2011

This year has been a year of many dissappointments and discouragements.  I almost lost hold of my dream.  I am hoping 2012 to bring better things.
One thing good, I got a new grand baby.  Zoe was born in April and I have enjoyed taking photos of her.  I never had a good camera when my other grandchildren were born.  I've been getting a lot of nice photos.

Here's to a wonderful new year, 2012.

Zoe with big sister

Cute Faces

I am trying to improve my portrait shots.  I think they look very nice in black and white.  I also believe that the person doesn't always have to look at the camera in order for it to be a great photo, profiles make awesome images too.  Today I will experiment photographing a baby under one year old.  This will be a challenge, since babies move so much and get fussy easily.  I will see how things come out.  I wish it was a warmer day to take the photos outside in natural light.  Tell me what you think of these portrait shots.

Portraits

I've always been leary about taking portrait shots.  It is very hard to capture the nice features of a person's face in a photo.  But all the wonderful costumes at the Civil War days added a marvelous touch to all my portrait photographs.   It was a  great learning experience for me and gave me the edge to try it out more often.  I love using the sepia and black and white color tones with portraits.  It gives them a classy look.