There is wonder to be found in those pages...

Reading is definitely up there in my favorite things to do, so when I noticed my Memere and Goddaughter reading "James and the Giant Peach" together I couldn't help but sneak a photo.

My new toy!

Happy birthday to me! My family all threw in and ordered me the LensBaby Composer for my birthday. I was super excited when UPS was at my door today. I'm even more excited to take my new baby out and play with her. I'm sure there will be pics to follow.

Self Portraits: Feet

So, I'm home sick from work and I have nothing to do and no new pictures taken (it's been a busy week). I was going through my old pictures and realized I take pictures of my shoes/feet a lot. So here they are. Feet self portraits!

This one was taken with a film camera in my mom's backyard three years ago.

Another one from three years ago. My legs look kind of awkward but I like the lyrics I wrote.

   These four were all at Wakodahatchee, one of my favorite places in the world, at different times throughout the past two or so years.

Taken at Halpatiokee. When I lived in Stuart.

With my feet on the dash the world doesn't matter.

Those lyrics above happen to be one of my favorite lines from a song. I feel like it's one of the truest statements ever. When I'm riding in the car with Dan and our cameras, no matter where we are going or what's going on in life, I am happy. I'm with him doing what I love and nothing else matters. Pure bliss.

Tropical Storm Bonnie?

Dan and I heard a tropical storm was headed our way, so to prepare for impact we... grabbed our cameras and went to the beach. However, we were sorely disappointed when we received barely any rain and only slight gusts of wind.

Of course I still took some shots of Palm Beach. You can see the "storm" in one of them. As much as I wished there was a bit more of a show, I am happy to say that South Florida was kept safe and sound.

Meet Ziva...

She's our new puppy. Well dog, she's a year old. Dan and I adopted her about a month ago. I thought it might be too soon but it was a good decision and I couldn't be happier with her. She completes our little family.

These are just a few of the thousand pictures I've taken of her. Isn't she the cutest?

iheartfaces Week 30 Challenge: Purple

Another new challenge website I wanted to try my hand at is iheartfaces. This site, among many awesome things, has a portraiture related weekly challenge. Portraiture is not my strong area in photography so I thought it would be different. This week's challenge theme is purple, my favorite color. So what better week to start than this?

                                Model: Dan Gershman  Shot with: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS

                                Focal Length: 48mm        ISO: 200
                                Aperture: f/9.0               Exposure Time: 1/125

Photo Friday Challenge: Sky-High

I decided to start entering some weekly challenges. I googled and found a few different sites that host the challenges, this one being Photo Friday . Their challenge this week is "sky-high".

Taken 01/19/09 with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS

F/7.1       Exposure: 1/1250

ISO:200      Focal Length: 55mm

Happy Birthday To Me!!

 Today is my 23rd birthday and I figured I would celebrate myself by posting a few of my favorite pictures up.

This is my turtle Apollo a picture I took last October.

Here is a great blue heron taken at Wakodahatchee awhile back. Not the best picture, but i like it.

This is my mom. She is beautiful. 03/06/2009

Fireworks from 4th of July 2009.

Sandhill Crane taken at Halpatiokee Regional Park. 05/16/2009

The next two are probably my two favorite landscape shots I've ever taken.

Taken at Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge. 06/17/2009

Taken at Royal Pines, right by where I live. 09/22/2008