My First Photo Shoot!

A friend of mine asked if I would take her family pictures and I must say I was quite nervous since this is the first time I have taken these types of pictures.  I was excited but worried that they wouldn't turn out the way I wanted them to.  I was pleasantly surprised that I did okay for my first time. 

NOTE:  These are not touched up - just cropped and straight from the camera.  I had a fun time posing them and seeing what worked and what didn't.  Garden of the Gods is such a gorgeous place to take pictures.

Thanks for letting me experiment on your family, friend!!

Yes, More Flowers!

I know my brother thinks all I take pictures of is flowers.  I have taken other subjects recently, but I have reverted back to flowers.  Only because I have been waiting all summer to have all my lilies bloom and the first 3 did yesterday.  I love the look of lilies as soon as they bloom---they are so full and perfect.

But then, there are some that are not perfect, but still look at the beauty they hold.  This reminds me of people.  We are not perfect, we make mistakes and fall down, but we are still beautiful and worthwhile.  This lily was damaged by the hail storms that we have had recently while it was still closed up.  You can see the small spot that was affected, but the flower is still gorgeous.

These are my lilies that I planted a few years ago in my back yard and they are always so pretty when they bloom because they all bloom at the same time and there are so many of them so close together.  So pretty!

I am anxious to see the rest of the new lilies in the front bloom--I hope I get to see them as we are leaving on vacation in a couple of days and I am afraid I will miss them!