PEG

I couldn't decide today, so I went ahead and posted both. The first is a true "peg" - the second is more of a "hook" - but I thought they both worked.

SHADOW

This was taken at the little town cemetery not too far from our house. I have no idea who these people are, but loved their headstone - I thought it cast a cool shadow!

TREAT

Today I captured my first butterfly shot while on a country drive with my family and friends - how special!

FAMILY & FRIENDS

It was suggested on HS:MS that we show some pictures of our families. Here in the US it's Memorial Weekend. For the last 7 years in a row my best frined from High School, Eric, has been coming up for that long weekend holiday. He's since got married and brings his wife now too. The first photo is my son, Addison and Eric's wife, Mikki. Next photo: L to R my husband, Jeff, myself, and friend, Eric. We were out for sushi - yum! Hope everyone is having a terrific holiday!

Aubrey

REFLECTION

SPOON

My favorite wooden spoon - I use it for cooking all the time.

TOES

I caught a shot of my hubby's toes while he was still in bed this morning. Loved it with the light through the bedroom window.

POLISH

PATH

COOKIES

We're dieting at my house - so this is all I had in the way of cookies - a 100 calorie pack of Teddy Grahams.

CARDS

BEADS

RIBBON

STRAP

SHOES

I've been on vacation - I'm back now - playing catch up!

TASSEL

CHOCOLATE

SNACK

SKY

I took this today at Fiesta Island, San Diego, CA

TRIANGLE

NIC-NAK

This is a set of candle holders I got last Fall. I love how you can almost see "home" in the shadow on the table. Fun!

TREE

BUTTERFLY

This is the cover of my daily devotional. (Only butterfly around.)

PHOTO

SPIRAL

JUICE

ADHESIVE

I couldn't decide which adhesive to shoot, so I shot the drawers that store my adhesive in my scrap room.

A Lesson In Panning...

Panning? Huh? What's that? (It was a new word for me too.) Panning is when you move your camera to mimic the movement of the object you're trying to photograph. (Not an official definition - just my version.) In my case it was my son, Addison, on his scooter. He was scooting down the road - and I stood in place, followed his movement with my camera, and snapped part way through. Now if I did it correctly the effect that I'm supposed to achieve is that of having Addison in focus and everything behind him blurry (as if it were moving). Here's how mine turned out.

Pretty cool huh! Love photography tricks (especially now that I'm starting to learn them too!). There was another trick that we learned (This one is called "spinning" - it's a cool trick). You set your shutter to a slower speed and while snapping the picture take your zoom lens and spin it. This is the effect it creates.

The object in the center should be in focus and everything surrounding it spins out. I loved this one with the stained glass wings. The leaves behind it consequently ended up looking a little like stained glass too.

Thanks for letting me share - I'm having so much fun learning!

Hugs,

Aub

SCISSORS

CAMERA