Maria and Ordie

After lil Oliver's birthday party (I still owe that kid a present), I grabbed these two for some photos. They're so comfortable together, so relaxed. I've known Ordie for years and years, now. And Maria just fit right in.

I think I'm burnt out a little bit. I'm finding shots like this, and the shots of my niece and nephew, incredibly satisfying. Just grabbing my camera, no lights, no reflectors, and just shooting.

Maybe it's the need to try different styles and refresh my batteries again. But it's interesting that my normal stuff is so relatively complex, and what I'm wanting to do is go back and improve the basics. Like I should have gotten this out of my system years ago.

On the other hand, i was never much of a photographer...