Langenwalter

 The other night I had the opportunity to photograph the Langenwalter family. Read that third word again, night. I photographed them at night in their home. Please keep in mind, I prefer to shoot in natural light (which I didn't have since, again, it was night time) and I don't have any studio lights. What's a person to do with such lighting issues? I took out my bounce flash and dusted off those "college newspaper photographer" bounce flash skills. Here are a few photos from their session.

Black & White (The Paper Mama Challenge)

I cannot remember the last time I competed in anything. High School? College maybe? I don't know.

When I saw this photo challenge on The Paper Mama, I thought "Hey, why not? I have black and white photos of my kids". And so, I am entering this photo in this week's Black & White photo challenge. This is a photo of my son and daughter (and niece) on vacation at Yellowstone. They were waiting for Old Faithful and getting more antsy by the minute, when suddenly they stopped and got quiet. My son put his arm around my daughter and then my niece followed; it was such a nice moment I had to capture it. I'm glad I did because it was such a fleeting moment (which quickly returned to squirming and complaining).