Getting my post up a smidge early this week! This week’s theme, fittingly, was “red, white, blue.” I had wanted to get a picture of the flag guy in Leesburg, VA – this guy decks himself out in American flags and rides his bike around town planting them everywhere. All year. It’s amazing and he is nice...
Island Tyme Band is a very cool reggae-inspired cover band that has been playing at one of the shopping centers near our house, so I thought a few shots of them would be perfect for this week’s theme.My husband and I love music, so this was a super fun challenge for me. I was definitely...
This is the little girl I carried for 40 weeks 5 days! She arrived naturally at 4am with just hours to spare before my scheduled c-section on June 18th, weighing in at 7lbs 15ozs and 20.5 inches long. I had been planning her newborn photoshoot since I found out I was pregnant, but a few...
Blink and…you’ll have a baby and forget all about your project 52!Miss Abigail joined the world at 4am on Tuesday. We came home on Thursday and apparently, we were quite busy because all of a sudden it’s 4pm on Saturday and I realized I didn’t have anything to post! Please see previous post about incessant...
First things first – Happy Father’s Day to my wonderful husband, my dad, and my father-in-law! Before getting pregnant, I definitely would have told you my worst habit was drinking coffee and I probably would have taken dozens of pictures of every cup of coffee I’d had this week (which was usually around 4 per...
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Kasia of KGilbert PhotographyI would love to see pics of the flag guy! Great fireworks shots. Care to post your settings? Always love to see what folks use to capture them as I think I have done it a different way everytime. we are flooding down here so no fireworks around here. Maybe next year.
Blaire RingBoth were taken on my Rebel with Tamron 17-50 lens…top is f/13 ss/8.0 ISO 200 and bottom is f/13 ss/6.0 ISO 200 🙂
JenThe flag guy sounds great! Love your fireworks shots. They turned out great!
The Gaggle PhotographyOooh those fireworks look so awesome. And I love the flag in the flower pot.
NancyLove all your images!! The fireworks images are beautiful. I didn’t take any this year and now I wish I would have!!
Megan Graves PhotographySo festive, love the fireworks. I never get good fireworks shots because I get lost in them like a little kid and forget to shoot!!