O.P.P. (Other People's Pictures)

I wish that I could say that I was a fantastic photographer. I do enjoy taking pictures, but when I look back through them I usually end up just going "Eh, they're OK, I guess." I rarely look at the pictures I take and go, "WOW - now THAT is an excellent photo!" But when other people send me the pictures they took, I just think to myself, "Dang - what an eye this person has." Let me make a side note here too ... this is usually in refernce to pictures of people. I can take decent pics of stationary items but when it comes to pictures of people, I am generally too slow, out of focus, or out of frame!

These two pictures happen to be two of my favorite pictures of two of my favorite people...and neither one of the pictures was taken by me!
This picture of Douglas was taken by my mom while we were having a play-date at Lake of the Woods park. I'm amazed that this picture turned out as well as it did because Douglas was running around like a madman! The fact that she was able to snap a photo of him that isn't completely blurry, has his whole body in the picture AND has him looking & kinda smiling at the camera is just grand in my book!

The picture of Allen was taken my Meg, my mom-in-law. Allen had just finished building a fantastic sand castle and was cleaning up in the Atlantic Ocean. We had spent 4 days of relaxedness in Outer Banks (North Carolina) and for some reason, this picture seems to capture the relaxed atmosphere we enjoyed. That and Allen is smiling. Actually smiling. Not that "I'm posing for a picture" smile, but an actual smile. I love this picture of him....and having the ocean in the background is pretty cool too - you can almost hear the crashing of the waves on the beach....aaaaahhhhh, I'm feeling more relaxed already!

So anyhow - the point of the post is this. You all are better photographers than I am so feel free to email me your photos so I may enjoy your talents!! (Especially YOU, Shannon...with that fancy-dancy camera of yours, you've probably been snapping photos off left & right, right? Right? RIGHT????)