A Favor for A Friend...

Lately I haven't been up to much. A good friend asked

me a couple of weeks ago if I could use my camera to 

take a picture of her mom and son for some Christmas

eCards. So I agreed. I haven't had the chance to actually

go out and photograph people so I was pretty nervous. 

Her mom brought 3 sets of change and we set out to 

look for a place to take their pictures. We didn't get far

when they decided to take pictures in our area and the 

park in the back. Thank goodness it was sunny that 

Saturday afternoon. I was hoping that the rain and cloudy

skies wouldn't ruin our fun. Though it was really windy

and cold that day. Our pictures turned out ok. I did learn

alot that day about what I could've done better. So I 

asked her if she'd like to try it again on another sunny 

day and she happily agreed. Here's a couple of shots 

from that day. We ended up with 200 or more shots 

and it was really hard to pick what was good to post

and what wasn't. This was a chance for me to use 

my Adobe Lightroom 3 program that I hadn't used 

yet. What do you think? 

This was taken in the parking lot of our church in

front of a light post. She was still fixing his collar 

and I thought it was a perfect moment.

Grandma Lita and Kimball Jr. 

My friend Aviance and her son,Polo leka (nick name)

Friday Photo Flashback: Long lost photos..

We were doing some spring cleaning at mom

and dad's home and my sister & daughters

found a long lost friend of mine, a photo

album/journal I kept from the late 80s to the

early 90s before I got married. I know, it's

Tuesday, and I'm participating in Friday Photo

Flashback from Alicia's page: More Than Words.

This photo is of my friend Lose (right) and 

I (left) it was taken at Cannon 2nd's Relief

Society Birthday Dance. I was 18 and she 

was 23 at the time. Those were fun times. 

Haven't seen Lose for like 16 years now. 

I hope I'll be able to run into her sometime

in the future. 

Random Monday Rambles...

It's been a couple of days since I've been on
here. The past two weeks have been busy
and I could only find between them to post
up on Luscious Deals.

So last week I finally filed our taxes online
through Tax Act and came out with some
positive numbers!! I'm really glad for that
because I've been wanting to get a bunk
bed for the little ones, since they're camping
out on the floor with tons of fluffy blankets.

When we moved from our previous home
last march, my husband took the king beds
out of the children's rooms to the dump
since there is no room in the apartment for
3 king beds. Another goal that I wanted to
happen is to open savings accounts for
each of the kids and invest in a digital SLR
camera.

I really like Nikon and Canon, but don't
know which is better out of the two. Any
tips? I'm currently snapping away with a
Nikon L100 point and shoot. So far, so
good. But, I'm secretly wishing like crazy
to get my hands on a SLR..so crazy, I've
been waking up every morning thinking
about an SLR camera in my hands and
all the wonderful things that I could be
shooting and trying to find whatever info
I can on either brand.

The limit I am setting for myself is $2000.00
I'm willing to spend that amount for one.
But I'm seeing that people are getting
it for cheap on Ebay..will have to check
it out. That could be the better route.

The rest of it would be savings for a
rainy day:) I'm hoping to make money
on the side with photography..umm..
yeah, lets just say it's a new hobby.