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Photography Workshop


A couple years ago, I stumbled across Ashley Ann’s blog. They were in the process of adopting their youngest daughter from China. I began reading post after post and loved reading what she had to say. Her love for the Lord and her family is very evident in what she writes. Not to mention, she is wonderfully talented with all things crafty and amazing with a camera! I fell in love with her style of photography–capturing moments in her family’s life that most people tend to overlook. The chubby baby hands holding a bottle, the dirty feet running through the mud, the napping toddler. She has a beautiful way of telling stories with her photography. All this to say that since I had said that “I never want to learn how to use a DSLR,” I decided to take her SnapShop Workshop to learn how to better capture these precious moments with my phone. 

Her course gave me much to consider about composing shots and storytelling. I feel like I’m more aware of what I want to capture before I just start snapping pictures. She is a wonderful teacher and very encouraging. And no, she did not ask anyone to blog a review. I just wanted to give her some credit. 

Oh yeah, SPOILER ALERT:::We ended up purchasing a DSLR yesterday anyway. Don and I have a lot to learn now.

Anyway, on with the pictures. Instead of posting all the pictures on Instagram or Facebook, I thought I’d share them here. So get ready for tons of pictures…taken over the past few weeks.

Kingston’s little fingers holding his spoon
eating bowl of cereal
We had some fun playing with the sunlight
cute baby
smiling baby girl

 

evangeline 3
And then she decided we were done. But that tear–too precious
baby girl crying
It’s a boy!! So happy for the Harrelsons!
married couple gender reveal

 

 Sometimes I force myself to be in a few pictures with the kids
mom and baby

 

mom and sons

 

mom and boy
dad and baby

 

After this miserable winter, we’re excited for the spring weather!
However, the sun was a bit hard to work with that day (as far as photography goes)
baby on swing

 

boy playing at park

 

kids activities

 

boy on swingset

 

Playing hide and seek in the trees
trees at the park

 

little boy playing hide and seek
We hadn’t stepped foot inside Walmart for months. Needless to say, they were happy
3 kids looking at fish tanks

 

Never a shortage of adorableness
cute baby girl sitting on front porch swing

 

“Mommy, do you think I could touch the moon with this stick?”-Liam
boy reaching to the moon

 

Such a boy–letting it crawl in his armpits and stuff
liams bug friend

 

Tuesday was an amazing cloud day
little boy in superman costume

 

Spring weather= seeing the rolls on her thighs after a long winter
evangeline 4

 

bare feet weather
I may be addicted to taking pictures of her
smiling baby

 

baby girl standing up

 

evangeline 7
And to spare you of any more randomness crammed into one blog post, I’ll stop here.
If you’ve made it this far, I’ll recommend Ashley one more time! Check out her blog here and her SnapShop Workshops here!
Blog, Family, kids, park

Park day


Today the family went out without any plans. I knew I wanted to go to Salvation Army but that’s all I knew. At the last minute, I decided to make a quick turn towards Arnold Park. On this lovely December day, temperatures reached the 50’s.

The boys had a fun time climbing all over the playground.

boy on playground
little boy on playground
toddler at park
toddler on swing
We watched the ducks/geese for a little bit while the sun set.
kids activities
This would have been great if the boys would have kept their eyes open.
3 boys on bench
mom and cute baby girl
This unexpected park trip turned into a fun afternoon!
One more day of (slightly) warm weather tomorrow before it gets cold. We will make sure to take advantage of it!