Adventures with The Rogers!

So for my birthday Adam got me a set of softboxes... now we've got our own little studio set up! Now time to start a business! ;) Here are a few shots Adam took of Peyton and I...

We checked out a beautiful garden in Naha the other day. We were meaning to take family pictures but it was SO darn hot it didn't quite work out that way! Peyton slept the first half of the garden away! It was pretty much just how I imagined a Japanese garden to be. For those of you reading this in Okinawa who would like to visit you take 58 south down to Naha and once your in downtown take a right onto route 42, follow that for a little and you'll see the garden on your left right past the gardens is a parking lot. The woman at the front desk asked us if we were American and didn't ask for any mulah so it was free! ;) I wanted a pic of the monorail thing in Naha! The other day Peyton was all into trying on these hats I have for photo props! Peyton the first half of the gardens! Looking over the railing at the big waterfall! 

Peyton got a big girl bed today! Well not totally new since her crib converted into a daybed but new for her!

So lately I've been taking indoor pictures in RAW. When you shoot in RAW you can better tweak the images, it's kind of like the equivalent of a digital darkroom. I can better correct the white balance and make the colors more natural. There is a big debate among many photographers whether you should shoot in RAW or JPEG. I've enjoyed it... though I'm still going to probably shoot mostly in JPEG unless the lighting is inconsistent. Here are a few images of Peyton I took in RAW... This one I think I got the colors pretty spot on

So Peyton has.... well... we don't really know what Peyton has. The Dr said it looks like it could be chicken pox OR hand, mouth and foot disease. She's got a rash in some areas that indicate hand, foot & mouth and some areas that indicate chicken pox. Poor baby girl is handling pretty well, although she has her moments where I know she doesn't feel good. Here are some pictures I took today you can see some of the rash on her face and arms...

We're fish sitting the Harrison kiddo's fishies for a while while they visit the states. Peyton loves them! She loves for me to put her on a stool and watch the fishies! On another note it is still dreadfully hot here, we went to the park today for only 45 minutes at 10 in the morning and by the time I dragged Peyton back to the house she was beat red and sweating! I snapped a webcam pic of her hair afterward from her hat! I did notice the beach by the park's water was a lot higher and so gorgeous! I'll have to try to get back there and snap some pics!