If you haven’t noticed, Shooting the Kids has been on a little (OK, <ahem> not so little) summer break. We’ve been playing at the beach and eating ice cream and staying up late because, well, it’s summer and that’s just what you do! We’re also in the middle of a house move, which is both [...]

Honk if you love accessories.

I know I’m a little late in the game for this Father’s Day gift idea, but I’m sure you will understand that I had to keep this on the down-low until my husband got his framed photo last weekend (click photo to enlarge). But don’t worry, there are plenty of other special occasions where a [...]

More post-processing fun with GIMP!

Today we took a little break from the all-weekend birthday celebrations (happy birthday, Chris!) to just stop and have some fun on the playground. From the group of photos I took, I decided to make a diptych — two photos side by side that I feel work better together than alone. I’m sure both [...]

For my Day 21 shot for the 30 Day Photo Challenge, I had great plans of taking a beautiful photograph outdoors to welcome Spring. Alas, it was raining most of today here. And although I braved the rain yesterday for my photo, I didn’t feel like doing it again. So that brought me to [...]

So I’m over half-way through the Photo A Day challenge from DP Blogs — one photo every day for the month of March — and I have to say, I’m really into it this year. I have entered many photography challenges over the past year, none of which I have finished. But I’m sticking to [...]

Today is a typical wonderfully lazy Saturday. This morning we grabbed some breakfast at our favorite cafe and afterward hit the park nearby to work off some calories. What a great way to start the day. The sun was bright and warm, and the park was empty! Perfect for some photo taking without extra [...]