not-self-portrait saturday

taken by Chris

we are in sugar overload

I spent several hours shooting candy with kat today and all I can say is: it is not good for me OR baby to have that much candy.


The shooting took several hours because we were experimenting with some new layouts, and I'm not really sure how it will all turn out, so I think I'll just share the easy part of my day:

chloe J

love

I don't know these last people, but don't they look happy?

ah, self-pity

I went to the wedding of these wonderful people this weekend, and didn't take a single picture.




because I am tired.



and discouraged.













and totally lame.












and even though if I had taken pictures, they probably would have been terrible,








now I'm sad I didn't shoot at all, because it was really a lovely wedding.

educational

yes, I haven't posted in forever. Forgive. Things have been Busy. very very Busy.




But I have been spending a lot of time working on pictures. My cousin-in-law got married last week, and asked me to take some pictures at her reception.




Time for some camera talk, because people ask me all the time(and if you're not interested in camera talk, feel free to skip this part): because I don't own a flash (besides the mounted one that came with my camera) (which I cannot stand), I shot everything in very low light, with high ISO, and yes, I do set each exposure manually.

Going through the pictures and editing has been a little stressful, to tell the truth--I've learned tons already from the experience, I just wish I wasn't learning it on someone's once-in-a-lifetime event, you know?

anway, here are some cutting the cake pictures I edited last night.

experimenting with my new actions: