Morning Blogger

I'm a morning blogger. I think there's something so fresh and beautiful about the time of day and I'm usually in the most positive frame of mind.

This weekend my sleep finally became regulated. I'm relieved that I can sleep more than 4 hours per night. Due to the green pollen everywhere (and Jay at the doctor getting allergy shots) I took a benadryl on Friday. Just the one pill readjusted my sleep pattern and I'm finally back to normal!

We showed our house a couple of times this weekend, which was a great time to work on photography. All of the lessons are due on Sunday, and with all of the housework I was pretty behind!

A quick update on the photography class: It's going great. In my first post about the class, I was really freaked out that I was way under qualified to take it! Some students had already copyrighted their work. However, the copyright that I saw on other students' photos turned out to be an optional watermark that can be added to each photo as it is uploaded to the Better Photo.

The professor is very helpful. He has amazing photos posted from his experience shooting animals and people all over the world, which is really inspiring. He critiques each photo that is submitted and usually starts with the aspects that he really likes. Then he says what could make it better. For example, he recommended that I adjust my white balance in outdoor photos (and told me how) to provide a warmer tone to my photos. All other students' photo critiques are available so I can read through their critiques and not make the same mistakes. I'm really enjoying having an instructor's insight.

Here are a few of my favorite photos that I took this weekend as people were touring our house.

The calls for this weekend's showings came 30 minutes before the buyers wanted to walk-through the house. It really isn't much time to straighten up and get everyone (dogs, dog beds, dog bowls & toys) out the door. I'm off to clean our house from top to bottom so that I'm prepared for the day.