K-Cat fell asleep in a toy storage bucket today. I thought she had stuffed her blanket in the bucket, but when I helped her out I saw Buddy, crushed at the bottom. Looks comfy. Shot with an SB600 45 degrees camera right fired at the ceiling for fill. Shot at 1/30 f2.8 ISO 100 with a 50mm 1.4 lens on a Nikon D200. Happy Snapping!

A storm was rolling in today at sunset. I have a feeling it might mean snow, but the clouds were amazing! This panoramic photo doesn’t do them justice. Click here for a larger image.

More B-Cookie. Why? Because B-Cookie sits still and can’t get away from me. Using natural light coming from behind camera through a North facing window. Shot at 1/80 f2.8 ISO 200 with a 50mm 1/4 lens on a Nikon D200.

B-Cookie takes a bath. She is very calm and never screams or cries in the bathtub. That’s good, because she spits up a lot and often smells like cheese.

Sisters. How cute! I think K-Cat may have a few things to learn, ha ha.

K-Cat was bit by a wasp today. Bottom of her foot, ouch! She cried and I pulled out the AfterBite (and a kiss).

B-Cookie is getting so much bigger and she loves her tummy time. I can’t stop looking at her red hair.

These are some shots of Park Lake at sunset, taken at the end of Lukas’ Birthday Party. If you want to get a more dramatic sunset, expose for the sky on auto and see what the camera’s settings are. Switch over to manual and use the same settings. Then start taking pictures, raising the shutter speed higher each time. The faster the shutter speed, the darker and sometimes more dramatic the sunset will look. Sometimes you can play with the white balance too. If you set it to fluorescent you can get a magenta boost to your sunset. Try it out and play around until you get what you like. Happy Snapping!

Crazy-L turned five today! We celebrated with a trip to the Corn Maze and a picnic supper at Park Lake. Here is the recipe for the beef on a bun we had. Easy BBQ Beef on a Bun.

So here is my first attempt at food photography. I use a recipe program called MacGourmet and it has an option to attach a photo to each recipe. I thought a good way to practice some food photography would be to take a picture of the things I bake. Unfortunately, not everything I make looks as good as it tastes, ha ha. Here is the recipe for No Bake Cookies.