I'm Not a Professional, But I Play One on a Blog...

The hardest part of this blogging business, for me, is the photography.  I LOVE taking pictures, as my kids (and probably my dogs if they could) would grudgingly tell you.  I whip out the camera every chance I get.  I immortalize every trip, event, and sometimes the usual Tuesday, with many a photo.  The problem is that I have no idea what I'm doing and I am pretty sure it's obvious in my pictures.  Don't get me wrong, everyone is almost always in focus and for the most part centered, but I know I am missing all the nuances of composition and lighting and all the other important things that professional photogs get paid the big bucks for understanding how to do.  Although, I am pretty darn good at close ups of things like flowers and cacti because my fancy Cannon does mostly all the work for me.  But realistically, how many close up flower photos can you have if you are not a botanist?

Whats my point?  Well, I tell you all this as a preamble to an apology and to ask you to bear with me as I stumble my way though showing you the objects of my posts.  And, because I am not that great at it (going back to the perfectionist affliction), most of the time I create something I am in love with, I grab my phone and snap a pic onto Instagram (which also does mostly all the work and hides poor photography with glorious colors, blurring and framing) which never seem to translate well into actual photos outside of Instagram.

But, as I said before we will muddle through and just do what's in front of us today.  If you have any amount of patience and can try to focus on the crafts and projects, I will work on my photography.  I am pretty sure I have the manual around here somewhere and that if I figure out what the knobs and buttons do, I can probably make them work.  If you are a photographer (professional or just a really darn good amateur) and you want to throw some tips my way, I would be grateful.  

Sample of my photo skills - my cute kids in Prescott, AZ