Bridal Veil Falls

Sunday afternoon after church Emily, our friend Scott, and I went out to Bridal Veil Falls to take some photos. I learned quite a bit about shooting in the "Creative" zone as Canon calls it, where you control the settings on the camera. All of these photos were shot in Av or Manual mode for all the photo nerd friends of mine who I know are looking at this blog. I also learned a bit about lighting as Scott brought along all 200+ pounds of his gear including several flashes and a massive reflector. A little editing was done in Adobe Lightroom.







Emily was so patient as I fiddled with all the settings (I shot over 160 photos, to give you an idea of how long we were out there and how long she had to sit and wait for me to get it "just right"). I'm so blessed to have such a beautiful wife. She wears pregnancy so well... in fact some random 'old biker guy' as Emily called him, came right up to her when we stopped at the Vista House to tell her how beautiful she looked. Unfortunately I think I was putting a flash on my camera so I didn't get to capture that wonderful moment. It was very very windy at the Vista House view point as you can see...


As I mentioned already, Scott brought his gear along too... in fact I wouldn't be able to take photos without his gear because I'm using his lenses (thanks Scott). So we got some photos of us too. I probably should have anticipated this and dressed more appropriately, but I thought I would be behind the camera...






All in all it was a great day. Beautiful weather, beautiful environment, and a beautiful wife... now we just need that beautiful baby to finish cooking so I can start taking pictures of her.

-Joe

Beautiful wife and a new toy to capture it....

Craig's list is a wonderful thing... we sold some things this weekend, and bought some things. The jewel of the bunch in my mind is the new camera I got. I have been wanting a Digital SLR for quite a while now and finally broke down and got one (it's a Canon 30D). This evening Emily and I went out for a walk just before dusk so I could play with it. Here are the results (they are not perfect, but for my first day with it I was impressed). It helps to have an especially beautiful subject, I had to promise to get lots of practice for when the little one arrives.

Mom & Dad visit & 25 weeks :)

My parents came to visit, and Katelyn even kicked them both :). Good girl :)

My coat doesn't quite fit any more, you can't tell from this angle but only one button will close.

25 weeks!

Brookings

Visiting Joe's parents in Brookings (23 1/2 weeks)

Out on the porch, Daddy kissing his girls.

Going through the cedar chest & looking at all joe's baby stuff and elementry school papers.

Joe's baby clothes

looking through the baby book, we had so much fun!

23 wks---and growing :)

Baby Room

Yay we got the boarder up! We actually did most of the painting last weekend but the boarder proved to be more challenging then either of us predected. It was a royal pain the butt! But in the end its up and I LOVE THE ROOM! Its so cool to just sit in there in our $60 craigs list steal glider and think about the fact that WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BABY! Wow, thats still wierd :).