The world through my lens

I MOVED!

2008-02-13T17:12:00.001-06:00

As of today I will no longer be updating here. Come visit me at my new site: http://jitann.wordpress.com/

Icy

2008-02-12T16:42:00.000-06:00

Little fingers playing daddy's guitar

2008-02-08T22:18:00.000-06:00

Oops

2008-02-08T21:02:00.000-06:00

Yeah, so it's been about 2 months since I last updated. Oops!

I felt lucky getting these shots, especially the third one. Nolan literally runs every time I pull out the camera but this time he was all too happy to show off his half eaten kumquat. Mmm.

Jumping on the bed...

2007-12-15T15:49:00.000-06:00

...While yelling at the top of his lungs.

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The weather finally cleared up a bit this morning so we took advantage and headed outside to play.

Laughing at the squirrel that jumped on the tree directly over his head.

My new photographer's assistant

2007-11-17T13:19:00.000-06:00

Nolan found this old disposable camera...gosh, it has to be about 3 years old. My mom bought it when I went to visit her a couple years ago and I brought it home and never developed it. Nolan has been carting this thing around for days now, taking pictures right along with mama. :)

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Oops.

2007-11-05T13:14:00.000-06:00

So yeah, it's been a while since I've updated. Sorry. I've got a TON, literally, of pictures that I need to upload so uh, keep checking back periodically to see if I've quit being lazy. ;)

Anyway, here are a couple random ones for now.

Sorry, on a b&w kick lately

2007-09-04T11:32:00.000-05:00

More of Nolan...doing stuff.

Aww, cute widdle toes

2007-09-03T21:32:00.000-05:00

Naptime over

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Back to yelling.

Naptime

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He's especially sweet while sleeping. ;)

2007-09-02T22:02:00.000-05:00

Ok, THIS is my new favorite

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Drakey-poo

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Noly-bear concentrating hard

2007-08-31T21:17:00.000-05:00

Ms. Jacykins

2007-08-31T19:12:00.000-05:00

Ok, last one for tonight :)

2007-08-30T00:07:00.000-05:00

Mama and Noly, getting eaten up by mosquitos. :(

Ever been so tired you fell asleep while eating?

2007-08-30T00:04:00.000-05:00

Nolan has.

Slacker!

2007-08-29T23:48:00.000-05:00

Yeah, so I've been slacking a bit month with the posting of pics. I have a ton uploaded, just haven't gotten around to editing and resizing much. Here are a few though.

ANTM part 2

2007-08-05T21:36:00.000-05:00

Can't decide if I like the black and white version more.

ANTM...or so she thinks...

2007-08-05T19:55:00.000-05:00

More later...

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My beautiful baby girl

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Fun with mirrors

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Sign? Who reads signs?

Nolan wasn't too fond of the goat overtaking the golf cart. ;)

2007-07-16T19:28:00.000-05:00

Why won't this stick break!?

2007-07-12T14:04:00.001-05:00

It sure is hard being a kid. ;)

Have I mentioned how much I love my new lens (70-200mm f/4L)? The clarity is absolutely amazing. I did my regular sharpening techniques which usually makes my pics look much better but now I think they may look a little too over sharpened. It's too bad I like this lens so much because now it makes it that much harder to shoot without an L lens. ;)

2007-07-10T03:16:00.000-05:00

A couple more...

New lens!

2007-07-09T22:11:00.000-05:00

Just a couple pics with my new 70-200mm lens.

Fireworks!

2007-07-04T23:34:00.000-05:00

Happy 4th of July!

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My two older babies, fresh from the Florida sun.

2007-07-04T01:55:00.000-05:00

This is a rare sight. Not only did I get a picture of my darling husband, I got a picture with him almost smiling!

My little Noly bear pouting

2007-06-20T22:32:00.000-05:00

Once again, I couldn't sleep so I took a drive downtown to get some more sunrise shots. The sky was just so gorgeous and it was really neat to watch how the colors slowly changed as the sun rose.

2007-06-14T07:35:00.000-05:00

I couldn't sleep last night so at about 5am, I headed down to the river to take some shots of the sunrise. It's been a looooooong time since I've been up this early but I really, really enjoyed sitting down by the water. It was soooo quiet and peaceful. I even got to eat McDonald's for breakfast, which is awesome because I'm never up and moving early enough to ever get it. By noon, I'll probably be regretting not getting any sleep but for now, here are a couple pics from this morning.

I love how the sky changes from purplish pink before the sun comes up to a beautiful yellowish color after the sun rises.

Oh, and YAY! When I came home this morning, I noticed my flowers are finally blooming. I have no idea what they are but I've been waiting for the flowers to finally pop out.

2007-06-11T20:29:00.000-05:00

Jacy got a couple of inches of hair cut off today. She looks absolutely adorable with her new 'do.

2007-06-10T15:02:00.002-05:00

Ok, last post for today. :)

2007-06-10T14:32:00.000-05:00

Thursday afternoon the library has story time so I took the kids down there for that. Luckily for Nolan, the window in the room we were in looks directly onto the water fountain across the street so he was enthralled by that the entire time. After story time was over, we walked over to the fountain so Nolan could see it upclose. I took a couple of pics but it was just too hot to stay there for very long.

2007-06-10T13:36:00.000-05:00

Well, so much for posting once a week, eh? ;) Ok, so maybe I should attempt once a month.

Anyway, here are some recent pictures of us, my friend Sarah, and her 3 children at the sprayground.

Sarah

Mahala

Drake

Abram

Jacy on the left, Emma on the right

Sarah and Mahala

Dan and Mahala

Nolan

Jacy

Emma

2007-04-22T20:35:00.000-05:00

In an effort to stay updated (and after a bit of gentle prodding from a wonderful friend), I'm going to try photo-blogging. I had a site up once but didn't feel like my pictures were worthy to be seen by anyone other than family member.

Why the change? Well, it's not because I think my pictures are absolutely outstanding (ok, I do...) but because I'd like to document my growth as a photographer. I'm nowhere near professional; I've never taken any classes and don't have a top-of-the-line camera or lenses but I love what I do and I love being able to share all the special moments I'm able to capture.

That being said, here are my babies.

First up is Jacy. She's 8 and full of life. There's never a dull moment when she's around and she absolutely loves the camera. Whenever she sees me bring it out, she goes into model mode and immediately starts posing. Yes, she's a ham.

Next up is Drake. He's not so pose-ish but the camera loves him anyway. ;) Drake can usually be found playing superheroes or drawing, which he's really, really, really good at. Seriously. His drawings amaze me sometimes. They don't look like they came from a 6 year old.

And last, but not least, is Nolan. He's 20 months and a total mama's boy, which is ok by me...most of the time. ;) He's so full of life and thinks he's the boss, which he is, but no one minds much.

Well, I suppose that's all for now. I'll try to update this at least once a week, maybe more.