Sunday, in the Park

We waited until about 4 pm to head to the park on Sunday, hoping it had cooled down just a bit which, thankfully, it had!

Noah, shot wide open to maximize the bokeh:

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Rebecca, and more bokeh!

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The kids found some left over water balloons from the Fun Fair on Saturday, here Noah is running from his sister, who’s trying to throw a balloon at him:

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It was all fun and games until his big sister did something silly by emptying a whole water balloon on him, he was not happy 🙁 (and she immediately regretted it as then he didn’t want to play anymore!)

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Then she proposed that he empty a balloon over top of his head, he took her up on that!

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And he was happy again!

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Before we headed home we met Tucker! What a cutie!

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And then, luckily, we got home before the weather turned! I can’t say I enjoy the crazy weather systems that come along with the heat and humidity!

New School, Kitten Season & Digging in the Dirt

My daughter and I went to meet with the principal of her new school today, here’s a shot on the way:

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I would have liked a catchlight in her eyes, but there are no windows in the hallway! But I love the out-of-focus background in the shot…so I uploaded it just for that!

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A shot taken inside one of the classrooms:

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On the way home we visited a local vet who had kittens in his window. Did you know there is such a thing as ‘kitten season’? (I found that out one year when I asked the vet why he didn’t always have kittens in his window…and he said it wasn’t the season for kittens!)

We liked this one the most:

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This funny little guy (gal?) always had one eye closed!

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After school Noah went digging in the sand pit that he and his friends have been building (tunnels, planting ‘trees’, etc.) for the last few weeks:

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Sometimes it’s really hard to get him to look at me when I’m trying to take his picture…I think he’s sick of the camera! lol

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A few from today…

…but none of my kids!

First off this absolutely adorable baby girl. I asked her mom if it was ok if I caught a few shots while she was on the swing.

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Look at those amazing eyes! (I’m really hoping mom & dad will hire me for a photo shoot before they return to their home country!)

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Someone was giving out washed and clean used stuff toys at the park, Harry took just a few!

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Love the red of his hair against the green background:

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To the Distillery District and the Beach

Went down to the Distillery District yesterday with a friend and my son, captured this first shot right at the beginning:

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The next five shots were taken in a cool store that has old antique toy vehicles. I was playing with extremely shallow depth of field, which worked well with the low light levels in the store, and is fun to boot! 🙂

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Then we stopped by Balzac’s Coffee for hot chocolate and tea:

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Noah decided to drink his hot chocolate with a straw:

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After our refreshments we headed down to the beach:

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Looking for cool stones to add to his rock collection:

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Caught this seagull at the edge of the water:

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Noah running from the cold water:

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And then we started to dig:

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Which takes lots of concentration! lol

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At the end he buried his feet in an attempt to dry them…not sure that worked out very well!

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Hope everyone else had a great Sunday as well!