Stage Coach Days in Arizona

We had the great opportunity to come visit my Dad in Florence, AZ for our spring break!  He bought the Stage Coach that my Uncle owned and gave tourists rides in Jackson Hole, WY for decades.  I even had the opportunity to drive it for a few weeks when my other Uncle, (who drove it for his summer job off of teaching) had some other business to take care of.  I was able to perform in the shoot out in Jackson as well that summer.  Such great times and memories.  I'm glad my Dad was able to keep the memories alive.  The harnesses on this team ("Dime & Dollar") belonged to my Grandfather.

A & B's Wedding

My niece asked me if I would take some pictures of her wedding for her.  It was bright sun that day and  I was worried I wouldn't get any that turned out, but I think we got some good ones.  I can't believe she is married!  She was born the year I graduated high school and she is only six years older than my oldest.  She's the youngest of my nieces and nephews before my children were born.  I don't want to face reality and know that time keeps marching on.  :-)

Water Droplets

Early in May we turned the sprinklers on but Mother Nature had different plans and decided to freeze that night.  It made for some fun photos though!  I love my lens also.  I won a contest last year (see post here) and was able to buy the AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D Lens!  I love it!

Weekly Photos

The Weekly Photos really fell by the way side didn't they ....???  So, I'm just going to post some pictures I took this month on a snowmobile trip we went on.  I hope you enjoy them.  I really think that I'm getting a little better at taking pictures.  I also Color Calibrated my monitor using the Datacolor Spyder4Express S4X100 and WHOA you wouldn't believe the difference.  Maybe that's why I think my photos are better.  They are actually the true color.

If you would like to see the full orientation of the two square pictures you can view them at my Facebook Page.

I also made a Color Bar from one of the photos just for fun!  You can get the Action at Coffee Shop's Blog.

2011 Fair Entries

Here are the entries I made to the Eastern Idaho State Fair this year.  Some of the photos you have seen before.  I have 11 photos here.  I couldn't decide which of the fireworks photos to enter so I waited until they came in print and then I decided.  I got two ribbons.  One for the picture with the flowers/chairs, and the other for the tinted side view picture of my daughter.

Go in and check out all the beautiful pictures from all the talent in our area.

Week 26

I decided to put these photos in a scrapbook page layout.  I hope you all had a happy 4th of July.

Week 25 - America, the Beautiful

I took this picture at the Neely Cemetery near American Falls, Idaho on Memorial Day.  I love the Flag and America and have many decorations in my home.  I'm happy how this edit turned out.

Of course, I started scrapbooking and got distracted editing this photo.  {smile}

Week 19 - Grain

This was taken August 1, 2010.  I'm still working on a slideshow for the farm last year and all it's events.

update:  This photo was picked in Cabin Fever's June 2011 photography contest as the winner.  How exciting!!

Week 18 - Children Portraits

Taking pictures with a friend.  We took pictures of each other's kids and then edited our own.  I can't get my son to cheese for me quite like she did.

Week 17 - Dinosaur Eggs

Week 16 - Fire

I like taking pictures of fire!  :-)  I'm not a pyro, but like to take the pictures.  This picture was at 9:30 pm.  I thought my camera did a pretty good job.  Obviously if I was a pro I could have probably known the better settings to use ... but none the less ... I thought this picture was fun!

Week 15 - Great Nephew

My Great-Nephew!  Isn't he a cutie??  I sure think so.

Week 14 - Spring Break

Week 13 - Ashton, ID

This Weekly Photo post is actually a scrapbook page of our Annual extended family trip to Ashton, ID.  I really liked this layout and the fun page that it was.  I got the Template free from Manda Girl.  I LOVE her templates.

Week 11

Week 10

Week 9

Week 8 ... I think...

Self Timer .... It was really cold too ....

Week 7 - Bald Eagle

Ok, I can't take credit for taking this picture but I did edit it a few different ways.  Gary saw this bald eagle one night (January 14, 2011) and started snapping pictures.  I wish the composition was a little different but at the same time I like how the Eagle is framed by the trees and I felt if I cropped too much it took away from that.

Week 4- Flowers