Photography in the Park

My friend Katherine got a fancy-pants camera for Christmas and has been learning how to use it.  She emailed me about a month ago with what she said I might think was a strange proposal.  In addition to blogging, riding horses and taking pictures, Katherine is also an avid runner (and triathlete and half-iron woman!). One evening, she was out running around Southwood and found a pretty little park.  Her proposal was to take pictures of Juliet (and me and Ray if I wanted) at this park because she wanted to practice her photography skills.  More cute pictures of my child?  Yes, please!  And pictures of me with my child?  Sold!  I have tons of pictures of Juliet.  And I have a lot of pictures of Ray with Juliet.  But I have very few of me with her.  I think this is because I am the one taking pictures - Ray is a man and doesn't think, "Awww, that is so cute I need a picture of it!" very often.

A couple of Sundays ago, we met Katherine at this park on a gorgeous afternoon.  She took a ton of pictures of us with her Canon Rebel T3, and we had such a good time!  Unfortunately, I somehow managed to delete the entire disc of pictures when I was transferring them to my laptop this evening.  I swear, I have actually used a computer before.  I have even transferred files from a disc to a hard drive before.  I truly have no idea what happened.  One minute, I was creating a folder to send the pictures to, and the next moment, I was yelling, "Don't format the disc!!" like that would somehow stop what was going on.  Thankfully, Katherine kept all of the originals and is willing to provide me with another disc.  She said, "A pro never deletes her originals."  (This was after she told me that she couldn't help me because she'd deleted them after she burned the disc.  She can be evil.)

Before I annihilated what she gave me, I sent three pictures to Ray via email, so I do have those to share.  (Thank you, Sent Mail!)

A nice, normal shot:

I love this next picture so very, very much.  I feel like this speaks volumes about who Juliet is right now.  She is such a snuggle bug, but she loves to chew anything she can get her hands on.   I love her crazy, wild hair that I cannot tame.  And I love her beautiful eyes that, on this day, were blue.  But she has her father's eyes, so sometimes, they're kind of green.  When the sun shines in her eyes, you can see more of the green with flecks of yellow.  It is so wonderful to look at her and see my husband when he is away from us.

Finally, this picture just makes me laugh out loud.  This shot also is an excellent demonstration of who Juliet is.  She is a crazy, happy girl.  She laughs a big girl laugh and grins giant grins.  And she thinks I am hilarious.  I would do just about anything to hear her laugh her shrieking, "Mama, you are so funny!" laugh.  God, I love this child!