The kids and I found a this little guy crawling around on some moss under one of the oak trees in our yard. I used two flash units on their lowest settings and fired away. I always find these close up shots interesting because it’s a whole new world when you get so close. Like I said, the ladybug is crawling across some moss but when you get this close, it almost looks like...

When it comes to shooting flowers, I prefer an individual flower or a small group. These are shot with a 100mm macro lens that does a terrific job of blurring the background. I should have taken a picture of the kitchen table as it was a...

Lake Houston probably isn’t going to make anyone’s top ten list for pretty lakes but there is nice sunset there almost every day. I got the kids in the car at 5:11 and by 5:20 I shot my first photo as we made it just before the sun fell out of view for the...

Up until just recently, Nathan never liked me to throw him in the air very high and then catch him and Kayla loved it. In the last couple of weeks, it’s reversed. Kayla gets scared when I throw her in the air while I can now throw Nathan as high as I want and he loves it! For...

Nathan had some minor eye surgery last week to fix an intermittent alignment problem. Ever since he was little, we would notice that one eye would not focus on subjects properly, mostly when he was tired or sick. We tried patching the eye over the last year without any improvement. The specialist we’ve been seeing thought it was time to go ahead with the surgery and after some convincing, we agreed. Anyway, he had the surgery a...