July 31.

Here are two more pictures I have from the hike I took the other day. Hiking in California is the best. Just in case you didn't know.

July 30.

This picture is from an evening hike I took earlier this week. I love the light in the evening;as I've said many times before. It has been so hot here in California lately and the evening wasn't much cooler but I enjoyed hiking nonetheless. The dog in the picture is my mom's jack russell terrier named Lily. She is a tough brute who loves walking and working, but can be the biggest baby sometimes.

Head Shots Of Brianna

Here are some pictures of my friend Bri. These are some of my more favorite ones...but there are more to come. :)

This picture above is the only one that I really messed with color-wise. It needed something...

My favorite of the pictures.This captures the essence of my friend.

Bits and pieces

I've been trying to post pictures as much as I can, and take pictures also as much as I can, because it has been said before that practice makes perfect. Here are some pictures that I took on a walk the other day.

I haven't been taking too many pictures lately but here are some I took yesterday.

I met this cat on a walk with my sister. It didn't like me and ran away right after I took this picture. Too bad.

I love taking walks in the evening. You get the golden light...like this.

My Dog Skip

Actually, my dog's name is Jazz. She likes playing fetch. :)

*ISO 200-24mm-F10*

* ISO 200-f10-18mm*

Make A Wish

My picture for the day. July 14th. Time is flying.

July 12.

While I was in Pasadena(if you see my previous post), I saw a lovely brick building that I made my sisters stand in front of for a while so I could take their pictures.

I really like this picture here just because while it's a very straight-forward portrait shot, what makes the picture interesting is the composition and color of the brick. I did saturate the picture a bit to give the brick and the color of my sister's shirt more definition but if you ever want a cool place to take pictures, brick buildings are most always a good place.

This picture here I edited to be black and white, but the next picture down you will notice is the color version of the same picture. I did this to show what a different look you can get with black and white, or color. Because of the brick building, I think that the color version of the photograph may be better because it shows the interesting color range of the brick but the black and white adds a dramatic effect to the picture which I really like.

A Day in Pasadena

The other day, my sisters (Dana and Addy) and I went down to Pasadena for the afternoon

to have some lunch and hang out around the city. I took some pictures as we walked around the city with our stomachs full and our souls happy. Here they are:

Such a cute pizza place. So picturesque!

My sister Dana is quite the coffee lover so we went to a coffee shop called Intellgentsia. This particular coffee shop has a couple stores around California and is quite well known among the city people. I would say it's just a fad....but they make a mean latte.

I was running away

Both of these pictures are straight out of the camera-in other words, I didn't mess with them at all.They're of a certain cockatiel named Mango.

Oh yeah, and I took them manually.ISO 200/F7.1.

Fireworks.

Happy Fourth of July..only a couple of days late.

I wish the picture was bigger..maybe it's just my inability to understand computers...

but you can always click on the picture to see it larger.

I'm glad I was able to capture the people watching the fireworks in this picture as well as the fireworks, because I think it gives it more....pizzaz.Anyways, I didn't mess too much this picture, I only lightened up the shadows so the people are more pronounced.

A day in July.

I recently got a new camera, a Sony Alpha 390.I had done no research on it at all and that is crazy for me because I'm a big researcher on big buys and I guess that's good but, anyways. It was a great deal so I bought it to try it out and I am greatly enjoying it. It's a D-Slr, and my first camera with interchangeable lenses. I'm learning every day how to use it better...and for the price that I got it(with two lenses)..i'm feeling happy.

This is my favorite of the pictures. The only thing I messed with in this picture was the colors.I saturated it a little and voila!I'm gonna tell you something..you notice that the focus is on the earring and her hair instead of her face?Well, I didn't even mean for it to be that way. I had intended to have her face be the focus, but forgot to set the "focus" to the right (where her face was). Sometimes mistakes end up as good pictures.

July 2.

So for right now, you're gonna see a lot of collages.

My computer seems to be having trouble.Maybe it likes collages and

is telling me to do more.I'm not complaining..not yet at least.

*Click photo to enlarge it*

Years..

They've been married over 25 years.

Grandfather and Grandson

I had my camera handy when I saw them playing video games

in the garage. So I snapped these pictures of an awesome neighbor.