Ring, Ring....

Where do you think I am for this picture?

Probably not where you are thinking.... I'm at a local bar called Harpos for Angela's engagement shower!  It's a bit delayed, but we wanted to wait until the weather was better so we could celebrate on a patio.

On their patio they have this old school phone booth that I loved! I had to get a picture for YESTERDAY's post, which obviously didn't happen so I am making up for it by getting a post up earlier for all my lovely readers!

I was so upset that I forgot my camera in the car so I borrowed Megan's for this one, using her 50MM 1.8 focal lens.  I crouched on the ground and took it from a lower level so you could see both the phone booth and the cool tree with Christmas lights wrapped around it.

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Pinhole Press

Pinhole Press you ask yourself?

I too had never heard of it until Megan had sent me the link as something to check out for a blog topic/photo gift idea. I immediately fell in love.

Pinehole Press has everything from day planners to photo books for that special someone or for YOURSELF!

With mother's day just around the corner I thought I'd gift you some gift ideas while it's still early.  We all know we wait until 5 days before mother's day and realize, "SHOOT, I forgot to get mom something for mother's day!" Well I do at least... I am human and can get pretty busy these days!

Some of my favorite items are:

Desk Calendar for the Working Mom

Desk Blotter to keep the family activities organized - keep HER life organized

Collage Frame

There are a multitude of great photo ideas for gifts.  Check them out and order them in time for mother's day right around the corner!

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I See, You See.

That's right you read that correctly.  As I mentioned last week we are continuing "I See, You See."  We are looking for suggestions on our Tuesday posting.

Since it's our first week we decided to make our own assignment.

Fruit!

Here is what I saw:

Here is what Megan saw:

Looks healthy right?

I used some apples from work for our little project because I have a horrible habit of waiting until the last minute with stuff like this!

Megan had her yummy fruit on Easter for brunch!

Of course I am never satisfied with my picture selections, so I wanted multiple options. I went with my apple picture because I felt it was more on par with a "photograph" with its depth of field and whatnot.

However, I LOVE action photos and candid moments as you can expect....While at work today, I pondered some "fruit" picture ideas.  I came up with juggling apples and got SO excited about it. I popped my head up over the cubes (my pod) and asked if anyone knew how to juggle, expecting no one to say "YES!" However, I hear cute little Kristin pop up and say that she could juggle handkerchiefs. I couldn't believe what had come out of her mouth! Who can juggle handkerchiefs!?! That's AWESOME!

Of course, when she says this,  I jump up with excitement and ask if she can ALSO juggle apples for my "I See, You See." She says yes and I get this photo:

Kristin's face is priceless as is her ability to juggle apples. That talent is foreign to me.  I wish I had it but I don't, and I think is AMAZING she can do it. Go Kristin!

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Those are some Heels!

Remember a couple of weeks ago when Megan and I decided to do a photo of shoes and hers conquered mine by far so I opted to hold onto my heels picture and use running shoes?

I have had this picture sitting on my desktop and opened it up today and it turns out I DO like my heels picture! These are some of my favorite Summer heels. They are beyond too tall for me, making me upwards of 6'2." Let me just say I don't stay vertical for too long, when going out in these puppies I usually end up tripping or falling.  I'm not the most graceful woman you will ever meet :)

I couldn't decide if I liked color or B & W better.  What do you think

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Meet Beau

Beau is my mom's new puppy that my sister picked up for her on the way to Tulsa at the beginning of March. I've only heard great things about him and was so excited to meet him for the first time this weekend.

He is a Maltese Shih Tzu mix and is SO cute. He is four pounds of cute fluffy white and brown fur and so sweet.

So without further ado, I want to introduce you to our new addition to the family.

Besties.

This weekend I made a trip home to Tulsa, OK where I was raised for MOST of my life (2nd grade +).

My mom still lives here, and my sister, Katie, lives in OKC which isn't too far away so I always love coming back so I can get some family time in every once in a while.  Especially on Easter weekend since I missed it last year (my b-day/friend's bachelorette party fell on Easter last year- priorities first...)

As usual, we usually go out to dinner one night and then get a home cooked meal the other night.  Tonight was the going out to dinner night.

We had a blast at dinner with my mom, my sister, and my sister's best friend, Carissa. Lot's of wine flowing  as were the laughs which made for a GREAT first night back.

Unexpectedly my sister announces she wants ice cream.  She basically leaves me no choice by to drive her and Carissa to get ice cream at a Braum's near by.  Even at this moment I cannot believe an ice cream shop remains open until 11:30 p.m..... Regardless, I take her and Carissa there for their "night-cap."

This is the result:

Love these two together. They crack me up!

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Picnik Anyone?

Has anyone heard about this  FREE photo editing tool called Picnik?

I first came across it on the Running on Happiness blog that I follow and love!

I was intrigued by its teeth whitening, sunless tanning brush, mascara applicator, and eye brightener.  Who knew you could make yourself look 10x better but the click of a button? This new editing tool is awesome!

Now... some of the functions you DO have to pay for as part of the "premium" package which is $2.08 a month, but heck if you are posting pictures frequently to either Facebook, your blog, or sending them to the family try it out!

Here is my attempt to edit a picture of Walt and me at the engagement shower this weekend.  In this tool you can even add the polaroid appeal to pictures. This. Is. AWESOME.

Something else awesome....  I just introduced you to Walt for the first time! He refuses to pose like a goon in my crazy antics to come up with different pictures so I opted for a normal one of us this time.

On this same photo editing note, my mom was recently telling me about a camera, yes a camera, that adds makeup to your photos now.  What is the world coming to!?

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I See, You See.

Today was our last day of photography class at the Kansas City Art Institute. I'm sad, but happy.  Having my Tuesday nights back is going to feel great! I feel like lately my week's have been filling up and getting so busy so even on extra night a week is a relief.

When he mentioned taking part 2 of the dSLR class Megan and I immediately thought maaaaaaaaaybbbe in the Fall.  Jumping right back into having our Thursday nights taken away in the middle of summer just isn't ideal. Especially with our half day Friday's at work!

Our final assignment: Pictures at the zoo.

As I mentioned on Sunday, we went to the zoo to work on all the skills we have learned up until now taking pictures of all different types of animals.  Sunday I showed you the picture I took of the female lions.  Now I want to show you what else I saw and what Megan saw as well.

What I saw:

What Megan saw:

These pictures wrap up our assignments from class, however, Megan and I loved having this assignment/challenge every week, so we decided we are going to continue on with the "I See, You See" Tuesdays!

What does that mean?

That means we are going to think of something for to take pictures of and post them every Tuesday, but are ALSO looking for suggestions of themes of pictures to take.  For example, last week we decided on "shoes."  Give us your best idea and we'll go out take a picture and show you our perspective on it every Tuesday.All you have to do is leave a comment on this post OR email me at lmajor9@gmail.com.

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Engagement Shower

This weekend I helped put on a couple's engagement shower for our friends' B.J. and Katie.

It was an absolute blast! They loved their gifts and all of their best friends were there (well most of them).

While opening presents I wanted to work on getting some candid shots of the happy soon-to-be married couple.

Groom-to-Be B.J.

Katie and B.J. 

Katie

Field Trip

This morning I had to wake up bright and early to make it to the zoo, that's right, the zoo, in time for our photography class.

As I mentioned Tuesday we didn't have class this past week, and that's because we had a field trip to the zoo today!

After four long hours of taking pictures of animals I was exhausted as was Megan. I basically forced her to stay so I could see the giraffes and came to find out that they had been relocated due to construction that was going on in their area.  Boo....

But while we were in Africa, the zoo version, we had to see the lions before we left. All morning/afternoon I felt like ALL the animals were napping. I do mean ALL of them.  After seeing sleeping animals all day and finally getting to the lions after a long walk what did we see....?

Sleeping lions.

They were pretty darn cute though. They were cuddled on a rock together taking their afternoon nap too!     They looked just like sleeping humans.

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