Jo's Fun Fotos

13 years gone by

2011-06-26T15:52:00.000-07:00

I thought I should post a picture on the ol' photo blog to commemorate the passing of Teresa's childhood years, she is now... a TEEN! Bum, Bum, Bum!

This one seemed fitting, a cute party hat in the foreground and her cake and

birthday bowling pin in the background.

(We're going to get some cute ones of her in the next week, Maybe Wed. when the temp is below 90 degrees again)

Ring Bearer and Flower Girl

2011-06-02T09:08:00.000-07:00

I got so many cute shots of these guys, I decided to make a whole post

Peak at the Wedding

2011-05-16T21:59:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures from the wedding we attended while in Utah. They are of my kids :) Nathan was the ring bearer, and Teresa helped with the photo guest book.

Valentine's Day

2011-02-16T09:04:00.000-08:00

I wasn't going to post anything about Valentine's Day - even though it was really awesome. But I got some fun pictures, so I thought I would post them here.

Teresa's beautiful orchids from her dad

The Orchids are in this cute mug

These roses sit in a very pretty vase. My hubby loves me so much :)

If you look close, you can see the stamp on the inside of the box says Cambria. It's fudge from a little shop in Cambria

A little basket of goodies for Jonathan

The card Nathan made for Daddy

Not an amazing picture or anything, but a really good time was being had with the slot car track Jonathan got Nathan

Picture number 10000

2011-01-25T10:16:00.000-08:00

Yup, my number count on my Canon started over. This is my 10,000th picture

This weeks Gallery

2011-01-19T08:45:00.000-08:00

I haven't posted anything on the gallery in a long time. But this weeks theme - Mother Nature - just happens to fit perfectly with my last post.

Check out the other posts in the gallery, there are sure to be some amazing pictures

We love Cambria

2011-01-18T12:30:00.000-08:00

Disneyland

2010-12-09T09:05:00.000-08:00

Keep in mind this trip was not to take cook pictures of Disneyland, although, I would LOVE To make a trip for that. I didn't tak my good camera. I just took the Sony. I wanted to be able to capture a few memories. If I took my good camera, I would be too tempted to capture Disneyland, not my family having fun :)

But with that said, I managed to get a few nice shots

The Christmas lights were AMAZING! If you've never been to Disneyland at Christmas time, I highly recommend it(go on a weekday)

Willow Creek, Bass Lake CA

2010-10-19T09:13:00.001-07:00

From Fresno we traveled another hour or so to Bass Lake. These pictures are taken on two different hikes along Willow Creek. It was so pretty, and relaxing. You know what I'm talking about, the cool, clean air. The sound of the wind in the trees, the fresh smell and the sound of the running water *sigh* So nice! These are a few of my favorites.

Underground Gardens Fresno, CA

2010-10-18T20:56:00.000-07:00

Jonathan and I had the chance to get away this weekend - just the two of us. Our first stop, Fresno to see the underground gardens. We recommend it, it's easy to get to and quite impressive.

They get visitors from all over the world

The Forestiere Underground gardens were dug by one man over 100 years ago. If you'd like to read his story and see visitor info, go Here. He lived down there - it was much cooler. If you live close , go see it, you won't be disappointed. We toured with the Black Sheep bikers who came from San Jose, just to see the gardens. (not great for little kids though)

Grapes growing around a sunroof to let light in for the plants to grow.

Keep in mind, all of these photos are from underground, as far as 25ft

People Suck

2010-10-18T20:46:00.000-07:00

Favorite Photo

2010-10-13T08:39:00.000-07:00

This weeks gallery prompt is favorite photo. I have a lot of photos I like. But I went with the first thing I thought of. Pictures of my kids. These are just two of the sweet pictures I have.

This was taken when Nathan was 2 weeks old, Teresa was 8

This is on Nathan's first birthday, Teresa is 9

Go check out the other favorite photos. It's sure to be a group of great photographs.
Sticky Fingers

Picture time!

2010-09-28T11:52:00.000-07:00

Teresa had school pictures at school, and usually we take pictures of her before the school ones. But she's getting old enough that all the pictures look nice, so this year we'll wait and see how the school ones come out. But Nathan doesn't go to school. So it was time to try and get a good shot of him. Which is very difficult, seeing as how he doesn't stay still for more than 2 seconds at a time. He actually did pretty great. I asked if I could take some pictures of him and let him to his thing, while snapping a zillion pictures :)
These are my favorites to frame. I have some other fun goofy ones I'll post on the family blog :)

Which do you like best?
1.

I cropped the last one to an 8x10 and then a 4x6

Lets go way back ...

2010-09-07T20:28:00.000-07:00

To when she first started school...

This weeks theme at the Gallery is Back to school. Check it out, there will be lots of fun pictures to see regarding Back to School

I thought it would be fun to see my oldest progress from K-7th

I can't believe how much they change from year to year

2010-08-25T08:28:00.000-07:00

This is a picture I'm proud of. I love the aperture effect. I had just recieved a new lens and was anxious to play around. I love that it captured so much of my son's personality.

Taken February 2009 with my Canon Rebel XTi with the EF 55mm lens

Posted in response to the Gallery

A Memory

2010-08-16T19:37:00.000-07:00

This is in response to the gallery prompt on Sticky Fingers. The prompt is A Memory. I didn't know what I was going to do until today. Thinking of memories I have of a loved one who passed away Sunday. It seemed suitable to post pictures of a memory we share, our family reunions. We have had many reunions, as far back as I can remember. It just happens the last one we had was a super fun Geocache that this dear uncle set up for us. Such a close family, and this year another reunion is planned for November, but before we meet for Thanksgiving we will all be gathering Wednesday morning to say good bye to this amazing man.

This is my aunt(his wife) my uncle, a cousin and my dad singing - another tradition at the reunions

My uncle talking with his big brother(my dad)

These were take 2 years ago after his first stem cell replacement and chemo

The pictures aren't very high quality, it was dark, so a high ISO was needed.

Playtime!!!

2010-08-04T11:16:00.000-07:00

How my kids define playtime!

I should explain a little, the above link sends you to a blog with a fun little photo challenge. This week was "playtime". Go check it out, it's fun to see all the different interpretations

Enjoyment

2010-07-25T18:13:00.001-07:00

I really love this photo of my boys enjoying the ocean

LOVE This Photo!

2010-04-19T11:19:00.000-07:00

I just love this photo, it captured a little bit of my kids happiness

Wildflowers

2010-04-02T20:12:00.000-07:00

We took the family to Monterey for a couple days over Spring Break. The drive on 46 was very beautiful. We had those perfect fluffy clouds with green rolling hills and wildflowers. I got a few good shots from the car.

This one is my favorite, but doesn't show many of the flowers...

So here's one with flowers, but it doesn't do it justice. There were yellow, orange and purple patches all over the hills sides. Teresa said it looked like yellow paint was spilled on them

Pictures Nathan took

2010-01-02T21:27:00.000-08:00

These aren't my pictures. They are some Nathan took with my camera. He's always had a thing for the camera. He got one for Christmas this year, and he thinks it's so cool. If we have any gems I'll post them.

I love how he experimented with the camera being on the ground

It's just a lamp, but I like it

This is my favorite. Not thrilled his sister left her shoes in the walkway, but it made for a great picture ;)

And just a cute one of Seesa from Nathan's point of view

I know they aren't very interesting, but I think it's funny to see what little kids take pictures of.

Christmas

2009-12-10T15:32:00.000-08:00

The Tiner Family

2009-12-01T20:35:00.001-08:00

I had the honor of photographing Amanda's family.

This is her brother, Kris, and his family.

Her two nieces

And James and Amanda

I haven't had a chance to develop very many. But these are a few of my favorites.

Two Brighter Fall Desktops

2009-11-13T11:47:00.001-08:00

My handsome(and photo resistant)boy!

2009-11-13T11:20:00.001-08:00

Nathan will let you take a picture of him when he wants you to. So I've had a hard time getting a good one to put in a frame. I got lucky and I have 2 that I like.

Here are some fun ones, he has many great expressions

A new Desktop

2009-11-02T09:18:00.000-08:00

I developed one of the random pictures I took while at Hart Park earlier this year

Teresa

2009-09-29T19:04:00.000-07:00

Here is the picture of Teresa developed.

School Pictures? No!

2009-09-19T14:36:00.000-07:00

We took a little trip to Hart park to get some pictures of Teresa. Her school pictures are coming up next week and instead of depending on a mediocre picture to update her, I chose to do it myself.

We had a good time, we took some pictures, fed the ducks and had a picnic lunch. All before it got too hot :) I'll post more pictures on the family blog

(these have not been developed yet)

Nathan posed on the rock, so I couldn't resist

Jonathan took this one

That's my girl!

So happy

2009-08-06T17:08:00.000-07:00

Cambria

2009-07-02T12:44:00.000-07:00

Family Pictures

2009-06-10T08:18:00.000-07:00

I took my first family pictures yesterday. I've taken pictures of my relatives before, but never like a real photography session. This was a lot of fun. We went out to Hart Park and I walked around with the family taking pictures of them. It's a cute family, so pretty easy to photograph. And it helps that they were relaxed and had an idea of what they wanted (the mother also likes to do photography). I took over 100 pictures and about 40 of them are worth keeping. I know that sounds like a small amount, but I'm happy if 30% of the pictures I take are worth keeping, Not all of these are of the family, I did some of the 3 kids and some of each individually and some were just playful pictures, nothing to frame and put on your wall, but definately keepers :)

I'd love the chance to do it again. Practice makes perfect right?! Or at least better ;)

(I can't post any pictures of the family for privacy reasons)

But here's one of their little girl chasing my little boy(they are friends)

Our Garden

2009-06-01T16:36:00.000-07:00

We can't have a big garden this year since we're working on the yard.

So instead we have 2 pots with tomatoes and the kids are each growing different types of sunflowers.

I'm posting it here because I really love the picture

Happy Easter!

2009-04-15T19:23:00.000-07:00

My Favorites from Morro Bay

2009-04-10T19:03:00.001-07:00

These are some of my favorite pictures from our trip to Morro Bay

Desktop Wallpaper

2009-03-13T10:35:00.000-07:00

I take my wallpaper very seriously. It's something I see all the time, so I want it to be something I like. Lately it's been something I created. It started with a Kauai picture. Right now I have a beach scene from Morro Bay. But it's time for another change, so Nathan and I made it our project. Here are my two choices.

They are just flowers from my yard

I think the daffodils win, for now :)

Playing

2009-02-03T13:29:00.000-08:00

We found a lady bug just outside

And we played with it for a little bit

Of course, he had to show me his rock

Exploring

2009-01-22T08:04:00.000-08:00

Morro Bay

2009-01-18T08:33:00.000-08:00

Playing around

2009-01-10T13:37:00.000-08:00

Nathan and I were just playing around at Teresa's school

I like this one, even though it is blurry, he was just peeking around the tree, then he ran

The sun finally came out and we saw blue sky

Stink Bug! We watched this bug for quite some time

Nathan's leaf

Holiday Time

2008-12-15T09:09:00.000-08:00

Ty's graham cracker mansion

Centerpiece from Christmas Party

More Fall Fun!

2008-12-01T08:54:00.000-08:00

These are from our trip to Hart Park on Sunday

Fall is Fun!

2008-11-18T12:20:00.000-08:00

These were taken with my Canon Rebel XTi

Good tips

2008-11-03T11:21:00.000-08:00

I just came across this list and it's pretty good, it's a little lengthy, so if you aren't serious you might not get through all of it.
http://www.wikihow.com/Take-Better-Photographs

2008-10-20T10:32:00.000-07:00

Photo Opps

2008-10-13T09:32:00.000-07:00

Movie Star!

2008-09-25T09:05:00.001-07:00

These are two of my favorite pictures I've take of Nathan in the past month. I especially love the glasses. They are actually 3-D glasses from seeing "Meet he Robinsons"

Super Cute Boys!

2008-08-25T09:03:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Ian

These are two of my favorite pictures I got at Ian's
Birthday Party on Sat. Ian was so sweet to share his
cake with Nathan. They were super cute!

Some Sample pictures

2008-08-19T09:41:00.001-07:00

This one was taken with the macro mode on the camera
(My day lily out front) I love this one

This is just an outdoor action picture of Nathan

And here is one of Teresa inside with no flash.
The colors are a little orange, but it is pretty orange in my
house. So for not using flash it's about as good as it gets.
If I raise the ISO too high I will get a super grainy picture. I think
this one was taken at ISO 800, so it's already pretty high.

Here's the same picture with a little fixing with software

My newest Camera

2008-08-16T15:11:00.000-07:00

In order to accomplish my goal of becoming a better photographer I needed a camera I could carry with me all the time. I don't really mind taking my Canon Rebel XTi places, it's an awesome camera. But I'm afraid if I cart it everywhere something will happen to it and it's not the kind of camera you can whip out of your purse on the fly. So my search began...

At first I was looking at those ultra-compact digital cameras, thinking, of course, those will fit anywhere and be easy to "whip out". But after actually holding them, I decided a credit card with a lens was not for me. The other problem were the controls. I wanted to have a lot of manual control. So I guess I was looking for a mid-sized advanced point and shoot that wasn't going to cost a small fortune and had a decent zoom.

The results...

The Sony Cyber-Shot DSC H10!!! It's awesome!

I have manual control, if I want it. (plus a ton of preset modes)
Oh, and as I change the ISo or the shutter speed or the f stop it shows me the change in the picture, which is awesome and will help me understand that stuff better

It's small enough to fit in my purse (a little bigger than my wallet) But big enough I can hold it and feel like I am actually holding it, not pinching it in between my fingers, hoping I won't shake - AT ALL

It has a 10x optical zoom(which is really good, btw)

And 8 mega pixels, but that wasn't nearly as important as everything else

There were a lot of great camera's out there, some with super duper zoom, but no manual controls. And some with manual controls and very slow shutter. So this is the camera for me. I'm really excited and as soon as the battery charges again I'll post some pictures I took. They aren't awesome artsy or anything, but they'll show you the quality.

Special Spot

2008-08-14T14:09:00.000-07:00

I'm just creating a special spot to put my fun pictures.

You know, the ones of the flags at a cool

angle...

or sometimes you get that perfect shot of innocence and curiosity

My goal is to become a better photographer!

Plain and simple, which means a lot of photos need to

be taken. I will post the ones I like the most.