scrappinmamma on Slide

OK Gals, I had lots of fun doing self portraits this morning. I decided I would go out into my garden and take pictures with my dahlias, roses, raspberries and tomatoes. Well, I also remembered I had a red hat in a hat box that I bought when I joined a Red Hat Society. To date, we have never worn them anyplace. I use it to take photos of kids. So I decided I should use my $48 hat for some self portraits. I had so many stupid pictures to choose from, I couldn't decide which one to use........thus, the slideshow. I had real trouble with my tomato plants as you'll see. I decided that's part of self-portraits........trying to figure out where you are in the lens. So...........here I am! If you want to see the whole shoot, click on the slideshow link.

scrappinmamma on Slide

More B&W's

Sorry everyone but this was a great day for our family. Our son, Doug graduated from Portland State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Japanese. I made the pictures B&W so I could share the day with you. You'll see Doug, his wife Amber and of course, our granddaughter Mikayla. Hope I don't bore you to death but this B&W challenge frees me up to bring in everything !

What would a black & white challenge be without Mikayla???? I chose to put her in sepia just for a different effect.

B&W Wedding

More B&W

Sara: 1/160s, f7.1, ISO400
Tree: 1/200, f8.0, ISO:400

B&W

Here are some pictures I took of a wedding this last week and I turned them into black & white. Mostly I wanted to post these so you could see this cake. It was a total castle with a mote (with fish) and they cut it with a sword. I kidded them about now that they're married, they'll be "in prison".

Perspective Photo

This shot shows where we live, about 1 mile from the top of Sexton Mountain. We're in the large clump of green trees in the middle of the picture. This shows me facing SE. The lights below are a Haggen parking lot.

The pictures in the next set are taken with me facing due west to capture the sunset.