The Sunrise After the Snowstorm...

Here are some pictures of the sunrise this morning.  We had a pretty big snowstorm yesterday that dropped about 6 inches.  I know that to some of you that probably seems like nothing, but here in Ohio it's really something.  The sunshine was such a pretty color I immediately grabbed my cameras and took the best pictures I could through our dining room window.  It's 6 degrees outside right now and there is no way I'm going out there unless I have to!  After weeks of gloom, I must say that the sun is very uplifting even if it's bitterly cold outside.  I am longing for spring more than anything these days.

Experimenting...

I've learned so much already from shooting film that I tried to take some pictures with my dslr in manual mode and I am very pleased with how they turned out!  I played around with them in Photoshop for while.  I never expected to understand my digital camera better by shooting with film for awhile.  I have to say that I love film so much more than digital, but I am really disappointed in the cost and the developing service around here.  I went to our only professional photography store in our town and even they don't develop film anymore.  I had to send my two rolls of film in to Cleveland and I won't get them back til the end of next week and to top it all off it cost me $24!  For TWO rolls!  Ugghh.  Anyway, these photos perked me up and now I'm torn between film and digital just because of the cost.  I'm going to have to find a cheaper way or make some more money somehow.  

I love the tones in these photos!  Pink and aqua.  The PERFECT combo!  :)

Polaroids from my In-laws!

My In-laws love the idea of me starting film photography and they've happily shown me all the film cameras, old pictures, and polaroids they can find.  I love it!  At Christmas they showed me these old polaroids they took back before (I think) my husband was born.  Not sure about that one though.  Don't you just love the colors!  They still look like this, btw.  My father-in-law has just started growing his mustache back and it looks great on him!  He told me that the suit he is wearing in the first and last pictures was what he wore to work everyday!  That's awesome!

Aren't they sweet?  You can tell how much they love each other!

Hope your New Year is starting off well!  I'll be back later with some goals (not resolutions) I have for this next year!