Pocket Aces

Just a little peek.

I've spent the bulk of the day dealing with photos - going through many to decide which ones I'd like to put in the frames I already have up in the master bath. You know - the bathroom I decided to paint ages ago and which has undergone a major overhaul that I'd love to show you - once I get these photos up. And today illustrates perfectly why I don't do much post-processing on my photos - this shit takes a long time to do. At least it does if you're me. I now realize that, when it comes to futher improving my photography skills, digital workflow is the area most in need of immediate attention. Seriously, I suck at it.

So. Photos. Here are a few pulled out of the pile (uh... file pile? what does one call a "pile" of 0's and 1's?) that I'll throw out here as a preview of posts to come. These are all from our trip to Vero Beach, FL back in late July. I had to save some of my very favorites to show off later. I'll get those up here soon, now that they're in a spot for easy uploading.

Hello, beautiful girl. I'm glad you like the beach.

And hello to you, crazy boy. You crack me up.

Soaring through the air, with an assist from Daddy.

Finding shells, all on her own.

Here's where we were. Last time we stayed here we were in one of the cottages you see on the right there. Not this time, though. Pretty, yes? The light was fading fast, so it was time to go in...

He doesn't look ready to go.

But there's always next time.

More to come later. My parents and sister are flying in tonight, and I have to go make sure beds are made and guest bathrooms well-stocked. After I go pick up my prints from Walgreens, of course.

Hey, remember that time I went to Disney?

A pile of my favorite photos from our Disney trip (from what, like, a year ago? At least that's how it feels in blog time...) can be found by looking at that wonderful slideshow above or by going here. I didn't do any post-processing, because I am a lazy person. You hadn't realized this by now?

I took these photos (of which I will post some here on the blog, along with some stories, for those who don't wish to go off and check out the album or can't sit through the slideshow because, I don't know, maybe they have to pee or something?) with my new point and shoot, a Canon SD1100 IS Digital Elph. It was weird being without my trusty Rebel... and this camera definitely has it's limitations - no RAW capture, no manual exposure control (besides ISO) and it proved pretty crappy in low light (duh, because of no manual exposure control). That said, it did really well in natural light, and it was refreshing, really, to not spend a second worrying about my settings as I was catching Riley's excitement at seeing the train. So that was a plus. And it's about what you can expect when you want to take snapshots with something not much bigger than a credit card.

My next few posts (except OPT, of course) will recap some Disney highlights. I prefer to separate the stories into their own posts, because I'm anal like that. (For the record, I am not anal about all things... for example, cleanliness. I will walk over a dirty sock on the floor for 3 days before I will pick it up. I often kick my shoes off in places that I can't find later. I am embarrassed about this, yes. It's just that I have such more important things on my mind. Don't you know I am just weeks away from curing cancer?!)

What it's like.

This is what it's like around here trying to get a Christmas card photo. 

I am beginning to doubt my ability to get out Christmas cards this year.  Which sucks, because I really like sending Christmas cards, and it's historically been one of my don't-miss things.  All the more important when you've got little one's progress to track.  BUT LOOK AT WHAT I'M WORKING WITH HERE, PEOPLE.  Does that look like progress to you?

Ok, deep breath.  I may send a card yet, but it will contain two separate pictures of the two charmers seen above wiping their noses on film.

(Hey, stick around!  I'm gonna post more than one entry tonight!)  (Maybe that's how I'll work.  Dry spell for 2 weeks, then 68 posts in one night.  It could be my "thing".)