Arsty?

i guess this is Stephen's attempt to be artsy?

Be still child

I said my goodbyes to the sun
my little one, so far away.
And how strange, how small we must become
yet as familiar as yesterday

The bluest iris that I'd ever seen
She vanished like a dream, sinking back
into the ground
Singing "maybe i'm ashamed and maybe I wept real tears"
but maybe she was hiding because she wanted to be found
You wanted to be found!

Don't be afraid of him. Be still.

Playing

this is a picture of Josh, Evan and Joseph. i actually took this on my phone, i like how it turned out.

Father Guiding Son

I absolutely love this one. it shows the kind father, Eric, leading Canaan along. i shot this with the Sepia tone on my camera, messed with some brightness and contrast, and that's it.

Dog Pile on Josie!

Josie, John Kelly, and Canaan. this was hilarious, poor Josie. this was originally all color, and i made it black and white, went in and colored in Josie's shorts, Canaan's t-shirt, and Johnny's t-shirt. i liked the finished result.

and Moon

so it's incredibly hard to get a good picture of the moon. this was down at the beach house and i looked outside at the full moon and was "wow, i have to get my camera" it was so beautiful, out of about 10 pictures, this was the only clear one. i'm pretty happy with it

Sun...

random "hey, lets look up through the trees moment"
sharpened it a little

John Kelly 2

so more of Johnny, i like the bottom one the most, he is just so adorable. the top one is definitely blurry, but its a rare moment for him to be like that. increased sharpness on both, on the top one i blurred around it to try and focus more on his face

John Kelly

so we all know how much i love taking pictures of John Kelly, call me biased 'cuz i don't have as many of Canaan, but Canaan hates having his picture taken and John Kelly loves it.

anyway, this was at the beach (same time as the picture of Canaan) i just sharpened it and that's all.

Sassy C.

this was on the same day that i took the beach picture of Canaan. there was 2 dolphins jumping around this boat. it was really difficult to get a good shot, and finally i got this one.i know it's not the best, and in order for the dolphin to really show up, i had to darken the pictures, and fiddle with the brightness and contrast.

Canaan

Canaan at the beach. I love this one, he wasn't even posing, i just happened to snap it at just the right time. i sharpened it a little, but that's all i did to it

this is the edited version. i didn't do a whole lot to it, just warmed it up and changed the brightness and contrast.

this is the original (i think). i took this near the marsh.not exactly the most interesting subject, but i thought it would do for a good photo.

this is a photo of one flower that wasn't really all that good but with a little cropping to zoom it in, it turned out to be pretty decent. afte cropping, i put different effects, settings and played with the brightness and contrast, layer them all togethe, and this was my end result.