The weekly photo assignment from digital-photography-school.com is “shoes.” I don’t consider myself to have a shoe obsession like so many other women, but maybe I’m just in denial. After all, I do have a new-found love for boots.
1/60 sec., F6.7, ISO 200
18-55 mm lens (18 mm), external flash fired
The local Y is having a Mt. Everest challenge from February to mid-March. Different types of exercise are worth so many feet, and the goal is to “climb” to the summit. For example, 30 minutes of running is the equivalent of climbing 1000 feet. My personal goal was to reach the top within a month, and yesterday I made it! I’m flag number nine, and it looks like I’m about the tenth person to finish. I love reaching goals! I think I even get a free Y towel.
1/60 sec., F4.5, ISO 400
18-55 mm lens (21 mm and 45 mm), no flash fired
This weekend was full of celebration! We went to our nephew’s 2nd birthday party in Southeast Kansas on Saturday, and on Sunday I attended my good friend Lauren’s baby shower.
1/125 sec., F8.0, ISO 200
18-55 mm lens (28 mm), external flash fired
1/15 sec., F4.0, ISO 400
18-55 mm lens (31 mm), no flash fired
The 70 degree temperatures were a tease last week – it’s definitely still winter. Local meteorologists predicted 2-4 inches of snow Thursday, but we ended up with rain, sleet, ice, and 6 inches of snow. Unfortunately I don’t think the roads were pre-treated, so the morning commute on Friday was a mess. If we look close, however, we can still find beauty in what God gave us.
1/750 sec., F4.0, ISO 200
18-55 mm lens (40 mm), no flash fired
Yesterday I ate lunch with some coworkers at a local hole-in-the-wall restaurant called The Brick in downtown Kansas City. It had the tastiest looking menu I’ve seen in a long time, and their burgers, sweet potatoes fries, and veggies with hummus were all amazing! I can’t wait to go back some time during Happy Hour. It just goes to show that appearance isn’t everything.
1/20 sec., F4.0, ISO 400
18-55 mm lens (18 mm), no flash fired
Third time’s a charm! After my third trip to the post office with all of my official documents, I finally applied for a passport with my new last name. (On my first attempt I went to a post office that didn’t do passports; on my second trip I got there at 1:30 in the afternoon when they were apparently closed for lunch.) We’re less than three months away from traveling to Italy!
1/45 sec., F4.5, ISO 200
18-55 mm lens (26 mm), no flash fired
This is one of the pretty plants from my grandpa’s funeral; it has found a new home in my office. Since my cat can’t eat it at work, I have no excuses for not keeping it alive!
1/125 sec., F5.6, ISO 200
18-55 mm lens (38 mm), no flash fired
Here are a few photos from Grandpa’s visitation last night and his graveside service today. Jerod’s comment today really put everything into perspective. “He is up in heaven right now bragging to all the Saints that he personally knows God.” If you know Grandpa, you know how true that statement is.
Jerod spends most of his free time doing homework for his Master’s classes at Rockhurst. He spent all day yesterday working on a critical analysis paper.
1/60 sec., F 8.0, ISO 200
18-55 mm lens (24 mm), external flash fired
Yesterday was another reminder of Grandpa with all the geese passing through Missouri. He liked to shoot them with his gun; I like to shoot them with my camera.
1/2000 sec., F5.6, ISO 200
18-55 mm lens (55 mm), no flash fired
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