Mamarazzi

July Bride

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:39:24 GMT

Once again, a quick visit. I just wanted to share a photograph we took at a recent wedding. Is it just me or doesn't this look like it should be in a magazine? :-)

This bride had called us a few weeks before her wedding, stating she was unhappy with her engagement photos she got from another photographer and they didn't want that photographer for their wedding. That of course made me a WEE bit nervous. Would she be happy with what we produced?

They've seen the preview already on my business blog and they like what they see so far! Whew.

Hiding at Home

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:10:48 GMT

No time to write or visit. Just wanted to post a few 'H' photos for Martha's A-Z photo challenge. (I WILL make time to visit all those who participate!)

They say Home is where the Heart is ... I still hold very fond memories of my 'childhood' home in Indiana.

This little flower girl was 'Hiding' from her mom.

What's the perfect ride for a princess bride? A Horse and carriage of course!

Tall Ship Festival

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:43:42 GMT

This is one of our favorites - Lady Washington being greeted by the Tacoma Fire Departments fire boat. This was taken as the Lady was leaving Vashon Island, I'd say I was 1.5 to 2 miles from Lady Washington.

This is Amazing Grace ... isn't she beautiful? I REALLY wanted to sail on her this morning and ALMOST bought tickets. Sonny unfortunately made me think about the cost and a future trip and upgrade camera I'm wanting. ::sigh::

Anyway, this beauty (Amazing Grace) is a local based across the bay in Gig Harbor.

The bow of HMS Bounty next to a modern sail boat. Love the colors of their sails in contrast to the pure white of the new sail boat and of course the old/new contrast. :-)

All the photos above were from the Parade of Sails on the 3rd of July.

The rest of the photos were taken from the deck of SS Virginia V - a beautiful old steamboat

Three tall ships leaving Thea Foss Marina in Tacoma. I like the cable bridge and even a wee bit of our Tacoma Dome is showing.

Sunset on Commencement Bay ... what a sight!

I forget the name of this little one. I liked it with the sunset.

The building on top of the hill, that is Stadium High School. Sonny graduated from that high school. Isn't it the coolest? It was in the movie '10 things I hate about you' with Heath Ledger. It has a LONG history, it was once a hotel before it was the high school. Oh, and the students climb up and down several flights of stairs each day ... what a way to keep the students in shape! :-) That wasn't even for PE - just getting back and forth to the different classes.

Ohhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Lady Washington in 'battle' with the Lynx from Newport News, CA - she is just off the picture a bit.

Another photo of Lady Washington and Lynx in battle.

And ending with the beautiful Lady Washington ... who was in the first 'Pirates of the Caribbean' with Johnny Depp. The HMS Bounty was in the latest one if I remember correctly.

It was also rumored that Captain Jack was at the festival ... we missed him but, we saw him in Hollywood! ;-) All for fun.

I hope you enjoyed the photographs from the Tall Ship Festival. I might share some of the fireworks taken from the steamship.

Thank you for stopping by and looking at the photos!

Tags: tall ships, blog plugs, Tacoma Tall Ship Festival

Independance Day

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:28:52 GMT

I've written an entry at my other journal and I don't want to repeat everything. (did I just hear a hallelujah?)

Anyway, for those of you interested in HOW all this happened go quickly visit my other journal to hear the details of how Linda of Linda's World gave me the hook-up! :-)

Here are a few photos for now.

Our transportation - the SS Virginia V

Tug boat Joe giving us a helping hand in turning around.

Looking at the marina with the tall ships. Pretty, huh?

Three tall ships leaving the marina. More photos coming in the next couple of days ... we have sunset and firework photos to share. :-)

Under the Sea - 2

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:23:36 GMT

Since it was requested, here are some more photographs from our little tide pool outing the other day.

In the next few days look for some special photographs ... thanks to Linda of Linda's World! Details coming soon. :-)

Sonny holding up a starfish he found.

This is one big star fish (or whatever it is!)

This is from a moon snail, they create this to hold the eggs.

seaweed - I liked the water swirling and bubbling around it.

Sonny got this heron. :-)

A shell in some drift wood with seaweed.

starfish again

Kelp near the pilings - this is normally all under water. They had an unusually low low tide.

Once again from a moon snail. From what I understand the eggs are inbedded in this casing. We aren't sure if the white specks were eggs or not. Anyone know?

Kelp found during our walk.

Under the Sea

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:13:59 GMT

I've had that song (Under the Sea) from the Little Mermaid going through my head ALL day! You don't know how many times I've seen that when my children were little. :-)

Today Sonny and I went out to see the tide pools caused by the low tide. What fun! Here are a few photographs we took today. Hope you enjoy!

Normally this part of the pilings would be under water, we could see the water marks several feet above us.

One of my first discoveries - a star fish half emerged in a small tide pool.

Sonny took this photograph of the bottom side of a starfish he found.

This last one is a photograph of Sonny taking a photograph of some of the plant life on a piling. I drew a red mark where the water line is on the poles just to give you an idea how low the tide was this morning. From what I understand it was a low rarely seen.

Now it's time for me to get back to work. I have lots to do and I'm way behind! Plus, I'm trying to catch up so I can go to the Tall Ship Festival tomorrow. :-)

Glowing Giggling Gig

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:59:04 GMT

Time once again to post some photos for Martha's A-Z photo challenge. We are now on the letter 'G'. Due to lack of time on my part - I won't write much, let's just get to the photographs!

** I'll slowly make my rounds to the other participants! :-)

Giggling Geeks - this photo is about 7 years old - how I'd love to have all three in my home giggling the night away

Gig Harbor - a small artsy community on the Olympic Peninsula in WA

Glowing Bride

Hunter's 'Mini Me'

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:25:02 GMT

Stopping by to quickly share a photo of the growing kitten. Jet (the kitten) is very demanding of attention! He will cry non stop until someone picks him up and cuddles him. :-)

We also finally introduced my daughter's cat, Hunter to his very own 'mini me'.

In the photo Sonny is playing with a laser pointer and the kitten was chasing it back and forth. Hunter just sat there watching. I KNOW Hunter wanted to play ... he's very playful still. But, he sat back and let his 'mini me' attack the red spot.

Name the Kitty

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:37:43 GMT

I won't repeat the story here, if you want to know about this little fellow, you have to read my rant here: Visiting with a Whine and a Rant.

Also if you are interested in a photo developing/print comparison test I did and had several of my customers look at, check out this link: Photo Developing comparisons.

For now, here are a few photos of the kitty that you can read about in Visiting with a Whine and a Rant.

Peek a boo, I see you!

Once again, he was trying to hide from us. Today he has been on my lab or very close to me. :-) What a difference one day made.

Tags: name the kitty, blog plugs

Me ... Me ... Me!

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:59:38 GMT

This precious little flower girl decided she didn't want to share the photo op with the others, she wanted it to be all her! :-) She walked right up and put her face in front of Sonny's camera lens.

Luckily I was able to snap this really quickly before mom came and pulled her away - which is exactly what she did immediately after I got this photo.