School of photography by my dad

I inherited all of my dad's camera equipment and when I finally bought a digital SLR, I went with a Canon so I could use the telephoto lenses from his old Canon 35mm. Sometimes when I take pictures, I could swear dad is looking through those lenses again. He never really sat me down and taught me how to take a photo, but somehow his style rubbed off on me. On my recent trip to Phoenix, these two photos jumped out at me as pure dad-style pictures. And I'm totally in love with both of them. Thank you, daddy.

Rachelle & Russell

 
One of my goals in 2010 is to FINALLY buy a digital SLR camera and start taking photos on the side. I've always loved photography and this is the year! So I started things off right...today I borrowed friend Rachelle's Nikon to take photos of her and her fiance, Russell. They're recently engaged and you can tell that they are in love by the way they look at each other. So sweet. Here are just a few of my favorites from today's photo session...

My nephew, the model

For his 15th birthday, we arranged to have professional photos of my nephew taken. Libby Ann Johnson took these awesome pics of him that can be viewed at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=138473&id=1243375405&l=a8a666037f.

Cover dog

Took a great shot of my mom's dog, Hero. Just had to share. Added ones of my sister's dog, Cali, and my cat, Bridget...don't want any of the little critters to get jealous. :)