Family By Divine Design:: Fun Friday: Developing Talents

18 October 2013

Fun Friday: Developing Talents

My husband and I have a fancy DSLR camera. We purchased it a few years ago, and we love it. Shooting in auto mode it's almost impossible to take a bad picture. But it's such an amazing camera, and I love good photography - I've wanted to get out of auto mode and become a skilled photographer. I've also wanted to take classes, but haven't had the money/time, or the classes were no longer available. I've had free instruction pinned on pinterest but haven't had the time/motivation/subjects to bother with them. Until last Saturday. I've shared these desires of mine with a good friend, and she decided recently that she needed a current family picture. So she asked me to do it. I crammed a little bit on some of the shorter tutorials on pinterest and headed out to meet her family in a location that I knew someone else had taken some lovely family photos at last year. I think I did rather well (not to toot my own horn or anything). Here are some of my favorites:

My paternal grandfather used to own his own photography studio and I've seen some of his stuff - it was pretty darn good. Maybe I've inherited some of his talent? A girl can hope. :) Also hoping to do my own family photos this Saturday with a tripod and a self-timer. Hope that works out with three littles, one of whom is a toddler. hahaha

4 comments:

Terrianne18 October, 2013 14:09
Beautiful, Rachael! Wish you were closer so you could take one for us to send with Christmas cards.
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shiningstar198218 October, 2013 15:40
I follow a blogger, who gives great pointers, and if you click on any of her photos on her page you can she everything she used. Here is the blog: http://www.kevinandamanda.com/ I think you did a great job on the pictures.
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April and Michael Maughan18 October, 2013 19:25
Turned out great! That still just a daydream for me :/ Lately I don't even pick up my camera. Good for you on getting out there and trying!
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David's Bio

I grew up in southeastern Idaho moving at age one from the center of our town to the outskirts. This home had approximately ten acres and much of my youth was spent outdoors both playing and working with my grandparents on their farms. I enjoyed sports throughout my life and was active in wrestling and football throughout junior high and high school. My junior and senior years at high school a sweet young girl even convinced me to join the ballroom dance team. I graduated from high school and attended BYU where I earned my Bachelors degree in Biology in April 2007. Having been raised in the gospel it has always been an influence in my life.

Rachael's Bio

I lived in south central Idaho on a two-acre property in a three-story home until the fourth grade. We moved to Idaho's capitol where we lived until I was in eighth grade when we moved to south eastern Idaho. This move affected my life greatly. It helped me to gain and solidify my testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ as well as helped me decide how accurately I was going to live the gospel. This is also where I met David who was to become my best friend and husband. After graduating from high school in 2001 I attended BYU for four and a half years and graduated with a B.A. in Modern Dance, shortly before giving birth to our first child. Through all of my experiences my faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ and my dedication to living His gospel with integrity has increased. My greatest desire is that I will be able to help my children live and love the gospel.

Our Love Story

Rachael and David met first in their ward after Rachael moved in at the age of fourteen. Rachael's family had just moved across town to a home more suited to their needs than the original duplex. Both of their families were active in the church and Rachael and David both served in leadership positions of their respective YM/YW groups. With that constant exposure to each other was added the fact that they went to the same high school and were in the same graduating class. They found each other to be attractive and dated each other quite a bit near the end of their senior year and the summer afterward. After his freshman year at BYU David went on a mission to Russia - Rachael wrote him about every month and a half, just as an "interested" friend. Rachael was at home working for the summer when David returned from his mission and immediately felt that she wanted to date him again, so she asked him to go see the Phantom of the Opera in Salt lake City; thereafter followed about six months of courtship before they were married in Logan, Utah. Now they're both "the luckiest."