5 Things for Amanda

5 Things I Was Doing 10 Years Ago
1. Just switched to Palmer High School from Colony
2. I was really missing my friends in Georgia
3. Reading magazines and talking on the phone
4. Crushing on boys
5. Plucking my eyebrows into shape for the first time

5 Things on My To-Do List Today
1. Get out of bed
2. Tend to Cruz
3. Wash the pots I meant to was yesterday
4. Plan for two different parties this weekend
5. Go to my soccer game tonight

5 Snacks I like
1. chips and salsa
2. hot sauce and crackers
3. chocolate chip cookies and milk
4. spring rolls from Mekong
5. I don't know if you can count this, but a fully loaded salad.

5 Things I Would Do if I Were a Millionaire.
1. Like Amanda...hire a house cleaner.
2. Make sure my husband and parents never have to work again.
3. Give a big chunk to the Church
4. Buy a beach house
5. Take a exotic vacation every year
6. Buy Stocks

5 Places I Have Lived for Various Times
1. Hiawassee, Georgia 9 years
2. Bethel, Alaska 3 years
3. Hiawassee, Georgia 4 Years
4. Palmer, Wasilla, Anchor Point, Alaska 10 years

5 Jobs That I Have Had
1. Baby Sitter
2. Slack's Sugar Shack
3. Office Cleaner
4. Secretary at Mat-Su College
5. MOMMY

5 People I Tag (to post a "5 Things . . . " list on their blog)
-sorry I don't know how to tag people_
1. Norman and Tara
2. Casey
3. James and Andrea
4 & 5??? I think everyone else I know has been tagged.

Portraits...

For the longest time now I have been wanting to do portrait photography. Of course I love taking photos nature, but I think taking pictures of people draw out more emotions. I also want to make people feel good by capturing their beauty... especially their eyes. I want to get to a point where my subjects don't feel like they have to pose... where they can just be natural. Right now my favorite technique is overexposed picture and the eyes still with full color. I don't know what it is called, but The Picture Lady does it really well (I have got a link to her blog under photographers). So if anyone has any techniques, angles, or lighting advice please let me know. Thanks

Allison and Dawson 3

Allison and Dawson 3, originally uploaded by Katie Cannon.

I took several shots of her in the living room surrounded by toys to capture her life as a Mom.

Allison and Dawson 2

Allison and Dawson 2, originally uploaded by Katie Cannon.

Again, the same positioning. This one came out a little blurry, but I still like it.

Allison and Dawson 1

Allison and Dawson 1, originally uploaded by Katie Cannon.

They were on the stairs and I was up in a chair looking down over them.

Jumping off and having fun!

Jumping off and having fun!, originally uploaded by Katie Cannon.

I took this photo of the guys in Kauai at Barking Sands Beach.

orchids

orchids, originally uploaded by Katie Cannon.