I have been dying to have pictures taken of Iliya. So late last week, I decided that on Saturday, while Nathan was at Drill, I would take Iliya out to Capitol Park to take some pictures. I'm no photographer (as you will definitely see in these pics) but I do have fun with it. As it turns out, my friend Ginger came into town for the weekend, as did my inlaws (for the day)...so we had some company. In fact, Kristy, Patrick and Natalie also accompanied us -- to get their Christmas photos taken by my father-in-law (aka Papa) who does happen to be a photographer, and a good one at that. Papa had not brought his special camera, so we just took several pictures -- I used my camera, Kristy used hers, and papa went between both of our cameras shooting here & there.

Iliya & I actually arrived at the park a little before the rest of the gang, so I decided to start shooting pictures of Iliya as he explored the area. These are the pictures I'm sharing tonight. I think they turned out pretty well, though I know I have a lot to learn...especially about light and angles (so I would say I pretty much need to learn about everything).

Here are a couple pictures I played with (cropping, coloring, etc) just to see what I could do. Don't laugh too hard at my efforts.

And here is a picture of the boy and his mother (which was obviously not taken by me, as I cannot be 2 places at once):