Prom Photos

Oh man, prom was so much fun! My date didn't want to come with me, instead he stayed home and graded papers, but I was turned loose with a big flash unit on my camera. I came away with over 400 candid photos. Edited that down to 127 and they are all posted and can be purchased through Tim Patrick Photography. Check on the event page and you'll see a big fat link for "Kendal's Candids." It was a lot of fun and I hope Tim will invite me back to help him out with events.

First Doubleheader

OKHS Baseball
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos

The first of the doubleheader against Omak is posted in my portfolio. I'm kind of wearing out the artistic photos now and just hope for some action when I go to the games. I'm going to go back and post more of the previous games so the kids can all have a look at themselves. I think I've gotten at least one good photo of everyone batting by now. It's only been over 300 pictures :0)

I still have to edit the game from today against Omak, but will have to save that for another time. I'll be helping out with prom photos tonight. Tim will be loaning me a flash and I'll get the kids coming down the red carpet. Should be fun.

Sign of Spring

Sign of Spring
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos

A honey bee greets the first flowers of spring in Leavenworth.

Track & Field

I made it out to my first track meet yesterday afternoon. Boy was it cold up in Tonasket. Did I mention it snowed this morning and we are going to be under a winter storm watch starting tomorrow night? Goodness... okay back to subject.

Going to the track meet was great. I had a blast watching the kids and they seemed like they enjoyed my "coaching." Of course I feel like I'm getting the hang of looking for the technical aspects of throwing and I may actually be helping them now. There is another track meet on Tuesday at Cascade, but may be a bit far for me to venture.

I did get about 100 pictures in before my camera battery started telling me it was too cold to be taking photos. My hands agreed. It was interesting to me, that although I don't think most of the photos turned out very good, they show the kids' techniques pretty well. They kind of helped me to see what they are doing right or wrong.

Javalin

Javalin
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos

Javalin
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos

Shotput

Shotput
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos

Shotput
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos

Double Play

Double Play
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos

I have more baseball pictures from the last game, but since I've already entertained you with many, I just decided to post my favorite. There are some more new ones in my portfolio.

It's amazing to me how the "mistakes" can turn into such great shots when viewed on the computer. The focus on the ball is phenomenal. I do wish I could have gotten the players at 2nd base, but it still seems to balance out.

Speed Scrapping

I knew the laptop would be a bit better then my desktop, but I never expected so much speed! Although I probably took the longest on a page it went the quickest. Confused? Between watching a silly movie on the Sci-Fi channel and the speed transformations took affect on Photoshop, I've had a great time creating my first scrapbook page on my laptop. I haven't transferred my scrapbook folder to the computer yet, so I just decided to download a new kit for the page. I like it a lot and being able to sit here and veg from the page is actually kind of nice. Hopefully this means there will be more to come soon.

Beach Dogs

The water is so low at Lake Chelan, we actually had a beach to play with the dogs on. I snapped a photo of Buddy, Shawn's parents' Great Pyrenees puppy. I did say puppy, he is only 8 months old and weighs a 100lbs. He's going to be one big doggy.


Buddy with no Color
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos

Amber

Our friends' Golden, Amber, posing for a nice head shot. She has a few more years of experience and was actually willing to hold still for a photo, unlike the other two puppies.


Amber
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos

Marmot

Marmot
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos

I've never seen so many marmots running around Lake Chelan. While the others in our party searched for a geocache, I ran around with the camera chasing this little marmot.

Chelan Snow

Snow in Chelan! This is supposed to be our summer cabin. Who would have guessed that when we arrived to open the cabin for the season we'd have 3" of snow everywhere and we would have snow flurries for the first three days we were there. I guess there is a first for everything. Shawn's folks made it over, but our friends weren't too sure of the pass so they chose not to come.


Chelan Snow
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos

Chelan Snow
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos

Chelan Snow
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos