Rain, rain, come and play!

Sometimes we forget to take pictures of the simple things in life.  Or, those simple things become children making goofy faces, saying "cheese", and not taking that extra 5 seconds to look at what you're photographing before you click.  I love, love, love my digital camera, you can take 500 pictures of your kid watching the paint dry and delete them all, however, I've noticed that because I don't have to be perfect and don't have only one chance, I've gotten sloppy.  I used to pay more attention because I knew I wouldn't be able to recreate any of my moments when I realized the film didn't turn out.  A friend helped me with photo basics 101, tips of the trade that everyone can use to capture those special moments.

Sunshine and Monkey love playing in the rain and jumping in puddles.  I don't have a problem with this but usually the rain is cold or is accompanied by thunder or lightning.  So when the opportunity to play in the rain arises, you must quickly put on the rain gear and grab the umbrella.

 It was raining pretty hard at this point.  I was grateful for my own umbrella!

ACTION SHOTS!

Bug got to come out at the end when there was a break in the rain.

Ok, this isn't the best picture, but he was not being cooperative!

I remembered to get those pictures that my memory won't keep.  You can see the line above Sunshine's ankle.  That's the water line in her rain boots!  So much for keeping her feet dry.

If you'd like to take some awesome pictures too, you can get tips from Melissa.

Vicky
Thanks to Melissa Ross Photography for all your help.