Summer 2013 -- Grand Adventure -- Door County Scenery

It was so beautiful there and so nice to be near the water.  Everything was just so green, it almost looked fake.

Rocky shore line

an island out in the bay

The view from the top of the tower (pictured below).

So green....I just loved it!

the cool rocks on our hike



This is not in Door County..this was on the way back down on the other side of the peninsula, so this is looking out at Lake Michigan.  We just stopped here for a quick bathroom break, but it was so beautiful!!!

Trying and actually succeeding...a little bit anyways :)

I have had my camera for quite a while now....however I still use it as a glorified point and shoot camera.  Sure I have gotten some pretty awesome pictures, but that was just the camera and not really me doing it on purpose. 

I have to give credit from all of true photographers out there because it is not easy, even when you have good camera helpping out the process.  Anyways....

A while back I found this awesome website(I'll post the link at the end of the post) that tells me exactly what it do in a way I actually understand.  And so far I've been pretty successful!

This was the first shot I took of Trey, my goal to get the Christmas lights in the background to look like little pretty bubbles of light....Not perfect yet, but I'm proud I am actually doing something I set out to create in a picture. 

In this one of my youngest nephew I wanted to capture the light in his eyes..this one took me about a million tries to get it but, I finally did.  I love this little guy, especially because he still lets me do these photo shoots with no complaints!

Hopefully with some more help from iheartfaces and cooperative boys I will finally use my camera the way it is ment to be used!