Posts Tagged ‘Photography’
Austin, TX
I spent last week in Austin, TX, for the Educause Southwest Regional Conference 2010; I presented a session on “Using a Wiki to Keep Up with Evolving Training and Documentation Needs”.
Flying and I really don’t get along. My flight out got cancelled, so I got put on a later flight – meaning I missed my connecting flight, so I got to Austin about three hours after I was scheduled to. My last flight coming home was pretty terrible – delayed for two hours, super hot, and someone had been eating beans… and that’s before the bumpy descent and slam-into-the-runway landing. The hotel was okay, the food was expensive, and the whole trip had entirely too little of my Ryan. The conference itself was good, so it was worth going, but man… no more flying for me for a loooooong time!
I also made time to tour the Texas State Capitol; here are some photos:
More photos can be found on Flickr.
A Visit Home
I visited my mother a few weekends ago, and had a chance to snap a few photos as Mom did her afternoon chores. These are, of course, also posted on my Flickr.
Once chores were done, we decided to make some tea to warm up. Mom had received a “flower tea” pot for Christmas, so she showed me how it works.
This is a “pod”, dried tightly together. Once steeped in boiling water, it will blossom into a lovely, tasty arrangement.
See? Isn’t that pretty?
My Favorite Kids
I’ve spent two evenings this week with my favorite kids. Monday night Jessica and I played fashion designer with my closet, and trust me, you’re glad I’m not showing you her sense of coordinating colors. You’re welcome.
Incidentally, I’ve added blur effects to hide ISO noise; all these were taken in low light.
Jessica picks out a dress and shoes:
and proceeds to turn them into toys:
I love the pose in this next one; just wish it came out of the camera a little less blurry. Oh well; enjoy!
Yesterday I babysat for Keegan and Kadence so their parents could enjoy their eighth anniversary. Kadence sorted his Reese’s Pieces while Keegan worked on his Santa puppet (check out these reds and blues!):
These two have a great sibling relationship (and a stuffed Santa, if you look closely):
Oh, and they kinda seem to like me (probably because I gave them Reese’s Pieces):
Would you believe they posed themselves for this? Seriously, I look up and they are on the chair waiting for me (take the picture already, lady!):
Kadence giggles if you smooch him (Keegan took this one):
It’s things like this that make me look forward to having kids with Ryan someday. Not right now. But someday.
<insert contented sigh here>
On a Photography Kick
So, I’ve been on a photography kick lately. I don’t have fancy equipment, but my little point-and-shoot-plus-Photoshop-magic and my iPhone-plus-Best-Camera-app have been keeping me quite amused lately.
Here are some fun iPhone photos:
