Holly Sisson Photography

April 6, 2009

Noah’s Family Birthday Get-Together

Filed under: Animals,Children,Food,Life — Holly @ 4:29 pm

The other weekend my family came over so we could celebrate Noah’s 9th Birthday. Unfortunately Noah was too quick for me when he blow out the candles, I completely missed it! Oh well, maybe next year!

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My mother’s dog, Simon, came along to join the fun. You may remember Simon from a shoot I did of him in High Park profiled in a previous blog posting:
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In the end there wasn’t much left of the delicious chocolate cake, and believe me there would have been even LESS if my children had had anything to say about it! 😉
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Yeah! One more blog posting to go!

First Sign of Spring, Out & About in the Park

Filed under: Animals,Children,Life,Out & About,The Natural World — Holly @ 4:03 pm

I decided to give my Canon 70–200 f2.8L IS lens some loving, and also experiment with using it with an
extension tube attached to achieve closer focus then normally possible with that lens.

I captured this early sign of spring, this lens gives great bokeh:
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Then ‘tried’ to capture some shots of the children, after socializing with other parents, in the park:
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Caught this one shot of Maddy (whom you may remember from this blog post). Perhaps next time she’ll be on the loose in the park and I can really put that 200 mm to work!
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Only two more blog posts to go, then I’ll be caught up…not sure if I’ll have time to get to them today or not though (but I will try). 🙂

Cats & Hamster: Pet Photography, Toronto

Filed under: Animals — Holly @ 9:52 am

Trying to catch up on my blogging, here is the first of a number of posts to come.

Friends went away skiing for March Break, so my daughter and I were on cat sitting duty. I decided to take a few photographs, since the house was quiet with no kids or excited puppy. You may remember these pussy cats from an earlier blog post, in this shot it’s hard to tell that Roblin only has one eye:
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Misty was much more co-operative:
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I was playing around that weekend with an extension tube attached to my Canon 100 mm f2.8 macro lens, so I could focus even closer then usual, and captures some more shots of Rebecca’s hamster Norbert, whom you may remember from earlier blog posts (also including the link above). Here he is climbing for his beloved milk drop:
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And here he is finding said beloved milk drop:
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Will blog more today, this is the first of four updates to my blog.

March 2, 2009

My Birthday Boy!

Filed under: Animals,Children,Food,Life — Holly @ 10:16 pm

My son Noah turned 9 today! Caught these two photos of him on the way home from school:
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But on the weekend he had his big birthday party with his friends from school. On Saturday he helped me bake a cake:
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On Sunday morning we iced and decorated the cake:
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Noah enjoyed the left over gel icing from the tube:
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But the really exciting and FUN part of the weekend came once Sabeena and Zack from Bugs Without Borders arrived. They started off with a little education, which was interesting and fun for the kids:
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Noah checks out one of the containers:
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Sabeena talked about how she started collecting and catching bugs when she was a little girl:
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And then they brought the insects and animals out. If it was safe for the children, they were allowed to touch and hold them:
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The lizard with the blue tongue was a big hit:
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As was the gecko:
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And the bearded lizard was a HUGE hit:
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A few more of the animals:
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A favourite part, at the end, was when they watched the bearded lizard catch and eat a meal worm, they LOVED that!
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And to finish out the party, cake and presents!
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Noah later proclaimed it as ‘the best day of his life’, I’d say Bugs Without Borders was a HUGE success! 😉

February 16, 2009

Our Family Pets

Filed under: Animals,Family Pet Photography — Holly @ 6:54 pm

I happened to have my camera out, with the flash on, when I popped into my daughter’s room. How could I resist capturing some photos of her hamster Norbert? Isn’t he cute? (His only downfall is he bites!)

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Whenever he notices someone paying attention to him, he’ll come over to the bars of his cage and start chewing on them, and climbing to the top. If he goes into the spaceship part (as the kids call it), he’ll stick his nose in the holes.
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What he is asking for is one of his beloved ‘Milk Drops’, which he received at Christmas time, he LOVES them!
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Then I captured one shot of Noah’s beta fish Dragon, whom you may remember from an earlier photo session. This time I kept it really simple, and just bounced the flash on the ceiling, so the image isn’t as dramatic as the previous shoot where I lit him from the side.
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