First Senior Pictures

I've taken pictures for friends before as their graduation from college was approaching, but this was my first opportunity to take pictures for a High School Senior. This is a daughter of one of my co-workers. She actually already had some senior pictures taken for her the previous summer, but in hindsight my co-worker decided they weren't going to do and was stressing about who to have take some new ones. I didn't say anything the first time she mentioned it, 'cause I was new to the job and figured that they probably had somebody in mind, and i didn't need to advertise that I do pictures. But when she was still thinking about it a month later, I piped up and said I could do them.

Being fairly new to Wyoming, I had no idea where all the good picture taking spots were, so we went to the only place that I knew of, up sinks Canyon. And I think that it worked out pretty well.

Day 7: Gnomes…

Hey look! I’ve now made it a week in the 365 day photo challenge! Hopefully I’ll be able to keep it up for the entire time, though it definitely hasn’t been easy.

Anyways, my picture today is of the local movie theatre where me and my husband went and saw Gnomeo & Juliet.

When I first saw the preview for this movie, I thought it looked kind of weird, but it actually turned out pretty cute. And I really enjoyed having a date night with my hubby. We rarely go to the movies, so this was sort of a special treat.

And since it’s such a rare occasion, we splurged and got the bucket of popcorn, which was so not healthy, but it was sooo good! They over filled it and put layers of extra butter. I don’t think there was a single bite that wasn’t covered with butter… but we enjoyed it, and considered it very worth getting :P

Day 6: The Road Home

The weather in Wyoming can be unpredictable, just 2 days before, we had pretty nice weather when we first left for our trip. However on the way back it was Snowing AND Blowing. It’s times like that I would prefer not to go anywhere, but when we do have to go someplace I’m glad that Eric is driving :P And this wasn’t even the worst weather we’ve been through together.

Here’s just a pic of the road through my eyes (I was wearing my glasses so I thought I would use ‘em for this pic).

Day 5: Engagements for My Cousin

My cousin Scott recently got engaged to Brianna. They met at school this past Fall semester, and will be married in May. My side of the family threw a bridal shower for Brianna in Utah this weekend, so Eric and I traveled from Wyoming to Idaho, and from Idaho to Utah.

After the bridal shower, my brother and I went out with the couple to take some engagement pictures. Although I’m still working on editing my favorites from the session. I thought this picture was pretty nice.

Aren't they cute? Look for the rest coming soon to the blog and Facebook! :)

Day 4: On the Road Again

 

My husband and I had many fun plans this weekend, going to a reception for his friend, a bridal shower on my side of the family, and taking engagement pictures for my cousin and his fiance… however we had to do a lot of driving to do in order to get to these places. The reception was in Idaho, and Day 4 day was all about getting there. Driving long distances has kind of become just something that me and my husband have had to do. He grew up in Idaho, his parents live in Wyoming, and my parents are in Utah. So in order to see everyone, we have to do a lot of driving.

So, for my pictures today, I just wanted to share some of the things we saw on the road.

Firstly, I like road trips because I get to be with Eric for long periods of time. With both of us working, me during the day and him many nights, I treasure every moment I get to spend with him. And we hold hands all along the way (at least unless it’s bad weather and I make him have both hands on the wheel).

    

While we were still in Wyoming, we had an Antelope decide he wanted to race us. He was running along side the car for a little while. Freaked us out ‘cause we weren’t sure if he was going to turn and run into us, but he didn’t so it’s all good. Clocked him going at 32 mph, which totally contradicts the sign saying they are entering the highway at 55 mph :P

Also, once we were almost to Pocatello, Idaho, we saw this monster sized “Over Sized Load” traveling down the road. Looks to me like the back of some kind of truck (but I’m no expert). It was taking up pretty much both lanes. And so, since you don’t see something like that everyday, I took a picture.

Anyways, those are just a couple of pictures from our drive from Wyoming to Idaho. I’ll include more pics from our trip in the next couple of posts.

Have a great day! :)

Day 3: Senior Pic

 

So a co-worker of mine had me take some senior pictures of her daughter. And since I took a lot of pictures for that anyway today, I decided to share my favorite from the session as my photo of the day.

Even though this one will probably not be used for her graduation announcement, I just love the attitude in her face. It’s probably the most expressive picture I was able to get from her today :)

I enjoy taking pictures for other people, but I feel like there is still room for me to grow, so if any of you have any comments/suggestions on things you like/dislike about my pictures, please let me know!

It’s like today when my subject’s sister pointed out how the girl I was taking pictures of was sticking her tongue through her teeth, and I hadn’t even noticed until she pointed it out! I love feedback and comments, they save me from carrying through with stupid things sometimes :)

Well that’s 3 days down 362 to go ;) Have a great day everyone!

365 Day Photo Challenge: Day 2

My picture today is a picture of my ride that I’ve been driving to work on and off for the past week. Since my husband’s ranger currently has a snowmobile in the back, he’s been driving our car to school because it gets better gas mileage than this beast. It’s my husband’s pride and joy, it’s his Ford Bronco! (and that’s about all I can tell you about it, though I’m sure he would go into much more detail like how it’s an Eddie Bower edition, and so on and so forth. I myself am not much of a car person).

However even though I couldn’t give you the low-down on the mechanics or details, I realized today how many memories and stories are connected to this vehicle. And I haven’t even been acquainted with it for very long.

I can tell you it’s huge. It feels like I’m taking up the whole road when I drive it. In fact on his mission, my husband told some kids that this vehicle would take up all of one of their England streets. They thought it was amazing, a car as big as the road!

My father-in-law has also spent a lot of time working on the Bronco. He is a mechanic and completely rebuilt the transmission not too long ago. It made my husband so happy when he was able to drive the Bronco around again.

Eric was so excited when he was able to take me for a ride in it, but I’m sorry to say that I didn’t like it so much. It is not the smoothest ride, to put it gently. But even though I wasn’t sure how I felt about it at first, I think it’s safe to say that this truck has grown on me. I enjoy the time I get to drive it around. Though I think I will still have to have Eric fill it up with gas so I don’t see how much it really costs to fuel, and also I will have to try not to get jealous when my husband calls it “sexy.” :P

365 Days of Photos: Day 1

Ok, so I haven’t blogged much in a little while, and so much has happened since my last post! One of the biggest things is that me and my husband moved back to Wyoming, and we’ll most likely be here for a while. Also, after over 2 months of living here, I finally got reconnected to the Internet about a week ago. I don’t know about you, but being without the Internet is killer hard in todays day and age. Everything seems to rely on it. One thing I haven’t been able to do since I didn’t have a very good Internet connection is upload some of the most recent pictures I’ve taken, and blog about them. I’ve taken so many pictures that I haven’t had a chance to put up yet! I did a Wedding and baby pictures back in December, and I had the chance to take some Engagements in February. And even more engagement will be coming your way after this next weekend, but I guess I’ll just have to take it one post at a time, and I’ve got one right here I’m working on.

Anyways, the main thing I wanted to type about today is the 365 day photo challenge I’ve decided to do with a group of both friends and acquaintances (who I’m sure will turn into friends as well). The goal is to take a photo a day for a whole year and then blog about each one along the way. So today, March 1st, 2011, marks the beginning of my challenge.

For today's photo I decided to take a picture of myself. I did this for multiple reasons. #1 I wanted to introduce myself somewhat to the other people doing this challenge. #2 I am somewhat conceded (eh not too much though ), really I just thought it was time to update the pictures I had of myself since I haven’t had a picture taken of me since October (that’s almost 5 months ago, I’ve gained 15 lbs since then, and that needs to be documented, jk).

I decided to join this challenge because I want to remember the moments in my life right now. I’m not very good at remembering details and stories without pictures/ journal entries/ blog entries to remind me of all that’s happened. Also, this past January I discovered that I didn’t take a single picture that whole month, and I thought that was just sad. For someone who loves taking pictures as much as I do, having a whole month go by without growing my talent at all seems like such a waste. But no more! Sticking to this challenge will surely take care of that. I've always wanted to do something like this. I look forward to making and documenting the events of this year, both significant and seemingly insignificant alike. And maybe all of this practice will help me learn and grow as a photographer. We will see I guess!

Anyways, feel free to follow my 365 day journey. I’ll be posting the pictures to this blog under the tag of “365 Day Photo Challenge.”

To all of my friends, I hope that you have a terrific day!! And you are welcome to join the challenge! Or if not this one, come up with a challenge of your own. There is no better way to learn and grow! I love challenges and goals, they encourage me to do more than I’ve done before!