Sunday, November 1, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Playing Around
I've been playing around with editing some more. I feel like the more I learn the more I realize I don't know and just HOW much there is to learn LOL
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Tea Anyone?
This weekend I went out and took some photo's for my friend and neighbor. She is blessed to have three beautiful girls. We found some nice tall grass and set up a little tea party. These girls were so much fun to take pictures of.
Here is Cassidy. She was so relaxed in front of the camera.
Here we have little miss diva! Carly will be celebrating her third birthday latter this month.
This is Claire who has the best expressions!
I couldn't resist taking a photo of these tiny hands. I just love them.
I kind of have a thing for feet too! The boots were just too cute.
Here is Cassidy. She was so relaxed in front of the camera.
Here we have little miss diva! Carly will be celebrating her third birthday latter this month.
This is Claire who has the best expressions!
I couldn't resist taking a photo of these tiny hands. I just love them.
I kind of have a thing for feet too! The boots were just too cute.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Info & Tid Bits
Requests to take photo's have started coming in and I thought I would take a minute to provide some info.
First of all yes I am available to do photo's. The first question that everyone wants to know is how much do I charge. It seems that I often choose a rather unconventional way of doing things and my pricing scheme for photography seems to be following suit.
I have chosen at this point in time to not have any set prices. I am asking people to pay me what they can afford and or what they feel the photo's are worth to them. In addition I am also encouraging people to pay me in non-monetary ways. The possibilities here are endless and unique to each person. I will say though that I'm not a coffee drinker and really don't care for alcohol :) If someone is more comfortable writing me a cheque I am not going to say no.
For a photo shoot I will give you 2 hours of my time. I am still brainstorming the best way for you to view the photo's. You may choose 10 images that I will edit and put on a cd for you to print yourself.
Why am I doing it this way? It's kind of a long answer! The really short version is that it is a personal conviction of mine. I may not do it forever. It may only be for a time. But right now this is what I feel I should do. I am much more interested in God's economy and His way of doing things don't always make sense.
I also thought that I would put it out there that my absolute passion and what I would really love to do is birth photography. I have my first birth booked for March. I am very excited about this. If there are any pregnant Mamma's who would like their birth to be photographed speak up!!!!!!!
I am baby stepping my way into this passion and have much to learn! I am so thrilled that I have the opportunity to do something that I love and feel so incredibly blessed. God is good!
First of all yes I am available to do photo's. The first question that everyone wants to know is how much do I charge. It seems that I often choose a rather unconventional way of doing things and my pricing scheme for photography seems to be following suit.
I have chosen at this point in time to not have any set prices. I am asking people to pay me what they can afford and or what they feel the photo's are worth to them. In addition I am also encouraging people to pay me in non-monetary ways. The possibilities here are endless and unique to each person. I will say though that I'm not a coffee drinker and really don't care for alcohol :) If someone is more comfortable writing me a cheque I am not going to say no.
For a photo shoot I will give you 2 hours of my time. I am still brainstorming the best way for you to view the photo's. You may choose 10 images that I will edit and put on a cd for you to print yourself.
Why am I doing it this way? It's kind of a long answer! The really short version is that it is a personal conviction of mine. I may not do it forever. It may only be for a time. But right now this is what I feel I should do. I am much more interested in God's economy and His way of doing things don't always make sense.
I also thought that I would put it out there that my absolute passion and what I would really love to do is birth photography. I have my first birth booked for March. I am very excited about this. If there are any pregnant Mamma's who would like their birth to be photographed speak up!!!!!!!
I am baby stepping my way into this passion and have much to learn! I am so thrilled that I have the opportunity to do something that I love and feel so incredibly blessed. God is good!
Friday, October 9, 2009
Oh Me Oh My!
This afternoon I went out to run some errands without the kids. When I walked in the house and placed my bag on the counter I saw this. Any guesses as to what it is?
As my eyes continued to look I saw this next to it.
At this point I gasped, covered my mouth and let out a rather loud, "Nooooooo!!!!!!" Then looked at Rod and said, "What happened?" Rod informed me that Kaidan decided to make Kennedy's hair look pretty. He thought that her hair was hanging in her eyes so he took care of it! Ummm........... YIKES! Did you see those scissors? Kaidan is 3 years old and Kennedy is 22 months old! Ey ya ya ya! Nobody got hurt and you know what? He did a pretty decent job. I don't actually think anyone would really notice except me whose job it is as a mother to know every little inch of my children's hair. My Mom has been on me for months to cut her hair. No worries Mom......... Kaidan took care of it.
Not too bad eh? Looks like I might have a little hair dresser on my hands but he will have to wait a good long while before he has the opportunity again!
As my eyes continued to look I saw this next to it.
At this point I gasped, covered my mouth and let out a rather loud, "Nooooooo!!!!!!" Then looked at Rod and said, "What happened?" Rod informed me that Kaidan decided to make Kennedy's hair look pretty. He thought that her hair was hanging in her eyes so he took care of it! Ummm........... YIKES! Did you see those scissors? Kaidan is 3 years old and Kennedy is 22 months old! Ey ya ya ya! Nobody got hurt and you know what? He did a pretty decent job. I don't actually think anyone would really notice except me whose job it is as a mother to know every little inch of my children's hair. My Mom has been on me for months to cut her hair. No worries Mom......... Kaidan took care of it.
Not too bad eh? Looks like I might have a little hair dresser on my hands but he will have to wait a good long while before he has the opportunity again!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Lollipop, lollipop, oh la la lollipop!
Remember back in June my wonderful children gave me the best present ever? I cashed it on a beautiful August morning and we headed to Old Clayburn Village Store. I had a really hard time deciding which ones to post and as you can see I wasn't too succesfull in narrowing it down LOL.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
My Dad's 60th
My Dad turned 60 this month and it is becoming a bit of a joke that this celebration just keeps going on and on! He deserves it though. So as his birthday has lingered so will this post!
Earlier in the year we started to think about my Dad turning 60 and what we wanted to do to honor him. It seemed like a natural thing to gift him with a guitar. For those of you who don't know my family my Dad enjoys playing the guitar and has a fine appreciation for woodworking. Pair that with Rod's incredible skill and love for building guitars and it's not hard to figure out what to do! We wanted all of the kids and grandkids to be involved in this gift though so we all spent some time in the workshop helping out with what we could. It was a labor of love. And YES, it remained a secret until the gift was given.
First the grandkids all came and had a turn. Even Kennedy got in the action and helped out!
Then the kids all took their turn coming in. Unfortunatley I don't have a photo of Debora. She did help though by choosing the style of the bridge and the headstock. By the way Debora I think you did a fantastic job!
My sister Julie and Rod having some fun!
Rod took this photo of me in the shop.
We also all put our fingerprints inside the guitar and signed it with a personal message to my Dad.
Remember I did say this was going to be a long post! We are only half way there. Here are a few photos of the guitar finished. Well, actually it isn't 100% done. The actual finish on the guitar isn't on yet. We ran out of time and it takes weeks for it to cure properly. Dad is going to have to give it back at some point to get the proper finish on it.
This was the first time that Rod built a guitar with a sound port.
Finally the day of the party! We were so proud of the grandkids for keeping the secret. They could only wait so long though and we decided to open presents right away. We wrapped an album of photos that I had taken of making the guitar and that is what we gave to my Dad. He's a smart guy and figured out right away what was in store. My Mom on the other hand! It was quite funny watching her as she couldn't see the photo's and had NO clue what was going on.
Finally out comes the guitar. Kaidan taking a look in the sound port.
Let's play this thing already! For those of you who have never heard one of Rod's guitars you are missing out. I need to brag for a moment about my hubby because he is AMAZING at building guitars. Not only do they look fantastic they sound incredible.
I think this is one of my favorite photos here. I love the look of my Dad's hands against the guitar. Very personal to me. Happy Birthday Dad! You are so very loved and I am so honored to be your daughter. I love you.
Earlier in the year we started to think about my Dad turning 60 and what we wanted to do to honor him. It seemed like a natural thing to gift him with a guitar. For those of you who don't know my family my Dad enjoys playing the guitar and has a fine appreciation for woodworking. Pair that with Rod's incredible skill and love for building guitars and it's not hard to figure out what to do! We wanted all of the kids and grandkids to be involved in this gift though so we all spent some time in the workshop helping out with what we could. It was a labor of love. And YES, it remained a secret until the gift was given.
First the grandkids all came and had a turn. Even Kennedy got in the action and helped out!
Then the kids all took their turn coming in. Unfortunatley I don't have a photo of Debora. She did help though by choosing the style of the bridge and the headstock. By the way Debora I think you did a fantastic job!
My sister Julie and Rod having some fun!
Rod took this photo of me in the shop.
We also all put our fingerprints inside the guitar and signed it with a personal message to my Dad.
Remember I did say this was going to be a long post! We are only half way there. Here are a few photos of the guitar finished. Well, actually it isn't 100% done. The actual finish on the guitar isn't on yet. We ran out of time and it takes weeks for it to cure properly. Dad is going to have to give it back at some point to get the proper finish on it.
This was the first time that Rod built a guitar with a sound port.
Finally the day of the party! We were so proud of the grandkids for keeping the secret. They could only wait so long though and we decided to open presents right away. We wrapped an album of photos that I had taken of making the guitar and that is what we gave to my Dad. He's a smart guy and figured out right away what was in store. My Mom on the other hand! It was quite funny watching her as she couldn't see the photo's and had NO clue what was going on.
Finally out comes the guitar. Kaidan taking a look in the sound port.
Let's play this thing already! For those of you who have never heard one of Rod's guitars you are missing out. I need to brag for a moment about my hubby because he is AMAZING at building guitars. Not only do they look fantastic they sound incredible.
I think this is one of my favorite photos here. I love the look of my Dad's hands against the guitar. Very personal to me. Happy Birthday Dad! You are so very loved and I am so honored to be your daughter. I love you.
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