The Big Day Arrived

The big day came and although there were a few hitches and here there. Most everything went awesome and it was very beautiful.

Here is one shot that I took - WHY do grooms always smash the cake!!??

I think on the whole I got many great shots for them to put together a nice memory book. The ministers wife was shooting also - so we'll see what she has to add for them as well.

Its definitly lots of work to take so many pictures - and there are somethings I would do different if I had to do it again.

WOW - first wedding under my belt and I still don't know half of what I need to know yet. Though I definitly want a new camera now. uh oh - need to work ebay harder now so I can get some new toys!

The Walk Through

Tommorrow is the BIG DAY! I will be a "for real" photographer at a wedding. Needless to say i'm a little nervous. Don took me over to the site (his parents backyard) so that I could see the set up and run through the routine again. Luckily Tom and Rapee were there so I could talk to them a little more about what they would want.

We did a few test shots - just so I could see what my camera would do under certain settings.

I'm pretty happy with the out come and feel a little confident that I will not totally blow their wedding pictures. We figured out where I'll be for certain shots and what my son will be doing with the video camera.

As you can see it will be an outdoor wedding - so everyone hope for the best weather ever! It looks like the rain is going to hold off, so i'm crossing my fingers on a joyous event. I suppose the worse that could happen now would be a deer running through the dining hall just as people are heading to sit down and eat!! BUT I'LL HAVE MY LENS READY!!

Taking the Camera out on the Town

Today there is a festival in town and we are going to be visiting it. I have not yet taken my camera along to just snap pictures of random people. I think today - I will try.

There is also fireworks this evening and I'm going to give it another shot at capturing those as well.

When I visit the antiques/junque sales today, I'm hoping to find some treasures. I have a new phone that is capable of Internet browsing now, so I can "check out" an awesome find before I purchase it.

Hopefully I'll be back to post here about some spectacular item that i'm going to sell for multiple times what I paid for it!!

(or watch my auctions as GLOBALDUK to see if you can guess what the treasure is that I found)

Party In the Park

Today we had a party in the park. This was put on by the Saranac Library - it is part of their summer program. The library has had some great shows on Thursday mornings to entertain/educate the kids this summer. The party is something to reward them for all their reading so far.

We had bubbles the clown making balloon animals - and she was a hit!

There also was arts and crafts to enjoy, then popcorn and water to round it out!!

Fabulous!

Ionia Michigan - Fireworks

Fourth of July is all about taking the kids to see the fireworks.

This year we went to see Ionia's. We went to the fairgrounds and parked in the over flow lot, which is a big grassy field flanked by woods.

One would think, we'd have thought of the mosquito population given the amount of rain we had recently. We did not, and we were bitten plenty, but enjoyed the show. We were to far away to hear the music clearly - but the line of site was amazing.

More Photography!

Well they are finally going to do it. My brother - in - law is going to get married and he has asked me to take pictures during the wedding.

This is incredibly nerve wracking! I mean there is no "do over" to the most important day of your life!!

So I've been practicing, hoping to get even more familiar with my camera and lens.

Here is a great shot that came from our fourth of July BBQ in the backyard where they plan to marry.

Hopefully every picture I take at the wedding will show as much emotion in be a non-blurry as this one.!