When Family Visits

Getting together with family is so much fun. I'ts especially nice when someone in the bunch shares your same interests. This would be my sisters-in-laws and fellow "Photogranerds". We had been planning our own photo outing for some time now. We decided on a recent visit from my sister-in-law, Ceci Liz, to my hometown the Treasure Coast, we would make it happen. I am so glad we did.

We had such a great time. I got to show Ceci some of what Fort Pierce and Jensen Beach are all about. Although we did not get to stop at all the spots we wanted to, I was able to take her to some of the more historic sites, like the Fort Pierce Marina and The Seven Gables Home. It was awesome to see our final photographs, and I think you will enjoy to see the lengths we go through, to get a great shot. So be sure you check out Ceci Liz's blog posting, where you will see some amusing photos of me being the one-eyed photographer. Yes, let it be known I cannot wink, LOL!       

Here are some of the pictures I was able to capture on our fun outing.

 Jensen Beach area "Bait and Tackle Shop"

Jensen Beach

Jensen Beach Causeway

Fisherman underneath the Jensen Beach Causeway Bridge

Net Fishing in Fort Pierce

Fort Pierce Fisherman

Fort Pierce Marina

"The Seven Gables Home" built in the early 1900's and relocated to the Indian River Lagoon in 1997

 

Photographs of the Slay Family who lived in "The Seven Gables Home" and sold it 1943

And last but not least, here is my Sis-in-Law, Ceci. Many of you know her as "Ceci Liz" from Ceci Liz Photography. In between photographing, I made sure to catch her in action. These are some of the shots I wanted to share with Ceci and our Photogranerd followers. If you have a keen eye, you will notice that in some cases, we ignored our surroundings and forgot to read important signs like "No Trespassing"…Oops!

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Photogranerd-ish! (Ft. Pierce part I)

Every time one of my sisters-in-law and I get together, we can’t help it, we just get into conversations that have to do with photography.  And when all three of us are together, forget it!  The conversations are totally PHOTOGRAPHY!  It’s so “photogranerd-ish”!  It’s no wonder we got that nickname.  We talk about our latest experiences, camera technicalities, other photographers, Photoshop, etc.  

The three of us agree that it’s hard to get creative (photography wise) when we are out with the rest of our family (meaning our husbands).  In other words they don’t have the patience to stop, every time we want to capture something cool (it has no meaning to them).  

When my husband and I decided we were taking a trip to visit our niece in Port St. Lucie, I told Debbie (my sister-in-law), we needed to get away by ourselves, so we can focus on doing our thing!  Unfortunately, this time around Karina was not able to join us.  Hopefully, the next time, we all can meet together. 

Debbie had previously talked to me about taking a drive around Ft. Pierce, an old historic town, near where she lives.  I thought it would be interesting and fun.  I would like to call this part 1 of this photography adventure.  We didn’t have time to capture everything, like the old houses, broken bridges, and the sunset photos we wanted to do.  However, we were able to stop by the Ft. Pierce Marina, the A.E. Backus Museum, the Seven Gables House , crossed the Jensen Bridge Causeway, drove through Hutchinson Island, and captured a photo of the power plant there (this is one of my favorite photos). I hope we can soon get together again so we can continue part 2 of this photo walk.

We were able to stop under the Jensen Beach Causeway, where a lot of fisherman hangout.

We were driving around and when I saw the bright blue water that surrounds this power plant, I had to stop.  This is the St. Lucie FP&L Power Plant.

Inside the Seven Gables Home. 

My own reflection  ;)

Here are some captures I got of my photogranerd sister-in-law, Debbie.  Make sure you visit her blog post to view the photos she captured from this photo walk.  

I love the silhouette jumping photos that we took of each other.  That was totally fun, and a workout too... at least for me! hahaha 

I think it's uniquely cute how Debbie covers one eye with her hand, because she can't keep one eye shut when taking a picture.  She unconsciously does this and I got her in action!

A Moment of Boredom

I was surprised at what I was able to capture in a moment of boredom.  There we were one Sunday afternoon, sitting down by the table, eating cake, and chatting away.  By “we”, I mean our family.  My sister-in-law, brother-in-law, and my niece came to visit us from Port St. Lucie, FL.  Also gathered together were my husband’s parents, both his brothers, and of course the wives (also known as the photogranerds).   

We (the photogranerds) had made plans to go out and explore with our cameras. However, everything got complicated; one of us got sick, the weather was a little iffy, and we had very little time left.  So, what did we end up doing? It was inevitable, photography was our main subject of conversation (like every time we get together).   We were honestly bored and eventually we ended up walking around my house photographing whatever we could find interesting.  These are some of my captures.  Somehow I got fixated on the coloring pencils and toy cars in my son's playroom.  The last photograph is my dining room's chandelier.