Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Baseball, again
We finally had a nice sunshiny day yesterday so Matthew's game went on as scheduled. He got to pitch for the first time and loved it. He did pretty well too.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
I've been holding off on doing a new post because I wanted to wait until after I had pictures of Matthew pitching for the first time. But his last 2 games have been rained out. Hopefully it'll stay nice tomorrow so he can play. He's very excited about pitching. I can't wait to watch him do it.
I found a link to an article on getting sharp eyes in photos last night through a group on Flickr. If any one is interested, the article is here: http://blog.amywenzel.com/2009/10/15/10-tips-for-a-sharper-image/ I have been reading the rest of Amy's blog since then. She lives in Grand Rapids. If I still lived there, I'd be searching her out, begging her to let me work for her. LOL
I took Em outside real quick a bit ago to try some of what she suggested. I've also been working on my post processing/editing skills so I'm going to post a before and after. The before does have some editing done to it. The after has more fine-tuning though.
Before:
After:
And one of Matthew just because :-)
I found a link to an article on getting sharp eyes in photos last night through a group on Flickr. If any one is interested, the article is here: http://blog.amywenzel.com/2009/10/15/10-tips-for-a-sharper-image/ I have been reading the rest of Amy's blog since then. She lives in Grand Rapids. If I still lived there, I'd be searching her out, begging her to let me work for her. LOL
I took Em outside real quick a bit ago to try some of what she suggested. I've also been working on my post processing/editing skills so I'm going to post a before and after. The before does have some editing done to it. The after has more fine-tuning though.
Before:
After:
And one of Matthew just because :-)
Friday, October 9, 2009
Softball
Got a few shots of Em last night at her game. Excuse the quality-they were shot at 800 & 1600 ISO. My camera doesn't really like anything above 400.
Warming up before the game.
Out in center field, ready to go.
Taking a few practice swings before her turn up to bat.
She got hit in the side with the ball on the 2nd pitch so she got to take first base.
On 2nd
Contemplating stealing 3rd.
On 3rd
She got out on the way home. She's doing pretty well, for not ever playing before. A little more practice and confidence and she'll do even better.
Warming up before the game.
Out in center field, ready to go.
Taking a few practice swings before her turn up to bat.
She got hit in the side with the ball on the 2nd pitch so she got to take first base.
On 2nd
Contemplating stealing 3rd.
On 3rd
She got out on the way home. She's doing pretty well, for not ever playing before. A little more practice and confidence and she'll do even better.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Fall ball and other fun stuff
First, week something or other of Em's 52 weeks. I'm thinking I might as well give up at this point. Maybe I'll make it a once a month project ;-)
Parent/Teacher conferences were yesterday and I met with Joshua's teacher. He is doing pretty well overall but does have some things he needs to work on. Since he is at the Developmental Therapy program in the mornings, he misses some important stuff in his regular class. So we need to work on getting him caught up. There are a few behavioral issues too but not anything too bad. Nothing like it was last year. And he absolutely loves school. And he's made a friend in his class too!
Fall ball is in full swing. (Get it? Full swing? Anyway....) Emaleigh and Matthew are having a great time and learning a lot. They each have 2 games a week along with one practice so there's a lot of baseball/softball in our lives right now. I love watching them play though.
Speaking of swinging, Matthew has gotten some hits the last few games.
See the ball in the top right corner? He hit it!
Run Matthew!
He got out :-( But that's okay. Cause in the spring he wouldn't even swing at it.
Em's games are all at 7:30 and it's already dark by then. Dark and action shots don't work well together but maybe I'll try to get some of her at a practice or warming up before a game.
Parent/Teacher conferences were yesterday and I met with Joshua's teacher. He is doing pretty well overall but does have some things he needs to work on. Since he is at the Developmental Therapy program in the mornings, he misses some important stuff in his regular class. So we need to work on getting him caught up. There are a few behavioral issues too but not anything too bad. Nothing like it was last year. And he absolutely loves school. And he's made a friend in his class too!
Fall ball is in full swing. (Get it? Full swing? Anyway....) Emaleigh and Matthew are having a great time and learning a lot. They each have 2 games a week along with one practice so there's a lot of baseball/softball in our lives right now. I love watching them play though.
Speaking of swinging, Matthew has gotten some hits the last few games.
See the ball in the top right corner? He hit it!
Run Matthew!
He got out :-( But that's okay. Cause in the spring he wouldn't even swing at it.
Em's games are all at 7:30 and it's already dark by then. Dark and action shots don't work well together but maybe I'll try to get some of her at a practice or warming up before a game.
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