Trying My Hand at Senior Pictures.

After about 3 years of owning my fancy camera; Alyssa agreed to let me take her senior pictures.

We had a lot of fun. I have had this barn scoped for a really long time and I loved shooting around it.

Alyssa was a great sport about the whole thing.

And very patient with me as I took a long time to set up and she got eaten by bugs!

I hope to get to do these again. The sun was going down and I was rushing.

Some of them were a bit out of focus. I need more practice.

Which one do you think she should put in the yearbook? I like this one a lot.

She likes the ones where she isn't smiling. I much prefer the smile!

Again with the lighting! Grrrr....I need to figure out my filters. I am ready to take a class.

I love both of these where she is walking away. I really like the one above where she is turned and looking back with the road behind her and the road in front of her. Very metaphoric and artsy. Ok, back to work. :-)

This is the other "yearbook" one that I just love. Again, she doesn't like the smile.

I like this one too. I hope she picks it for the yearbook.

I like the full or 3/4 body shots but I need more practice and they won't look nice in the yearbook. Dang!

This log was so cool. We had a great time using it for a prop.

The Last First Bike Ride

Two weeks ago was one of those bittersweet life moments. Lexie learned to ride her bike. We were very happy for her. One of those moments that I can not believe I was able to capture on film--even if it is crappy cell phone film.

Thanks to my friend Tiffany--she serendipiciouly gave me a memory card for my phone about 2 weeks before this event. Had she not done that I wouldn't have gotten to have a video of this.

Lexie's first bike ride!

What happens when your big brother stands on your training wheels? They break and suddenly you are compelled to learn to ride a two wheeler!
We started in front of our house for the first try. It did not end well! :-(
For try number two; we headed to the Slippery Elm Bike Trail. She did a lot better but decided that there was definitely something wrong with her pedals. They needed to stay still while she put her feet on them instead of pushing forward out from under her!

Tonight was try number three and you can see the happy results. What a talented kid. Her stopping still needs a bit of work and she prefers the parking lot to the trail because; like all women driver's--she has difficulty with the going in a straight line concept!

Way to go Lexie! Congratulations! I took a longer video and I will post it as soon as I figure out how to get it off of my phone!