Transformer Happy Shot!

This picture cracks me up. This thing my son is doing with his hands is a signature thing that all my friends do in photos. My husband came up with it as something cheesey for the camera. We call it the money shot but for my son it is the ""happy shot" cause I do0n't want him yelling out money shot, lol. We have pictures of everyone doing this at my wedding, at the hospital when the baby was born, when they travel across seas. It's good times, someday I will post the various money shots across the years. For now here is a couple pics of my son in his transformer helmet, this kid is goofy.




Here is an old shool photo of DH displaying the money shot:

These Hands are My Own

I took these a couple weeks ago just practicing on skin tones but they work perfect for the theme. I love , love , love baby hands. I love the way they discover them and how they have to pick everything up even though it goes straight to their mouths. I know the hands are out of focus in the first one and the comp is off but it's kinda fitting cause he's looking at them like"hey what happened to my hands", lol. In the second pic I just really like how sharp his hand is.

Kiki

This is my niece. Her name is Kaitlyn but my son started calling her Kiki. We are the only ones that do it, but we like it. This was a lot of fun getting pratice on her. I love the red hair and freckles, adorable. Maybe that's only cause everyone says she looks a lot like me when I was young and how could that not be adorable ;) I posted these in my gallery and got some great cc so I did some recrops, what do you think?

Toy photo shoot anyone?

OK so this is probably why my husband tolerates my photography hobby so much. He collects toys...well action figures- he would quickly correct me on that. He has more then you could imagine. I mean seriously...40 year old Virgin times 10 if you have ever seen the movie. He has two rooms in the basement filled with shelves of everything you can imagine- Star Wars, Super Heroes, Transformers, Indiana Jones..the list goes on. Someday I will take pictures of that when I get the chance. This one is his HellBoy and he had me set up a photo shoot for him. I actually think it is kinda cool the way it turned out and it was nice to have a different subject. TFL

How did I do?

Ok So I have never shot anyone except for family before. Yesterday I talked my friends into letting me take their pics. Not that it took much convincing cause they are awesome like that. I was kinda nervous though. By the time I got home it was late so I just opened the first 10 and picked one of each to work on. So how did I do-the good and the bad (I know I cut off hands in these two, I hope I didn't in all of them). What do I need to work on. I'm thinking maybe I need a tighter crop on the 2nd one? I can't wait to go through the rest.

Oops I did it again.

Another tat. Did I mention that I loved fire and flames?. My mom hates this tattoo cause she thinks people will misinterperet it, but I know my beliefs. I just think the design is fun. This one represents my wild side...well when I had one before my kids (R.I.P) Actually I don't miss that at all. If you would have told me five years ago when I got this tattoo that I would be settled down with kids and married by now I would never have believed it. Crazy how much life can change in a relatively short time. And I couldn't be happier. Not the best pic cause I had to take it in the mirror. I like the way the urban acid looks on the flames.

What the Heck?

This is the most bizarre thing I have ever seen on Youtube....and I love it. Seriously I cannot stop watching this. It gets stuck in my head and people look at me like I am a weirdo. Lol at least my friends understand since I have made everyone I know watch this. It is so random my first reaction was "what the heck" and then I watched it again...and again...Pause my music and take a look/listen.