Kyle's birthday is Sunday. I absolutely cannot believe I am old enough to have a 24 year old son! Haha, I still have vivid memories of that pregnancy and delivery. He came 5 weeks early, so when the contractions started, I wasn't quite sure if that's what they truly were. Jim and I had only gone to 2 Lamaze classes. After a quick call to the Dr. it was off to the hospital during the early morning rush hour traffic. No worries, the contractions were still about 5 minutes apart. :) Once there...he was born just over an hour later. Very quick...no time for drugs. He was so tiny, 5lbs 11oz. Beautiful reddish blonde fuzzy hair and gorgeous blue eyes.
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When he was still very young, I decided I did not want years and years of bad pictures. I had my Canon Ae-1 and took a photography class. One of the best things I ever did! Of course, now most photography is digital and that's much easier. And, it's so easy to just select "AUTO" and start shooting. I have to force myself to choose "MANUAL" and work with aperture and shutter speed. Well worth the effort, though!
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Here's one page I did from photos when the kids were a bit younger. We were all at the Capital District Scottish Games near Albany, NY. An annual favorite! Here I was learning how to color paper templates and use metal styles.
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When he was still very young, I decided I did not want years and years of bad pictures. I had my Canon Ae-1 and took a photography class. One of the best things I ever did! Of course, now most photography is digital and that's much easier. And, it's so easy to just select "AUTO" and start shooting. I have to force myself to choose "MANUAL" and work with aperture and shutter speed. Well worth the effort, though!
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Here's one page I did from photos when the kids were a bit younger. We were all at the Capital District Scottish Games near Albany, NY. An annual favorite! Here I was learning how to color paper templates and use metal styles.
Love the red in this one! Kyle is with Reese Roper from the band "Five Iron Frenzy", a big favorite back then!
And here is a preview of the cover of a book I am in the process of doing for him with a mix of photos and scrapbook pages. My Mom took Kyle to England as a graduation gift and I'm just now working with all the photos. Here's another double layout. No seam in this one like I had in my wedding layout. I have been working with using photo masking to get the photos in the block letters, and have learned how to get a dimensional look on the letters - more fun techniques!
I suspect this book will take quite some time to finish!
Happy Spring everyone!
Diane
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