photography
A little trip
I had high hopes of writing a new post today but as is often the case, a few of the items on the to-do list that I thought would take no time, turned into huge timesucks. I was able to download the pictures we took during our recent trip to Arizona. With Mr. Z studying for the CPA and tax season on it’s way we knew we only had a small window of time to get out a town and enjoy one last trip childless. We have family in AZ and thought it would be the perfect time to see them as well as escape into the red rocks of Sedona for a bit. We arrived in Phoenix Thursday night, my sister-in-law and her husband picked us up and we spen the night in their lovely new home. They leant us their car {they’re always super generous and boy are we thankful} and we headed to Sedona Friday morning.
On our way to Sedona Mr. Z drove and I finished reading The Help {talk about a bad road trip companion}. By the time we got to our hotel I was done reading. We checked into the lovely place we were staying and took off for lunch and an afternoon hike. It was so beautiful up there and perfect weather, 60/65 and bright sunshine. Hiking at 5,000 feet wasn’t the easiest at almost 6 months pregnant and so I didn’t push it, but we still really enjoyed it. Afterwards we wondered through town and later had dinner. It was a quick and simple trip, but worthwhile and wonderful :-)
Saturday morning we headed back to Phoenix and spent the rest of the weekend with family. It was such a blessing to have time alone as well as time with family. Two hikes, plenty of good food and great company in beautiful weather–it doesn’t get much better than that.
Our view while eating lunch, not bad ;-)
Gearing up for our hike {we did not attempt to climb that rock-ha!}
Enjoying the outdoors.
Had to check out the cowboy boots while we were there!
Mr. Z and his brothers, quite the handsome group ;-)
By far one of the cutest little boys we know!
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Mr. Z and I packed up our dinner and headed to the lake Friday night for an impromptu picnic. It was such a blessing and a fun opportunity to try to take some evening shots. Can’t wait until I learn how to use this camera with more skill in the evening light.
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Then and Now
I took a photography class when I was in 7th or 8th grade and I loved it. This of course was quite a while before digital cameras so we got to use good old manual SLRs. I loved that class. I remember walking into the dark room filled with anticipation to see how my photos turned out. It was so exciting to place a piece of paper that to the naked eye appeared blank into a bin of liquid and slowly the image would appear. It was like a polaroid on steroids :-)
Since Mr. Z and I bought our digital SLR I feel like that little girl again. So eager to take a picture of anything. The best part now is I don’t need to wait to develop my film in the dark room. Although, there really was something magical about the dark room.
I thought I would share some random shots I took this week of the same subject from a couple different angles.
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