Cousin Paige’s Wedding


Photo-A-Day #3003

Tonight we celebrated the wedding of my cousin Paige to her fiance Nick. I was asked to be the photographer for the event. I had done my cousin Erin’s wedding three years ago. I can’t believe it was so long ago already and I occasionally shoot photos at other weddings as well. But for both Erin and Paige’s weddings I was the photographer for the event. It is a lot of pressure to capture a special day for someone but, hopefully I looked like I took it in stride. That is when I wasn’t sweating like crazy and wiping my forehead and head with paper towels. Continue reading Cousin Paige’s Wedding

Photography Lessons at Capron Park Zoo


Photo-A-Day #3002

With the Summer upon us it is time for some alternative lessons for Eva. She started out this morning doing some writing and this afternoon I took her out shooting… Photos that is.

I got a new camera yesterday and wanted to take it through it’s paces. I also had an old Kodak camera that I gave to Eva. She’s very excited about taking photos. We went to Capron Park Zoo to see the animals and take tons of photos. We walked in and sat down on the benches near the Splash Pad and talked about taking photos. With Eva I’m going to have to give her some quick short lessons because she bores easily and wants to go, go go. Eventually we’ll get to the more advanced stuff and learn a little patience along the way, on both sides. But she is very excited to get going and she even talked about wanting to take a photo a day. I can’t wait to see what kind of things she sees. Continue reading Photography Lessons at Capron Park Zoo