Fall is my favorite season!

And this is why... on Sunday, we went to the Arboretum & took some beautiful fall pictures!

What a view

As I walked out from work tonight, I looked up and saw this gorgeous sky. Unfortunately, this photo from my cell phone doesn't do it justice.

No new sketch today

I have been so busy runnning hither and yon that I can't even think straight! Right now, I have had absolutely ZERO time to be creative.... and I need to make dinner soon (though nobody is biting at my ankles to get it done, so I'm guessing nobody has had any horrible hunger pangs yet).

I have also been working on taking my Photography site and converting it to a blog, which will be thousands of times easier for me to update. If anyone wants to check it out... (Big shameless bit of self-promotion coming...) it is at photographybyjilloriente@blogspot.com. I can't hyperlink it (HA!) because I'm using this handy-dandy quick-blog form thinggy on my iGoogle page, so just cut and paste the address into your browser. What? You think I wouldn't make you work for it? Anyhow, I have a few more photos that I want to get uploaded, so check back often. I plan on having plenty of content on there to see... eventually. :)

First day of school

It seems like Summer just started and here we are at the first day of school. I have to admit that I have already felt Fall in the air. We had a hot time for a while, but this has been a fairly mild, albeit dry, summer for us. I haven't photographed the kids' school pictures yet, but they were both good enough to wake me up this morning before they went to the bus to let me take the annual "First Day of School" picture. THe last couple years have only been separate, with Chloe in high school and Charlie in middle school, but next year, they will be together again (yikes! Both my babies in high school!) Anyhow, here's what they looked like before they left the house this morning:

I think Chloe was still tired... Charlie was pretty awake, though.

Here comes the bride...

Last Saturday, I photographed the wedding of my friends Sarah &

Angel. Some of the photos turned out spectacularly, do I have to share :)

These are some of my favorites from the formal group... (All I did to these as post-processing was add a soft focus)

And this is my favorite one of all... (notice the reflection in the ring on the right)

And some fun artsy ones of the set-up...