{Entered} The Preggo Cravings | I {heart} Faces - Black

This week the theme at I {heart} Faces is black.  That leaves a whole lot open to interpretation. I'm choosing this photo I did of my sister this past spring. We were shooting her maternity portraits at the local baseball field, doing some fun stuff to surprise dad to be, since they're huge SF Giants fans.  It just so happened that the Ice Cream truck was coming down the road when an idea just sprung into my head.  The only thing missing was a jar of pickles!!!  The Ice Cream Guy was a kid we grew up with, kinda like cousins, so we 'borrowed' his truck for a few shots & this just happens to be one of my favorite from this past year of shooting.

Be sure to swing by & check out all the submissions. :)

{Entered} Baby, it's Fall out here!!

It's another month & another chance to enter a photo challenge. This time I'm entering the Rock The Shot (www.rocktheshotforum.com) October Challenge, which is children & fall, together in one image.  Luckily, fall is my favorite of all the seasons, and children are one of my favorite subjects!

This little miss is just the sweetest thing.  I love, love this shot of her, she's in my Baby's First Year program, so this is our 3rd session.

{Entered} Hands - I Heart Faces

A while back, when I first started following (also read: before becoming addicted to) Pinterest I pinned this adorable photo of a baby's hands that I just loved. I finally got to do my version of this a few weeks ago when I got to photograph newborn Baby C.  As soon as I saw what the theme of the week was going to be this week at www.iheartfaces.com I knew exactly the photograph I would submit and here it is:

 Have a great day & be sure to swing by the photo challenge & take a peek at the other hands being showcased this week.

{Local Events} Montague Balloon Fair

This past weekend was the Montague Rotary Balloon Fair. It's one of our favorite local events. We make it a point to attend every year, it's like a little family tradition for the past 6 years. Normally we do an early morning, watch the balloons go up, do breakfast (usually at my mom's), just hang out for a bit until the parade that runs downtown.
This year it was pretty much the same except I left my husband home alone to gather up the kids & head into Montague & I was with my aunt and grandpa. My favorite part of the morning is when the sun starts breaking over the hills & casting it's beautiful orange-y glow on everything. The other thing special for this year was that we built a float for Amanda Pratt Photography & entered the parade. It was a super fun thing for the kids. Our float was a prize winner as well.

The ascension starts of with a single balloon, carrying the American flag as the national anthem is sung.

 Then it's mass chaos of filling balloons, fans & people.

The kids graciously (errr, more like forced) posed for a quick photo together.

This year it seemed the wind was drifting a different direction & I could get Mt Shasta in the photos without doing too much traveling from the launch site.

Here is our float in all of it's before/after the parade, windy Montague afternoon glory.

Have a great day!

{Entered} Just a Touch of Sun - I Heart Faces

I'm doing something a little different this week for Monday Minute (which I realize, I've been horrible about posting, in fact that whole schedule of things I've got marked on the calender...yea, slacking!!).

I'm entering the I {Heart} Faces weekly photo challenge.  The theme this week is A Touch of Sun.

This photo was entered into the I Heart Faces photo challenge – www.iheartfaces.com

{Contest Entries} It's Fair Time

 It's that time of year again, our annual county fair. Once again I have entered some photographs with hopes of bringing home some ribbons, preferably blue ones, but there are a few other amazing photographers in this county that I'll be up against. So best of luck to you all.  Here are my 2011 Siskiyou Golden Fair entries.

In the Professional Black & White categories:
--Animal

--Floral

For Professional Color categories:
--Animal

--Candid

--Floral

--Mt Shasta

--Sunsets & Sunrises

--Other, not listed, specify: Farm Life

Have a great rest of this sunny & hot, Tuesday in August.

Catching Up {Life}

Why is it when 'Catch Up' is on the to do list, it's never really fully accomplished? Maybe it's lack of motivation to complete the list or addition of extra helpers who create additional to-dos or a multitude of other things.

It seems like catching up has been on my list for a while now and I don't think it's ever going away. Oh well, I'll stay busy that way right?!? As if I need any help in that department, the 3 little monsters take care of that for me.

Yesterday I did get a couple of things done, one of them being deciding on an ordering fair entries. I have a total of 15 image this year that I'll be entering.

I also managed to make an apple pie, which sounded so yummy, not sure it turned out quite like I had hoped, but it still tastes good, it wasn't done until way too late though, so we'll enjoy it tonight, hopefully while watching a lightning show.

Now, I must be going so I can 'Catch Up' on more of my list. Watch for more fair entry photos in a later post.

2008 Fair Entries

Just thought I'd share the entries I'm submitting to the county fair next week

These will all be printed on metallic paper, hopefully I'll be posting after the 6th with good news and ribbon status!