2nd week of July

All of these pictures are from some friends wedding.  All shot with no added flash.

Picture #1 - Groom and his parents.

Picture #2 - Bride and her parents.

Picture #3 - Ceremony

Picture #4 - Newlyweds

Picture #5 - Reception

Picture #6 - More reception.

Picture #7 - Wedding Cake.

1st week of July

Some good weather, so all outdoor shots except for one.

Picture #1 - Carolyn and Daisy

Picture #2 - Daisy dog.

Picture #3 - Mezzo

Picture #4 - Carolyn looking up.

Picture #5 - Purple hoody.

Picture #6 - Wesley and Carson

Picture #7 - Wesley.

Picture #8 - Grandpa's 70th birthday party.

New York City

4 Days in New York city.  First time away without Carolyn (Thanks Grandma and Grandpa).

Pic #1 - 72nd street subway station on the red line.

Picture #2 - New York market and news stand.

Picture #3 - Subway pulling in to stop.

Picture #4 - NY cops hanging out at Grand Central Station.

Picture #5 - Underneath the Manhattan Bridge.

Picture #6 - Brooklyn Bridge.

Picture #7 - Central Park

Picture #8 - Painter in Central Park.

Picture #9 - Entrance to Central Park

Picture #10 - Natural History Museum

Picture #11 - View from the Empire State Building

Picture #12 - Trump Tower.

Carolyn's Birthday

We had a big backyard birthday party, complete with a princess bouncy castle to celebrate Carolyn turning 3.

Picture #1 - Bouncy castle and Carolyn's best friend.

Picture #2 - Cinderella cake that Cyndy's work friend made.

Picture #3 - Blowing out candles.

Picture #4 - Princess Pinata (who would have thunk)

Some of June

Alright,

I have definitely fallen off the New Years resolution Wagon.  I've been shooting some photos, but not enough and I have definitely been lax in posting.

Enough excuses, here are some pictures.

Picture #1 - Carolyn and Little Bear hanging out after a nap.

Picture #2 - Carson and Carolyn in the backyard.

Picture #3 - On the slide at the park.

Picture #4 - Monkey bars.

Picture #5 - On the way home.

Picture #6 - Carson rolling in the grass.

Week 22 and 23

I'm behind in my picture taking and posting.  I shot some pictures at a my niece's wedding reception and decided that I would shoot them with no flash using a lens with a very large apeture.  The pictures during the speeches were shot at 1250 ISO and then the dancing started.  As soon as the new couple began to dance, someone turned off all the lights and I had to crank my ISO up to 6400.  Things are a little grainy, I cleaned up what I could in lightroom with noise reduction.  I have noticed that getting the histogram as far right as possible makes a huge difference with the noise.  I was not totally happy with the results and should have maybe used my flash.

Picture #1 - My niece and her new husband dancing.

Picture #2 - My niece and her father.

Picture #3 - My dad and his brother visiting.

Week 21

We went to Waterton Lake Park this May long weekend. I took my camera gear along and managed to shoot a lot of pictures.

Picture #1a - One of the mountain sheep in town.

Picture #1b - Bighorn Sheep

Picture #1c - What are you looking at?

Picture #1d - Herd of bighorn sheep

Picture #2 - Lake and Mountain.

Picture #3 - Calm Lake.

Picture #4 - Colored stones at driftwood beach.

Picture #5a - Carolyn standing in front of Waterton Lake.

Picture #5b - Just like any kid (kids must hate lakes) she is trying to fill it up with rocks.

Picture #5c - The overhand method is a little slow, maybe I can fill up the lake faster if I kick a bunch of rocks in to it.

Picture #6 - Carolyn and Cyndy on the pedal bike that we rented and rode around town.

Picture #7 - Tree roots on the lake shore.