Fall of 2010 was bitter sweet. My youngest daughter, Julia, was heading off to kindergarten, that meant that all of my kids were in school full time. I thought I was going to be bursting with energy with all of the free time I had. But I have to admit, the first week was pretty lonely. I was so used to taking care of my kids that I didn't know what to do with myself when they weren't with me. Well, that was short-lived, I started to get focused. I had always wanted to hone my skills as a photographer, so I signed up for an online workshop concentrating on shooting manually. My kids and puppy regret that I had taken that course because they ended up being the subjects for all of my assignments. These are some of the pictures I had shot for that class.
