Kathryn with Canon G10

I wanted to take some portraits of Kathryn to record her sixth birthday. I just got my G10 back from Canon after someone (Jack) dropped it and dislodged some apparently important parts. Just Katie, me, and some window light as we were heading out for church. 

I think Canon has awesome jpegs right out of the camera. I always have it set up to +2 saturations and +1 contrast. This usually produces some pretty awesome landscapes, but tends to make people look sunburned, but since Kathryn is so darn fair (if you saturate white, you still have white) it is not a problem.











I have only 1 week of finals left, then a week off, THEN I get to work 40 hours a week. I don't care if it is for free, I get to work. I didn't realize how much I missed a real professional job. And 40 hours a week? A vacation! Of course I will still be doing some interning and referee work for pay, but rarely will that be more than 20 hours a week. Sounds so relaxing and yet exciting. I hope I don't kill anyone out there. In theory, that should be impossible since I have preceptors that are supposed to be watching over everything I do, but I still worry.

Next week, I am going camping and photographying across the inland Pacific Northwest with a quick one day excursion to the Oregon coast. I hope to catch some verdant Columbia Gorge waterfalls, Paulouse planting, Three Capes scenic Route, and maybe some Mount Rainier. I think I will be early for the incredible mountain wild flowers, but maybe I'll get lucky and some Balsam Root will be blooming on Steptoe Butte. 


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