One off the Bucket List

I just got back from the Big Apple.  I have had seeing the Statue of Liberty on my bucket list for a long time.  Trouble was my husband didn't have an interest in New York in general.  Enter my daughter, Monica.  She is always up for traveling.  Thus she was my partner in this adventure.  I am adding pictures as I get them edited.  We saw all the tourist sights, which was actually my goal. I am happy to report the New Yorkers didn't live up the reputation of being rude.

Central Park Bridge

911 Memorial

Family Ties

Last Christmas I was trusted to take some family pictures for a dear friend.  I had never worked with such a large group and with such a diverse age range.  It was an adventure and I learned a ton while working with the family and editing the pictures.  Photoshop is an amazing tool.  Here is the final wall where the pictures hang. Looks pretty nice!

Family Life in the High Desert

This first picture was taken on the east side of my daughters neighborhood.  The second picture is desaturated.  Which picture Do YOU like best?

Teenage Beauty

I recently had the opportunity to photograph a beautiful, young willing model. We used a few locations but an old abandoned school was the best light. I had fun, hope she did too.

The lower picture is my personal fav.

Port Arthur, Tasmania

These are more pics of Port Arthur. It was a photographer's Dream location. I have photographed a few people lately but my heart is still with landscape photography.

This is my fav picture of them all.

December Trip "Down Under"

In December my husband, sister and brother-in-law took a trip to New Zealand and Australia. This first picture was the highlight of the trip for me. This was taken at Port Arthur in Tasmania. It is part of the ruins of a penal colony. It ceased operation in about 1844 or something like that, but those in Australia recognized the value of preserving the past and it is a wonderful place to visit. It was a place for "secondary offenders"...meaning those who came from England for primary offenses (crimes) went to Australia mainland and if they committed another crime, they were sent to Port Arthur. This is the 12 Apostles. It is located off the coast not far from Melbourne Australia. There are only 10 Apostles now (two have fallen away into the sea)

A nice dinner cruise out from Aukland, New Zealand.

This is Tasman Arch (in Tasmania, Duh). I didn't think it was that amazing but I have received a lot of comments about this pic so I decided to include it.

These are Lupin. On our rush to get to a nature cruise in Milford Sound in Tasmania we passed fields and fields of these wildflowers. On the way back we stoped and took in the beauty..

couple up

M & M poses for a spring photo. Do the color's look right? What do you think?