Highlights of the Week (#16)

wow. it's september! I can't believe it...2012 is flying by. I love september for many reasons. college football starts up again (shout-out to my beloved Iowa Hawkeyes on their win yesterday!) and I know cooler weather is on it's way soon. well, not super soon seeing as I live in florida...but you know what I mean. I really love fall and must admit this is the time of year I miss living up north most. 

so now that we've finished our 2nd week of school I have to say I'm just loving my class. we've all settled into our daily routine and that helps immensely. they really are a good group of kids and just so cute! we had our first birthday on friday and I was really pleased with the way they behaved. let's hope I didn't just jinx things by bragging on them here. ; )

children's choir started up again at church this past wednesday. I am helping do recreation again and though we had a small group for the first week back, we really had a good time. I've already had requests to play dodge ball and I promised we would play that next time. they love playing dodge ball and let's face it, I do too. it reminds me of being a kid and sometimes it's a really good thing to relive those times. we all need a chance now and again to act like a kid. 

I'm cat/house-sitting for a few days for a friend of mine. she has two kitties and they're so sweet. I always enjoy being able to help my friends out and bonus: I get to pretend their pets are mine for a little while. pets have a way of relaxing me and that's definitely a good thing. 

have a blessed week!

Kiddos: part 2

today I present you with my favorite photos of "Angel" and "Buddy" taken outside. they love to be outside as much as possible and I love, well, I love taking photographs in natural light. so, this was a win-win situation. and aren't these kids just gorgeous?!

Kiddos: "Angel" and "Buddy"

I started working for a local family about 5 months ago. I provide homeschooling as well as a little nanny-ing. They are a wonderful family and I really enjoy the time I spend with them. I recently spent an afternoon with the kids, "Angel" age 5.5 and "Buddy" age 4, having a photo shoot. They had a great time picking which clothes they wanted to wear and any props they wanted to use. Because they helped pick everything out, including which "locations" we used, they remained into it far longer than I expected.

I took a ton of pictures. And then I narrowed it down. And narrowed it down once more. Finally I was able to settle on my absolute favorites. There are still so many that I'm going to share them in two separate posts. Today's post includes photos taken during our indoor "location", i.e. their house. Enjoy!

30 Day Photography Challenge: days 6 - 10

so you've seen the first five challenges and now I'll share with you the next five. I hope you're also taking a moment to check out some of White Peach's entries for the different set-ups. if anyone wants to join in by sharing a photo you've taken that fits in one of the categories...let me know. it's always fun to see what different people come up with.

I have to say, I think my favorite challenge in this set was number 10. narrowing it down to a specific example was quite fun. 

the easiest, by a wide margin, was number 9. I'm sure it'll be quite obvious why that is. enjoy!

Day 6: from a low angle

White Peach - day 6

Day 7: fruit

 White Peach - day 7

Day 8: a bad habit

White Peach - day 8

Day 9: someone you love

White Peach - day 9

Day 10: childhood memory

White Peach - day 10

my bad habit: cracking my knuckles. I do this all. the. time. seriously, I cannot help myself. I need to quit. and I know that my picture has three people I love but who cares?! I just love that picture; I can't help it! oh, and anyone up for a quick game of scrabble...hehe. :)

Waiting...

so yesterday my friend Melody needed some help with her girls, A and T. I'm always happy to help her out and I love spending time with these two little ladies. they both had dentist appointments (what a way to start the summer!) and while waiting for the office to open after lunch, we sat chillin' in the car with the A/C on full blast. anyway, I took out my camera and snapped a few pictures of them. because, well, they are two of my favorite, and best, subjects. I can't believe they'll be in 5th (A) and 3rd (T) grades next year! time moves way too fast!

Sweet Siblings

Wow...I had such a great session on Saturday with N and N. My first brother-sister shoot and it was definitely a success! These two kids are so sweet...and gorgeous to boot! Talk about easy subjects to photograph. I'm really pleased with the results from our session...as always, the posted pictures are "SOOC" (straight out of the camera) with no touch-ups. Really, they don't need much anyway. :) 

This will be the first of three posts...I decided to do one post of N and N together while the others will focus solely on each child. I think these pictures capture the kids and their relationship perfectly. Enjoy!