Keri Payne Photography

Cute Kitten Friday

No real reason, I just thought this would be a good way to usher in the weekend....

Summer Vacation

It's been a couple of years since my son and I went on vacation.  We usually take a ski trip with the family, but between moving last year, and job issues (before I decided upon self-employment) the year before, it's been a few years. 

Since my son has always wanted to go to "paradise", and I'm pretty much happy on ANY beach, we decided to go to St. John.  I was there about 16 years ago for just a day, and have always wanted to go back.  Plus, there's this really cool campground that I've always wanted to stay at.  By "camping", I mean very rustic little screen-sided cabins, and public restrooms, and cold showers.  It was the best vacation EVER though!!!  We had a great time together, and I really hope it's something he remembers for a long, long time.  I definitely know I will!!

I didn't take my "big" camera with me, but here are a few I snapped with my point-and-shoot.  It's a Canon Powershot and I LOVE it.  It even took the little video at the end of this post.  GREAT camera!  Unfortunately, it came home with a few issues, most likely related to the sand and bouncing around in the taxi.  Oops!  But see why I didn't take my other camera???  :)

 
Links:

Where we stayed: Maho Bay Camp

Our favorite beach: (big) Maho Bay Beach

Our favorite daysail: Cloud 9 Sailing Adventures

 

St. John - Giant Starfish from Keri Payne on Vimeo.

(no starfish were harmed in the making of this video - lol)    

Stepping outside the box......

I had the chance to hang out with a bunch of other photographers at Strokers in Dallas, shooting models and motorcycles.  It was SO MUCH FUN!!!  One, because I wouldn't normally have any sort of reason to hang out there, and two, because models have to do everything you tell them to!  haha!  Honestly, I was a little intimidated by the girls - they were SO GOOD!!!  Check out the pics - you'll see what I mean:

 

So much fun!!!!  And some really cool motorcycles too!!

In other news:  I'm so far behind on my blogging!!!  I've been so busy with the "business" side of things; it's a lot of work to coordinate everyone for photo shoots!!!  But I'm excited because I'll have a lot of fun things to post in the next few weeks.  I LOVE that the weather is finally getting warm and everyone is finally getting outside.  Flowers, sunshine, green trees and grass - YAY SPRING!!!!