Jack the Ripper

I have been trying to convince my wife to carve pumpkins with me from before we were officially engaged. She grew up not celebrating Halloween because of what it stands for I suppose. I asked her if she had carved a pumpkin before and she said no, so this year she was going to do that whether she wanted to or not.

I had her go out with my little monster and me to the pumpkin patch a few days ago. I had her pick out three pumpkins, each to represent a member of our small family. We went to the store after that and purchased a carving kit and some patterns for $4.99. I wanted to carve them that night, but it was late and it could wait till Saturday.

So finally I managed to have her sit down and carve, and what a marvelous carver she is. She’s a natural “Jack the Ripper”. Made a huge mess, which I suppose she’ll want me to clean up considering that she’s the breadwinner. That’s okay I would have her clean if I were the one bringing home the paycheck.

I placed a flashlight inside the pumpkins and decreased the shutter speed on the camera to about 2.5-5 seconds depending on the pumpkin. I also managed to snap a wonderful picture of my beautiful wife.