Thursday, June 11, 2009

Tiggers like to bounce.

A chilly winter day is a great excuse to play dress-ups. (My daughter H, aged 17 months).

Some flora and fauna.

I also took the 75-300mm lens for a walk, it's been a while since I did any non-people shots.
A token animal photo ... P the sheep.
Getting quite dark by now, this photo was taken with ISO1600. I did test with slower exposures, but didn't have my tripod with me. This was 1/100 sec.

The great outdoors.

A road trip and a long weekend brought about the opportunity to take some outdoor photos.

My daughter H (aged 17 months) had a great time playing outside, and quickly became good friends with M (the dog).

These photos were taken with a (borrowed) Canon 400D with 18-55mm kit lens.



















My son A (aged three) enjoyed practising his walking, but stopped for a rest so that I could take a few photos.


A new baby.

As promised, here is baby O at eight days old.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

She has some cute friends.

I finally had a chance to take photos of some of my daughter's playmates.

First up is R, who has the most beautiful big blue eyes, so I decided to make this one a b&w with just the eyes in colour. It doesn't show up quite as well in this small version, but if you click on it, you can see a bigger version of the photo.
Next is D, who was doing some serious thinking in this photo! I did get a nice one of him smiling, but I like this photo better.
Another cutie, B keeps us entertained with her laughing and clapping (and blowing kisses)... but not for the camera, so I will have to try again another time!
My daughter H was 17 months old in this photo. I haven't had much practice with backlit photos, so this came out a bit patchy. Adding the sepia effect helped even out the colour. And yes, she has finally had her fringe cut.

A father and his son.

At another birthday party, I had the opportunity to catch up with baby M. At about 6 weeks old, he was ready to shine for the camera.



I couldn't pick my favourite of these two photos, so had to include them both. M with his dad L.


Mother hen.


Another visit to E, who was taking a break from the baby preparations to spend time with her chickens.




Baby O has since arrived, so I am hoping to get some photos of her soon.