little point and shoot camera, so I was way excited to have my big SLR to take their pictures this year. My sister in law gave me the idea to use each year's pictures as next year's decorations. I love that idea cuz I just love these Halloween pics but I really don't know what to do with them. Anyway, there is just something about this holiday that is so magical to me. Maybe it is because my mom always made it so magical for me. Not too sure how magical I'm making it for my girls considering I made them sit through a quick little photo shoot to have my fun before they got to have their fun.

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Marah was extremely uncooperative and loves to literally run from the camera, but with an extra fast camera and the help of Sam I was still able to get some fun witch shots.

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I really don't know what Sam does behind me but he always can get her laughing.

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My sis was a pretty awesome vampire and was a lot of fun to take pictures of. It was nice to not have to chase her around like my girls. We were attempting a mid air vampire shot here.

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Maybe she should be the next Twilight star.

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I loved this shot of my Uncle and just had to put it in with the rest of these halloweeny shots.

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Marah couldn't get enough of Uncle Bob's crazy eyes. This picture just says it all.

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I hope my neighbor doesn't mind me posting this picture. It was just another one of my favorite halloween shots.

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I love this picture of the girls by our halloween tree.

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This is the exact reaction we got when we announced it was time to go trick or treating. Absolutely priceless!

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The next two shots are just a couple I took of the spooky tree I had Sam plant in our yard and then covered in dollar store goodies.

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Nothing wrong with wishing everyone happy Halloween in January is there?

Belly Pics!

2010-01-08T10:10:00.000-08:00

I got to do belly pics for the first time just before Thanksgiving. It was such a blast! Not to sure Clay would agree considering that I dragged them out at 7: freezing 30 in the morning to attempt sunrise pictures at this half built abandoned cabin. I had the idea in my head but had no clue if any of it would even work, so I was really nervous making them go out in the early cold for what might have been a complete waste of time. Heather was awesome about it. She is into photography and appreciates what it means to sacrifice for a unique shot. She was all for it and she made it all so easy. I didn't have to pose her at all. She knew what she wanted and how to be natural. She made my job so dang easy. Thank you so much Heather for asking me and letting me try out new things. I'm so excited for you big day. You are going to be an awesome mom!

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Merry, Merry, Christmas Everyone!

2009-12-26T10:05:00.000-08:00

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The Henderson's

2009-12-08T04:17:00.000-08:00

This is a very sweet family who put a lot of trust in me. They have five kids and that was a huge undertaking for me. I was a little more nervous than usual but it was still a lot of fun getting to know this family. I had them bring grandma along to try to make all 7 of them look and smile at the same time. She was a definite help. I'm still learning so much about my camera that I have a hard time getting everyone's attention and figuring out all the settings for the camera. I was definitely a little stressed and felt so bad cuz I couldn't keep the boys names straight for the life of me, ....but do I know their names now and I love that about taking pictures for people I don't really know. Anyway, thank you Henderson family!

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I really loved this hill and the awesome tree in the background.

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This little girl had the most amazing blue eyes. I didn't do a thing to them with editing, they are just that blue!

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She didn't want to smile because of her braces but I really thought they were so cute! You are so beautiful Mckenzie!

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Yay for fall!!

2009-11-22T20:35:00.000-08:00

I am SO glad I got to go do pictures at least once in the gorgeous fall leaves and the red heads made it just so much better. This family is so much fun! Never has it been so relaxing and just pure fun to simply hang out and take pictures. There was no pressure and everyone was just playing and having fun hiking around.

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This is Salix and she is just a few days apart from Lily. They are in the same kindergarten class and they seem to be having a blast together. I'm glad Lily has such a good friend.

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So, so sweet!

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Notice how they both have the same beautiful blue eyes!

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This next picture just makes me smile. I just love the look on Fisher's face. You can tell that in his mind he just knows he can fly.

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green eyes and...

2009-11-17T13:04:00.000-08:00

Another first. Kendyl let me try taking her seniors and I had a blast. She is so beautiful and I am completely jealous of her gorgeous green eyes. They also knew where this awesome old truck was. I guess people call it 'mater' since he looks just like the truck off Cars. I agree, but i didn't get a good front shot of it.

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I love this next shot, from the logo of the truck, down to her darling shoes and no socks.

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She is an incredible volleyball player, so we went up to a sand court by the lake and took a few pics. This pictures is my all time favorite! I finally got to go to one of their games. I couldn't believe my eyes. They played like they were from a 5A school or maybe even from a college team. I loved watching them. I'm so proud of you Kendyl and I really hope you like the pictures. Good luck with all that comes next!

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Big eyes!

2009-11-02T16:10:00.000-08:00

I had a lot of fun taking pictures of this adorable little guy. His eyes are huge and he was so smiley. There is a mechanics shop just down from my house, so we just walked down there and took some pics.

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finally!!

2009-10-31T00:48:00.000-07:00

Jessica let me do these pictures for her quite awhile ago but I couldn't post them until after the wedding, so here are her bridals, finally! I just want to thank Jessica for letting me do this even though I am just learning. She is so beautiful and her wedding was just gorgeous. I thought their reception was something straight out of the movies. I loved all of their decorations. Anyway, congratulations and I'm glad you are stickin' around here for awhile!

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IncREDDibles!

2009-10-20T14:32:00.000-07:00

Here are the pictures from our incREDDible reunion. I wanted to put these ones up on this site because I can post them bigger and our family is pretty big. This first picture is my favorite one of my Aunt Julie's awesome tye-dye car. She was so embarrassed that the peace sign was wrong and I was going to fix it in photoshop but I think it adds character :) The rest can be seen on my blog.

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This is another favorite cousin, his beautiful wife, and their chocolate 'wedgie'.

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Isn't my brother's wife just gorgeous. She is one of the most photogenic people I know!

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Mom and Dad. Dad is excited about me getting into photography and is very supportive but hates his picture being taken. That will have to change!

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The manly brothers. My dad does look pretty awesome in this picture.

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I have the most beautiful aunts.

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My beautiful grandma and grandpa. They sure started something incREDDible!

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The Redd's

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The Rau's

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The Lee's

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The Curtis'

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The Heap's

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The Redd's

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The Baird's

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That is a whole lot of REDD! This was a stressful task to organize so many people especially when people are looking to you to tell them what to do when you have no clue yourself. Luckily Maddie was right there helping me. She knows a lot more about this stuff and helped me know what all i was suppose to do. Once again Maddie, thank you so much!

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The 2 crazies hanging out in the woods crack me up. Marah and Sam are also pretty hilarious in this picture and that's me dramatizing running back before the timer on the camera goes off. Justin's flip flops on grandpa's head is probably my favorite especially with the look on grandpa's face.

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These last pictures are just some of the ones I took while we were out hiking around taking pictures. We found out that thistles don't look like much but are actually quite photogenic.

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This silly bird distracted us from 2 deer that were just to the left of us, but ran off as soon as we noticed them.

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Mountains top

2009-10-07T20:36:00.000-07:00

I got to go to the tip tops of the mountains to take some pictures with some friends. They were good sports and did some off roading to get there. I thought it was a beautiful and interesting spot, with a whole lot of contrast. I really hope they liked it as much as I did. We did some quick couple shots while the 2 year old was still fast asleep.

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He is such a cutie and loved being in the mountains. Loved it a little too much, he definitely did not want sit in one spot, but It was fun chasing him around.

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I kinda like this shadow picture and also how he is starting to drag his feet. I should've put the picture up where he is really being dragged. He had way too much to explore to be hanging around by his parents.

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I love this father and son pic.

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He did not want to go home.

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Thanks guys!!

Rock Solid!!

2009-09-29T10:45:00.000-07:00

Sam's brother, Nate, gave me the opportunity to take pictures at their wedding. I was way excited but extremely nervous. I had never done anything like this before and there is a lot of pressure considering it is a once in a lifetime thing and if the moment isn't captured then it never will be. I am good at psyching myself out but Nate and Ashley were so laid back that it was a lot of fun. They didn't make me feel like if would be the end of the world if I didn't get the perfect pictures, so thank you guys for that. They are such a cute couple and it was fun to get to know Ashley. I can tell she is going to be an awesome aunt to my girls and I can tell my girls already love her. Lily almost wouldn't leave her alone. She wanted to be as close to the 'princess' as she could all night long. Their reception was darling. Camillia was incharge of the decorating and I was blown away with her awesome and creative ideas. Both Ashley and Nate are big into the outdoors and rock climbing so Camillia made center pieces out of rock with pictures all over them. Instead of signing a book, we all signed these huge rocks with their pictures on them. So creative!!

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Camillia also had decorations floating in the pool. They were fun to take pictures of.

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This is Lily feeding fake brownies to Ashley at the playhouse.

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They had the center pieces on butcher paper with crayons for the kids. So perfect!!

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This picture just makes me laugh :)

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I love the clouds on this one.

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This was actually during the clean up of the reception but I thought it was so beautiful.

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I think this last one is so romantic!

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The last standing wheat feild

2009-08-31T00:13:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the pictures I took of some friends out in the very last standing wheat field of the summer and it just so happended to be the most beautiful one down in one of my favorite valleys. Anyway, I had so much fun and they are such an adorable family.

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wheat and flip flops did not go over well but this picture has some fun texture.

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I love this family picture. I just think it is so sweet how the girls are holding hands. You can't plan things that cute.

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i had a hard time watching her dig her toes into the dirt since i can't stand dirt on my feet or hands but i love this picture especially with the flip flops in the background. this was definitely her favorite part of the outing.

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i also really like this picture. if you look closely you'll see her daddy's hand print in the sand as well and she is trying to be like her dad. i alwo think it is amazing how kids can just bend over like that without thinking about it.

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Thank you guys for letting me take your pictures. I loved it!! Also, i can't wait to put up my family pictures that we took in a place that i found because of this outing.

little preview

2009-08-19T14:30:00.000-07:00

i went out yesterday and had some fun taking pictures with some friends and couldn't help but play with a couple when i got home. i absolutely fell in love with this picture and just had to put it up. there will be plenty more to come but i am still behind on some other edits so i better get those done first, but there was just something about this picture. i wanted to stick with color on these edits because of the fun wheat in the background but i happened to try this sepia and fell in love with it. it's great in color but i think better in sepia. i think this picture just makes you smile and just makes you feel good and it is top of my favorites list. don't know if anyone will agree but i guess that is the great thing about photography, one picture can mean a million different things to a million different people.

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they are such adorable girls and an awesome family. i can't wait to get to the rest of them!

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cute boys

2009-08-03T14:54:00.000-07:00

Just some pics I took a ways back for a friend and was finally editing some more of them today so I decided to post a few of them.

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New trend setter

2009-07-30T20:41:00.000-07:00

So, whoever knows this gorgeous bride probably knows that she has actaully been married for some time now. Her mom has been wanting her to get some new 'non pressure' bridals done and so they gave me a call. I LOVED the idea! and definitely wanted to give it a try. Guess I didn't feel as much pressure since she has already been married. They had some great ideas and once again I got to learn more about photography. It was a very good ice breaker for me since I'm going to try to do 'before' the wedding bridals for the first time just this week. I'm still pretty scared but this little shoot really helped, so thanks Jenni!! I also told her that I thought she might start a trend, cuz I would actually love to put on my dress and do the same thing! Guess we'll see.

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I absolutely love this picture and was amazed she was able to do that!

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These are just a few of my favorites. They made it so fun and thanks again! I hope they are close to what you were looking for. I also have to apologize for the how long it is taking me to get them done. This has been an incredibly busy week, so thanks for your patience. Hopefully I can get the rest done next week.

bus, barns, and bridges

2009-07-13T14:13:00.000-07:00

The following million pictures are of my very first try at taking engagement pics. I really had a blast even if I was extremely nervous and had to concentrate pretty hard at what I was doing. It's definitely a lot more stressful to do something like this that is once in a lifetime as just compared to taking pics of kids and families. I really love a lot of these pictures but that doesn't seem to make me any less nervous about it. Plus, it is really really hard for me to tell people where to stand and what to do, so thanks Jessica and Avery for having a lot of patience with me.

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Just had to take pictures with this awesome old bus!

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This was an awesome old golf cart.

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I love this picture! It just happened to be right before the storm hit and we had to run back to the truck.

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The weather thankfully cleared up by the time we got to this white barn on some very beautiful property that just happened to have 2 six toed kittens running around. Man! Can't believe I did get a picture of that!

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Our last stop was at one of the bridges at the resevoir. I loved all of the spots. I was actually very impressed with how well each outfit change matched each location. Good job Jessica! I also have to say that Avery was a very good sport.

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I was just sure that they would get tired of smiling after a couple hours, but I was wrong. They couldn't stop smiling the whole time and I just loved it! They are definitely 'so in love'. I love this picture but I had to make them not smile.

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They were an absolutely adorable couple who made it very easy to take pictures of. Thanks guys, I had a lot of fun doing this.

Sun Stars

2009-07-07T15:08:00.000-07:00

I knew I loved taking pictures of kids and really thought I would never get into "scenery" shots (as my dad would say) but here are here are a few attempts at scenery shots that I liked. This first one may be a little too photo shopped but I was having fun with it. I might actually want to frame this first one.

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accross the street

2009-07-06T00:35:00.000-07:00

I was staying at my friend's so we did a quick little improptu photo shoot of her awesome little family with the cutest little boys. We just crossed the street from her house and took a few pics. I had a hard time getting a good family one. I'm definitely not confident in arranging people for photos and have a lot to learn with that. I think that is why I love taking pics of kids so much. You just get to catch little moments with them and it's really quite easy. They just do their thing and you follow them around. Anyway, thanks guys for letting me give it a try. I learn something everytime I take pictures for people, so thanks!

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father's day shoot: part II

2009-06-24T02:55:00.000-07:00

can't help it...just had to post a few more! i need to learn not to take so many pictures.

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father's day shoot!

2009-06-22T18:51:00.000-07:00

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after the rain

2009-06-19T08:28:00.000-07:00

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From the Beginning

2009-06-18T21:34:00.000-07:00

Now that I have my new camera and especially because I love taking pictures, I decided to start a photography blog. I want to do this for a couple reasons. First, I've been threatening to go private on my personal blog for a long time now; second, I've discovered that I like taking pictures of just anything and everything and I wanted a place to share my favorite ones; and third, I want to do pictures for anyone who might want me to and this would be a good place to post them so just anyone could see them. So, I put two slideshows together. The first one shows some photos I've done for other people and the second one shows everything I've done for my family since I first got interested in this. A lot of them are pretty rough and almost all done with a point and shoot and the ones done with my new camera are very experimental since there is so much to learn with all of the settings. But I wanted to show what I've done because I really am interested in doing this as a little side hobby and this is all the 'portfolio' I have. So, anyone who wants free to very cheap pictures let me know and I'd love to give it a try. Oh, and this blog is very much under construction, but I just took pictures for my cousin and wanted to get this going so I could put them on here.