The Colors of Fall

One thing I really like about where I live is the change of seasons. Although I'm usually tired of winter by February, I do appreciate the unique beauty in all 4 seasons ... and the beauty of fall is some of the most vibrant!

I recently took this photo of just some of the colorful leaves around here. I love how the green moss they are lying on seems to make the leaves' color pop even more.



This photo is my submission for the "Vivid Color" photo challenge over at Perceptive Perspective.

Autumn Landscapes

When I was on my photo walk the other day, I took these photos of the autumn colors near our house, and I'm submitting them for the "Landscape" theme for this week's challenge at Perceptive Perspective.

Lots of Feet

Today the kids and I watched Oldest Son run in his cross country meet. While we were there, I snapped some pictures for this week's "Feet" photo challenge over at Perceptive Perspective.

Running in tandem


Cute 4 YO feet


Dirty kid feet(This is what happens when the kids love to run around barefoot ... and these are pretty clean compared to some summer days!)


By the way, Oldest Son placed 2nd out of 20 5-6th grade boys!

Middle Child's Photo Shoot

Well, I did actually make it outside again for another photo shoot yet today, this time with the Middle Child.

Once again, I used my fixed 50mm f/1.4 lens.

















What do you think of these? Middle Child is a real character, and I think his personality really came out in the pics.

Since I read the rules over at Perceptive Perspective and it looks like there is no limit to the number of photos you can submit for each weekly challenge, I'm going to enter this series of pics into her "Kids" theme for this week, too.

Photo Shoot with the Youngest

In recent years I've stopped going to the portrait studios in Penney's and Wal-mart and have begun taking my own pics of our children for their yearly portraits. I don't buy their school pictures either ... way too expensive (especially with five kids) and not always the greatest quality either.

This afternoon I took the Youngest outside to take his portrait pics. It was very overcast (in fact, we had to wait a little bit for the sprinkles to stop) which I thought would help avoid shadows. Since I didn't take any pictures with the sky in them, it didn't matter that the sky was white and gray with clouds instead of blue.

I used my fixed 50mm f/1.4 lens for the whole photo shoot.

















What do you think? Which do you like the best? I'm debating between a couple of them.

These pictures are also my submission to Perceptive Perspective's "Kids" theme.

Now I have to find the time take the other kids out one by one for their own photo shoots!

Tricycle Handlebars

This week's theme at Perceptive Perspective is "Metal." Here's my submission:



Be sure to visit Perceptive Perspective to view more photographs showcasing "metal."

Lone Tree in the Mountains

Perceptive Perspective's theme for the week is "Nature." I'm submitting another cool nature shot I took in Glacier.

I took this as we were walking back to our van to leave Many Glacier. I happened to look to the side and saw this lone tree with the mountain behind it and thought it could make a nice composition.

Splash Pad

The other week I took the kids over to our town's new splash pad and was able to capture some fun memories.

(My submission for another "Blue" theme, this time over at the Thursday Challenge)

(My submission for "Pure Joy" at Perceptive Perspective)
***UPDATED to say that I won this photo challenge!

I'm also submitting both of these pictures for Simplicity's "Summer" theme.

Butterflies

Perceptive Perspective has "Critters" at its photo theme for this week.

We have a bunch of coneflowers planted in the flowerbed in front of our living room window. This year a whole bunch of butterflies discovered it and decided to make it their playground. Sometimes when you walk past, atleast 6 butterflies fly up out of the flowers. Today I snapped some pretty nice pictures with my telephoto lens.



This one is my favorite because I love how the depth of field almost makes the flower with the butterfly on it look like it is floating out of clouds.




Be sure to visit Perceptive Perspective to see more awesome critter photos.