The Essentials.

Here's a quick recap of how spring semester 2010 has been going: class, the NU bus, Missy McLamb Photographers, The Daily Tar Heel, interviews, coffee, Cadbury Mini Eggs, and a 50 mm f/1.4  manual lens.

Here's a quick recap of some shots for class:

This was for my "composition" assignment. This displaced garage band moved inside to practice on a January Saturday night.

This was for my "light" assignment. On a sunny Sunday afternoon, a father pushes his daughter into the clouds at Herman Park.

This was for my "moment" assignment. Baby Annabelle squeezes her mom's finger as she eats grape jelly for the first time at a post-mass Sunday brunch.

Hill Country's Greatest Vied's (pt. 1)

It has been about a month since New Year's, but photographs can never be too late when they deal with family. New Year's happened about 2 hours north of Corpus Christi in the hill country of Texas. The decade's final sunset was absolutely glorious, especially with the oddity of a landed sail boat, a few familiar faces, and a good game of Mexican Train.

Auntie Esther (I hope this makes her feel old) sits on the edge of Uncle Joe's infamous sail boat in a New Year's Eve sunset. This boat has had it's fair share of traveling along the Atlantic and Gulf Coast and currently resides in the deer-ridden hills of Texas.

Nothing, in my opinion, makes for better pictures than rusty farm equipment, dead grass from a year without rain, and awesome clouds.

Ham sandwiches, Coca-Cola and Shiner graced the table New Year's Eve. Aunt Liz, Uncle Joe and Aunt Paula were clearly enjoying the table's conversation in which a few drinks probably made it very interesting.

Uncle Joe and Mom talked for hour's at the quilting table, which turned into a makeshift hors d'oeuvre bar for the night. I love how it seems they are in a staring contest, when really, they are avoiding the topic of politics.