Allow me to introduce you to the newest member of our family, Alice. She is the sweetest little girl, who came from a wonderful breeder located just outside of Toronto.
Last night she snuggled right in with Rebecca, she loves to lie on our laps and be with us:
Here she is snuggling with Noah:
Watch for many more images to come!
My girl is 13-years-old today, and she received a very special gift from me for the big day. I’ve been dying to give it to her since I picked it up on Friday morning…and I had to wait even longer as she had a sleepover at a friends last night, so didn’t get home until lunch time, but she was so thrilled with her gift:
She was thrilled with the colour of the guitar as well, black being her fave (non) colour. She just re-dyed her hair blue-black…which you may remember from last year when we had a nice mother/daughter lunch out for her birthday.
After lunch her best friend, Jo Kim, came over and came along with us while we ran some errands.
Stopped at Over the Rainbow to check out hats, and for Noah to load up on jujubes:
Noah was my elusive subject for the day, I had to sneak in photos of him:
Almost home, the girls ham it up:
Once home we made “5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cakes“, which you may remember from this post (with the recipe), so Rebecca could blow out some candles (real birthday cake will came in two weeks with a family celebration):
Now it’s time for a special b-day dinner, banana waffles with chocolate chips, a fave! (Equipment Used: All images were shot with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens.)
Can you guess the inspiration for this month’s EatSavvy Shoot? If you guessed Pumpkin, you are correct!
From Pumpkin and Apple Soup, to a dinner party meal of Pumpkin Risotto, a family meal of Pumpkin Chili, to yummy Pumpkin Pancakes (will be making these for the kids!), nutritious and delicious pumpkin was put to good use.
(Equipment Used: First two images were shot with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens, just love the bokeh from that lens! The reminder were shot with the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens, which is so versatile for these types of shoots.)
Some images from my photography workshop in Vermont.
(See “My Camera Equipment” in footer section for links/more information on camera equipment used.)
The first four images were shot with the Lensbaby lens:
Next two photos of pumpkins were shot wide open with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens:
Shot intentionally dark and moody with the Canon 100 mm f2.8 macro lens at f2.8:
The next five images were shot with the Lensbaby lens:
This one was shot with no aperture disk installed, creating extremely shallow depth of field:
Embracing the blur and the pattern of the mushroom:
The instructor of the workshop loaned me his Canon 70–200 f2.8L IS lens, as I did not bring mine. Hoping to get some close-ups of cows and horses before trip is through:
Flying down to Vermont yesterday I had a chance to make fun use of my iPhone camera, completely inspired by Chase Jarvis and his gallery of iPhone photography.
Most of these images were processed on the iPhone with the wonderful “Camera Bag” application. Flying down on a small propeller plane (less then half full), ended up being a ton of fun because of the photographic opportunities, looking forward to the flight home for more shots!
(Stripes in some of the photos are the blades of the propeller that created interesting effects.)
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