I went to my first Strobist Meetup here in Tulsa yesterday!! I got involved with them in their Flickr group, and got to meet a bunch of them for the first time! I was the only female photographer there, but all the guys were VERY nice and VERY VERY helpful! It was a GREAT learning experience, as I had never done off-camera lighting like that before! It was so helpful to actually put into practice everything that I had been reading and studying! My Speedlite got a work out. :) I got to play with a few different type of triggers, reflectors, umbrellas...and see what I want to get for myself in the future. I also got to use a lens that was absolutely wonderful, which I will never be able to afford. :P

Here are some of the shots that came out pretty good. :)

I just ordered my new camera bag! Its a Kristine bag from Tracy Joy and I can't wait for it to get here!!! She makes the cutest bags! (and not just camera bags, either!!) Plus, the Kristine has a detachable flap, so you can change flaps as you want, and have a whole new look!!! You can get the body of the bag in either brown or black (I got black) and she has a huge amount of fabrics to choose from for your flap! I have been talking to her via email for a couple weeks, and she is such a sweet person! I am so happy to have been able to do business with her!! Check out her website, and her flickr for some shots of her bags in action! :)

Well my website went live today!!!! I am so excited!! You can see it at www.sarahmansurphotography.com

So go check it out!!!

She is starting to crawl!!! She can army crawl pretty well, but now she is getting up on all 4's!!


The look she gave her brother as he came towards here with a bunch of sticks...


I actually got him to look at me!! I just had to bribe him with a cookie!! :)

This is the sister of the senior who's portraits I did a few weeks ago. :) Her mom had found this lovely little park right downtown that I didn't even know about. I will defiantly be returning to this spot!

I was playing around with some textures on this one...just for fun. :)






Sisters!

Last weekend we went to Longview, Texas to visit from friends, and to pick up a mutual friend and bring her back to Tulsa for a week before she had to fly home to Pennsylvania. It was a LONG trip down and back...but overall it went better then I expected. At least the kids kinda sorta slept the 2 nights we were down there...kinda. I did have a really good week with my friend, though!!! What sucks is that I didnt take ANY pictures! WHAT WAS WRONG WITH ME??? I was just not in a picture-taking mood I guess.

This week my husband is going out of town for training for work, so I will be home and bored all week. No plans. Nothing scheduled. I will just be sitting here on my butt with my kids waiting for the week to end...but after the last couple weeks being so hectic and busy its kinda nice not to have to do anything! :)

We did make smores when my friend was here...and a lot of them! I'm all smored-out now. But they were sooo yummy!



I also bought a few big lollipops for the kids. Of course the big round one broke before I got to use it as a prop though. I did a few shots of Abby with the other one, but she didn't seem too excited about the sticky mess it was making. So she chewed on the stick part of it and got grass and dirt all over the candy end!



And yes...I am still trying to find a watermark that I like. It's like I can't find the ONE that just really appeals to me. Back to the drawing board I guess.