by Jessica on February 7, 2010
Glenn & Sherri joined us on the K-LOVE cruise to CocoCay and Bahamas; Glenn plays bass for Downhere, the band my husband tours with. (See previous post for more pictures of CocoCay!)
When you get off the cruise ship, everyone, and I mean everyone wants your money. Be prepared for dozens of taxi drivers, tour guides and merchants ready to show you their taxi, their fabulous tour and their straw baskets and wood carvings. The merchants in the famous Straw Market knew we were on a Christian cruise boat. My friends pointed out that all the store owners were “reading” Bibles and Christian books and displayed their Jesus signs and crosses. They apparently know how to market to their audience.
Here are some highlights from Glenn & Sherri’s photo shoot in and around the world famous Atlantis hotel. To see more, watch the {Slideshow}.
Congratulations on 12 years of marriage!
by Jessica on February 6, 2010
My husband Dave does sound and production for the band Downhere. This past week, we were on Royal Caribbean’s “Monarch of the Seas” – a cruise ship filled with Christian music lovers invited by K-LOVE and organized by Premier Christian Cruises. Artists such as Chris Tomlin with Louie Giglio, the David Crowder Band, the Newsboys, Mercy Me, December Radio, 33 Miles, and the Michael Gungor band,were just a few of the musicians who entertained the 2,000 plus audiences each night with both waves and music rocking the boat.
Here are some photos from our stop in CocoCay! I have more pictures of our stop in Nassau, Bahamas and a special photo shoot of Glenn & Sherri. You’ll see those up very soon…. maybe later today if I get some time!
To join next years cruise, visit the KLOVE Cruise website.
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On Wednesday night after Downhere finished their 10 pm set, Glenn, Jeremy, Marc and Dave ran to their rooms and gathered snorkeling gear. DecemberRadio was playing on the pool deck and Dave suggested the snorkeling in front of them during their 11pm set. It was hilarious and captured on video!
by Jessica on February 6, 2010
Here are 5 quick tips to taking photos of your baby from
your camera phone or point and shoot camera:
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1. Turn off the flash.
2. Use natural light. Day pictures will turn out better than night pictures from a point and shoot camera. Look for even light and stay away from harsh direct sunlight. Let the light reflect off baby’s face instead of the back of her head. You may want to place baby on the floor or in her bumbo — and then turn her all the way around- looking at how the light hits her face in each direction. You will see which direction baby should be facing for the best light!
3. Find solid or neutral background. If there is too much going on in the background, it may take away from the focus of your baby’s face. Position yourself so that you get the floor or wall or blanket or grass, etc. covering the entire background.
4. Accessorize and Strip Down. Babies are so cute in hats that match their eyes! For girls – find a cute necklace she can play with around her neck. Strip Down: Babies are so cute in their birthday suits! You may want to leave the diaper on; I leave that to your discretion.
5. Take pictures after all 3 things: Sleep, Eat, Diaper Change. You’ll get lots of smiles when baby is happy!
Bonus Tip: Take LOTS. and LOTS. and LOTS of pictures. You’ve got a digital camera, right? Then take Lots of pictures. Did I mention – take LOTS of pictures? You can always delete the many many bad ones.
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These pictures were taken on my Droid camera phone with a daylight white balance, picture quality: fine, and picture size: 5M pixels. I imported them into iPhoto and only increased the contrast slightly.
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by Jessica on January 28, 2010
After my new Nikkor 50mm 1.4 lens came in the mail (thanks Dana Goodson Photography!), Sara come over and we took some fun pictures of the kids. As I was having fun playing with my new lens, Sara shot some AMAZING photographs of Cali and Owen.
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