Adventures In Photography
Taking pictures is one of the crazy joys in life.
“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.” – Dorothea Lange
Shooting Through a Chain-Link Fence at a Tennis Match…
Shooting through a chain-link fence at a tennis match is much harder than I thought it would be. Zach had a GREAT time at this tennis team tournament (even though I had trouble getting good pictures). His Twin Creeks team came in 3rd out of many other teams from the...
Lil’ Ninjas with My Lil’ Warriors
Well...we braved the thunderstorms in and around Dallas this morning, and headed down to Lil' Ninjas. For those of you who are not familiar with it, it is an indoor park with obstacle courses including things such as the warp wall, foam pits, rope ladders, swinging...
Glad to be Back Out on the Soccer Fields – My Happy Place…
Earlier in the week, I blogged about learning to take basketball pictures and how challenging that has been for me. Me...a person who LOVES natural, outdoor light when taking pictures. It just seems so much easier, and I always get better pictures when I'm shooting...
Learning to Take Pictures at a Basketball Game…Ugh…
I found a great article about which lenses are best for shooting indoor sports - such as my son's basketball games! The most challenging pictures I have taken! For many seasons, I followed my kids around at their soccer and baseball games taking pictures with my...
Getting Lost in Chicago…with Larry and Pete
I was cleaning up the pictures on my blog and I ran across some awesome pictures from my trip to Chicago to visit my sister. The kids and I packed up and flew to Winnetka, just a train’s ride away from Chicago. What a fun trip! In order to prepare the kids for their...
Lightroom Shortcuts
As of now, Lightroom is my favorite editing program. Mostly because I have used it for some time, and I feel like I know the program. Even with all my time editing photos, I had no idea there were so many Adobe Lightroom CC Keyboard Shortcuts! And the Lightroom...
Be in the Picture
Sometimes, as the “photographer” of the family, you forget to put yourself in the picture! I’m there for every single shot, but I’m rarely in the picture.This past Christmas, I decided to be in the picture, but I didn’t want to pay someone else to take the shots for...
100th Day of School
Well…we are officially “100 Days Smarter”! What a beautiful day for a "100 Days Balloon Launch." I was able to get a few shots of the event, but my camera was having trouble focusing - - it kept getting distracted by balloons floating in front of what I was shooting....
Easter is Coming – Be in the Picture
Very fun morning at the Mason’s on Easter last year! We had lots of fun hunting Easter eggs, and then after church we attempted some family pics since we were all dressed up! And once again, I decided I wanted to actually be in a few of the pictures with my family!...
Sports Pics…
Great day for sports in the Mason household! Today the games over-lapped, so we had to divide and conquer! Mark took Zach to baseball, and I took Morgan to soccer. I think I got some pretty good pictures. Not so many of Zach though - we got there just in time to...