One of my goals for this summer is to learn about photography.

It seems like a daunting thing to achieve, because I literally do not have one moment of time that I feel I can devote to this goal!

But, I am going to try.

When I told Addie Mae my desire to learn about photography, she said, “Mom, it’s all about the eye.”

I have been chewing on that statement for a couple of days, and today I decided to walk around and look at things with a whole new “eye.”

With my camera in hand, of course!

It certainly helps that it is a beautiful, blue, sunny, warm day!

I have been noticing that our poplar trees are filling out from the top down.

If they did that in years past, I certainly don’t remember it!

As I held my camera up, I paid close attention to what my eye was seeing in the WHOLE lens.

Then I moved my camera a little this way and a little that way and ended up with these photos.

All about the eye!

Since I was out on the farm with the camera, I started to walk around.

So much I never want to forget!

I looked at everything I wanted a photo of from many different angles – but ended up with these photos.

Of course I had to take photos of my darling kiddos too!

Whatever I did to the settings for this one backfired!

But it was too cute to leave out – blurry or not!

It is really pretty easy with a good camera, a beautiful farm, and a bright sunny day to get good photos.

It is the other times that I am needing to learn more about!

The dark school room.

Constantly moving children.

How to make food look beautiful in a photo.

Those are the things that a photography class is made for!

Here’s hoping I can keep working toward this goal and you all will be seeing a better quality of photos soon!