new phone, new pictures

 I wasn't gonna post this soon again, and I was going to post more question/answer thingys when I did decide to post, but I wanted to do SOMETHING, and pictures seem good. 

 I got an old new phone not that long ago. And the camera is a HUGE upgrade from my last phone, so naturally, I have been testing it out quite a bit. I'll just put some pictures here. Enjoyyyy

First, just a pretty sunset from the evening of the summer solstice (Saturday night, and the day before Father's day). And a story. Mom posted a picture of the sunset on her Instagram story, with something about the summer solstice and whatnot. Mind you, this was at probably 11:30 p.m. She also (kind of jokingly I think) mentioned that someone should come over and enjoy the sunset with us, and she would serve them iced tea and we would talk till midnight. HA. You know what's coming. A couple from our church (very spontaneous people, very fun, and very much into doing things like this) did actually come over at 11:30 for tea. It was fun having company at midnight. Some people had already been in their pajamas, and frantically went to change. I just stayed in my pajamas, because who cares. XD Me and my siblings were all sitting in the living room, and Mom and Dad sat at the table with the company. Bryant (my brother) thought we should all yell happy Father's Day at midnight. We did. And so it was an enjoyable evening.

This was the same evening and she just looked cute, so why not. 

 

Here I was staining the fence and listening to The Scarlet Pimpernel, and just randomly took a picture. It was a gorgeous day.

These were like the very first pictures I took on the phone, just to test it out. This child HATES the camera. EVERY time, a camera is pointed in her general direction without a warning or her permission, she just about has a cow. But she's like the cutest model, so I try to get pictures of her when I can.

random, sorry. Mom and Tori working in the flowerbed. just more camera testing.

kitty :)

I told him to get back out and act like he was climbing in again because it looked cool. I'm not obsessed with photography, I PROMISE. Just having fun. 

mum

We went on a picnic with my uncle's family for Father's Day. This is my siblings and cousins sitting around. Someone (Raphi I think) on a bike in the corner there.

Then I used portrait mode, with Liesl as the focal point, and the rest blurred out.

Lucian is the monkey. He is constantly doing things like this.

My brother Alec and cousin Raphi. They kind of look alike in this picture.

Liesl, likely showing off the grass she was braiding or something.

Her pretty eyelashes. Honestly, I think some of the best photography happens when there's no posing. She didn't know I was taking this picture.

And now like a whole whack of Lucian

yup 

also yup

preach it brother

And the best for last. This is my favourite picture I took all day. And again, this wasn't a pose.

  Hope you enjoyed this... I promise I'll try to do the Q and A sort of thing in a few days. If there's questions you want to ask, please do so in the comments, and I will answer them.

  Happy Monday