Welcome Home!

Today, Allie and I began our life's work by welcoming one of her friends into our home to stay with us for a few days. We've talked about this since before we were married, and are both thankful to the people who have modeled it well for us. (David and Diane, I'm looking at you!)

Our door will be open until there's no room left inside. If you're ever in the area, consider this an invitation to stop by.

(PS- Please don't mind the mess. We're still working on it!)

Going to the Chapel

As mentioned in the previous post, Allison and I attended a wedding this past weekend. Although I had never met the groom (Allie's cousin) or the bride, I still had fun and came away with numerous pictures. A few even turned out! I'm not used to using flash for most of my pictures, so I enjoyed playing around with the settings trying to get things right.

(Incidentally, I think I managed to sufficiently annoy the official photographers, since I was apparently the only other person that brought a camera to the wedding.)

Enjoy!

It was a lovely ceremony.
There was some kissing.

Grandma seemed a little surprised by all of the kissing.

Come to think of it, there WAS a lot of kissing.
And they lived happily ever after.

Peek-A-Boo!

This weekend, Allison and I attended a wedding, visited her parents in Indiana, went to a surprise birthday party, handed out Halloween candy for the first time, and rearranged the spare bedroom. About the only thing I didn't have time for was a nap.

Fortunately Allie's parents' cat, Bill, did plenty of napping for everyone. She (yes, Bill is a girl cat; she also has no tail, but that's a different story) is a bit shy, but I still managed to capture this image with my telephoto lens. I shot this at ISO-1600 with a shutter speed of just 1/6s.

I'm liking this camera more and more.

My Cup Overflows

This shot involved multiple lighting sources, a bounce flash, a tripod, some of our finest china, and two burnt slices of pizza. (The burnt pizza was the product of spending too much time setting up the shot and not enough time keeping an eye on the oven.) The shot turned out and the pizza was still edible, so I'd call that a good day.

Inaugural Composition

I just got a new camera, and I'm looking forward to using it. Hopefully I'll get a few shots worth sharing with you.

There's nothing really special about this photo, other than it was the first one (out of 15 or 20) that came together the way I wanted it to while I was playing around.

Many more will follow.