Hehe... not sure that "era" is the best word for it, but it's definitely the end of one phase of my life, moving on to "transition phase" and then to a *totally* new phase! Today was my last day of work as a proofreader. It was happy and sad for me both, of course; I'm excited to be staying home again, can't even DESCRIBE how much I enjoyed being home when my boys were conveniently sick one after the other but not feeling bad... So I'm definitely looking forward to that part of it for me, and for them. I'm sad though because I made some good friends at a time when I really needed some adult companionship :) and someone who could talk me to about something OTHER than helicopters or whatever, enjoyable though that is! Haha! And even if that other conversation happened to be about the correct way to punctuate a sentence or the proper grammar in a given situation! NOT that I will promise to use proper grammar on this blog. This is a proofing-free blog. :) Well, I do proof for OBVIOUS errors, but it ain't goin' through no 2 full proofs plus corrections, people... Hehe OKAY enough about that! I will miss my friends in publishing, the good times, corny inside jokes, little sticky-note faces peering over dividers, THE CANDY DRAWER (I mean... we had no food or drinks in our office of course), random visits from supervisors of other departments... *sigh* good times, good times... But I will VERY much enjoy getting this house in order! And along those lines...
Our long-awaited computer armoire arrives TOMORROW!!! This means I can empty off the buried computer desk, take pictures, list it on craigslist, get it OUT of the house, and wonder of wonders, get the boys' room moved into the office where Gabriel will FINALLY be able to use his new bedding (planes--he's *very* excited...), and that means I'll be able to get Baby Girl Gutierrez's room set up and all of the MANY little girl items that we have been so generously given (hehe... or possibly purchased at one time or another...) put away.... *happy sigh* I'm so tired of looking at Rubbermaid containers! :)
Brain Freeze.
Victor just got home and although I had tons of things I was going to write about, I really can't think of any of them right now! Such a distracting husband... :)
The photography side of my life
has been going well. :) Last Sunday's baby dedication portraits came out well--better than they could have, if not as glamorous as I had possibly hoped... :) I was happy with the posing/expressions captured, fairly happy with the set-up, not 100% happy with the lighting (of course, this is coming from the girl who prefers to take every photograph outside when at all possible...) My new flash diffuser did help a lot with the lighting situation, but I still definitely have a lot to learn when it comes to artificial lighting for portraits. Part of what I wish were different (possibly not so interesting to those of you not "into photography") is that I was using a higher (smaller) aperture to make sure everyone was in sharp focus, but my backdrop is more in focus that I would have liked. I didn't really have room to bring the families further forward away from the backdrop, so I guess that is something that will just take practice--learning what aperture will keep everyone sharp and the backdrop pleasantly not-so-sharp... :) Don't think I'll post any sample portraits online since no one was advised of that possibility beforehand... I will however post some new favorites from recent families shoots--although these have all already been posted on facebook, I think there are at least a couple who read this blog that aren't on fb, so here they will be repeated...:
(this one privately makes me laugh because of the many MANY attempts we made to get everyone jumping all at the same time... and because of the [ashamed to say it] total lack of creative juices flowing in my brain that day, and the amazing way Michelle stepped up to the plate with tons of great ideas for her own family photo shoot... You're the best!! Thanks for a great time, guys!)
And a couple of my own victims er I mean subjects or okay CHILDREN
who suffer through my photography adventures as well:
Not sure how well it shows up here, but Zachary's real little tear just under his left eye totally makes the picture for me. Isn't it terrible the way mothers delight in their children's trials...??!
Seeing that picture of Zachary and his curls reminds me that both boys got haircuts on Monday--good old-fashioned buzzes. They look old and mature now. I didn't say they're ACTING old or mature; they just look it. :)
OKAY enough rambling for one night. My husband has blamed me for a mess that he made and I will submissively go pick it up :) MOSTLY because I know I'll step on it later and then I'll be mad! Ha! Plus I have to clean a path into our bedroom anyway. Sorting for garage sales always makes more messes than it solves, at least at first.
Goodnight, world. *yawn* looking forward to another BUSY day tomorrow! Must sleep!
(this one privately makes me laugh because of the many MANY attempts we made to get everyone jumping all at the same time... and because of the [ashamed to say it] total lack of creative juices flowing in my brain that day, and the amazing way Michelle stepped up to the plate with tons of great ideas for her own family photo shoot... You're the best!! Thanks for a great time, guys!)
Comments (1)
Haha! Your posts are so enjoyable
I laughed especially about you being blamed for victor's messes. I was going to say, you can always take the dedication photos and do some stuff with layers in PS to make the backgrounds a bit more not-so-sharp. But you probably knew that.... just thought I'd throw it out there. I have often forgotten to use a smaller aperture, and come away with horrible focus. gahh. this past sunday when i did confirmation photos at my church, i had my flash maxed out and my camera shutter speed/ISO/aperture all maxed out... it worked, but wasn't incredible lighting even yet. makes me that much more looking forward to saving up for a more powerful flash and better cam. why does photography have to be such an expensive hobby??????? goodness!!!!!!!