Our Friends Nevin & Cordy
A Family Photo Shoot
Monday, January 10
I waited until now to post these, as I wanted to make sure their friends had received the photo cards Nevin & Cordy designed.
Nevin & Cordy ~ threejoys
Nevin and Cordy asked if I would do a photo shoot of their family during the time their son and his family were visiting from Colorado.
My favorite photo shoot is candid, because nobody cares how the pictures turn out. But I agreed to this, because of our friendship – and it is a good experience for me. In the meantime my Nikon 18-200 went on lockdown and was sent away for repair, so I was left with my Nikon 18-55 which should have been okay for this.
I was also borrowing one of our daughter Deb’s lens – a Tamron 75-250 – which does not work well for this kind of photo, but I experimented with a few pictures – then went back to my Nikon 18-55.
Something seemed wrong, because I wasn’t hearing the usual “click” when the camera focused. I had my laptop along to examine the results – and the photos looked fairly good. Only when I got home did I discover that my 18-55 lens wasn’t locked in place. 
Now that was a new experience – so I did learn something new. Note to self: When I don’t hear the focus click, make sure the lens is locked in place. With my 18-200, I never removed it, so it was always locked in place.
I was glad there were usable photos even though the focus is a bit soft.
Nevin and Cordy, with their daughter, Barb, and son, Brian.
Jere, Barb, Nevin, Cordy, Brian, and Donna
Nevin and Cordy with their grandchildren.
I don’t know the names of all the Colorado grandchildren, so will not attempt to put names here.
Their entire family
This turned out to be their favorite family photo. I like this style photo because friends can tell where the grandchildren belong.
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If was fun to face a new photo challenge. Thanks to the Hosler family for your patience and for trusting me.
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