backyard Archive

12Thu June 30, 2011
Sony Bloggie Touch

So I got a new toy. Earlier today I mentioned to Pepper that I was thinking of getting a Flip UltraHD for video and she…
2Tue May 24, 2011
Know Your Lenses – Focal Length Photography Exercise

This morning I received an email update that Clickin’ Moms registration for Shooting 301: Composition and Creativity Workshop was open for general registration. (Of course,…
16Fri May 13, 2011
Shutter Speed Experiments

Earlier this week in Digital Photo Magazine, I read Experimenting with Shutter Speed with Bryan Peterson, author of amazing photography books such as Understanding Exposure…
2Mon March 14, 2011
Project 52: Self Portraits: Being Green

This week, my self-imposed Project 52 Self Portrait theme is Being Green. I was lucky enough to find some green clothing in my closet, so…
15Tue February 1, 2011
A Day in the Life

My friend Lauren does a day in the life photo entry just about every month. I love those entries and after reading them, I’m always…
22Sun June 27, 2010
The Water Table, Settings Snafu and Spot Metering! {Oh My!}

My mom bought Mr. Serious a water table that arrived last week and let me just say that this is about the greatest summer toy…
5Wed June 9, 2010
Hot Fun in the Summer Sun

Mark’s parents got the boys a pool so we broke it out Monday when the temperatures broke 100 and had an absolute blast. Mark and…
11Sun May 30, 2010
A Picture Kind of Day

Today started out well, as most Sundays do when it’s my turn to sleep in. I woke around 10am and Boa was already down for…
3Sun May 23, 2010
Weekend Photo Focus: Headless Portraiture

Fuel Your Photography‘s Weekend Photo Focus was on Headless Portraiture. I was inspired by the photos in the article and wanted to take a stab…
20Sat May 22, 2010
Photography Assignment: Fences [142/365]

Speak Softly, Boa This week’s Digital Photography School assignment (05/12-05/26) is Fences. I was excited for this simply because I knew it’d be easy enough…
4Sun May 16, 2010
Beautiful Sunday [136/365]

The weekend was mostly gorgeous, though I think the forecast called for scattered thunderstorms all throughout. Fittingly, there was plenty of sun on Sunday; in…
0Sun May 2, 2010
Mr. Serious and the Waterpillar [122/365]

It got fairly warm outside this afternoon, so Mark hooked up the Waterpillar and got into his bathing suit. I searched high and low and…
3Fri April 30, 2010
Fun Outside [120/365]

I’m very happy to be living in a house for the first time in almost ten years. It’s spacious, there’s a garage, we don’t have…
0Wed April 28, 2010
[118/365] Elias’ Favorite Toys

I asked for suggestions of things to photograph to keep me going with Project 365. requested to see the boys’ favorite toys. Right now, Boa…
0Thu April 22, 2010
[112/365] Earth Day
0Tue March 30, 2010
[89/365] Elias Messy Hair and Sidewalk Chalk

Mr. Serious had a lot of fun drawing on the patio with the sidewalk chalk, but he also got it all over his pants!