fisheye

I just got my new lens - a Canon f2.8 15 mm fisheye! I've been lusting for a fisheye for years so I am pretty giggly about finally having one. Of course, it won't look like a true fisheye on my current camera due to the crop factor of the sensor; yet another reason to get a 5d!

Here's a few examples - it actually almost looks like a rectilinear wide angle (less distortion) rather than a fisheye until you see the bending of the license plates. I can't wait to see what it looks like on a full frame sensor! Once the weather clears up I'll play with outside but here are a few I snapped off quickly in the office -




some of my funky random figurines, including a few Little Homies, Smoking Baby, and a cake topper with a headless groom that I saved from the wedding I shot in Costa Rica this summer -

Wisconsin

A few more shots from that same trip home - while I was there I was the featured artist at the Lake Gallery in Lakewood, WI and attended the opening. I also spent some time in Green Bay with my best friends from high school and finally got to check out the remodel of Lambeau field.

some shots -



I shot this series when I first started photo school and it is still one of my favorites - it was really cool to see it hung -



my grandpa and dad checking out my portfolio -



who wants jerky?



my friend Jim gave me a yearbook from West High from the 30's - my grandmother sat down and made notes by the teachers she remembered and various people that we are related to -





Jack at the barn -





Shay Lake sunset -



Shawn, me & Leah -



courtesy of Jim Rivett

my brother -





the new atrium at Lambeau -

60th anniversary

I made a trip home this summer to attend and shoot my grandparent's 60th anniversary brunch up near Lakewood, WI. All of my mom's siblings were there along with my brother and I and a few cousins I hadn't seen in a long time. I got some great shots of my grandparents and my grandfather with HIS siblings...here are some of my favorites:

my grandpa -



my brother Bob -





the happy couple -




these were on a shed outside the restaurant - aren't they neat?



my grandpa (on the right), his sister and twin brothers -



my great uncle and his wife -



when my mom was little my grandmother used to line her and her brother and sisters up in order of age for all of their pictures...we just *had* to re-create one -



this is the bike my brother and I both learned to ride on - my parents gave (loaned?) it to some friends of theirs when they had kids -





photo courtesy of Bob Parins

it's back

wahoo my computer is back! One power source, one logic board and one optical drive later...

So I finally got to go through some of the pictures from Christmas and realized I have about ten times as many pictures of the dog as I do of my husband or myself. When and if I do get pregnant I think we're going to have to get a separate hard drive for baby pictures.

Anyway, here are a few of my favorite shots from Christmas day - the one of me was taken by my lovely and talented husband Nate.














he's sending turkey related mind bullets:

computer update

Just a quick update - my computer is back in SLC after coming home with the same problem it left with. I'm tempted to think it's something to do with the power supply in our house since it tested just fine in the shop. I really hope they can get it fixed and back to me soon - I am just dying to work on my photos from Christmas!

In the meantime, another shot from my latest Jackson series:

how I spent my Christmas break

photo courtesy of Nathan Gray.



Snowboarding 15" of new snow at Grand Targhee in Alta, WY. Woo hoo!!!

Followed by a gigantic meal with our roommate and his new fiancee and my good friend Jon. A very good day, all in all.

computer problems

My computer has inexplicably broken. It gets as far as the login screen and shuts itself off. What this means for the blog is that there probably won't be many posts until I get Roger back from MacDocs in Salt Lake as I now don't have any way to process my photos. Thank goodness I got the website and my ad done before he decided to take a powder.

Speaking of powder...7" in the last 24 hours - I'm on my way out to snowboard!

from my recent jackson series: