52 Weeks - Week 1

One of my New Year's resolutions is to take and post at least one photo each week for the entire year.  I know I am already late at posting, but at least the photos were taken within the first week of 2011.

I was on my way out the door to take Peanut out to buy his girlfriend a birthday gift, and when I opened the front door I was greeted by a whole flock of Cedar Waxwings in the crabapple tree in my front garden.  At first I thought they were Blue Jays, but then I realized they were too small and they were a pretty shade of taupe grey with yellow underneath.  And Blue Jays are usually loners, so it would be rare for 25-30 of them to all be in the same tree at once.  I was pretty sure they were Cedar Waxwings, and a quick Google search proved me right.  It was quite a treat!  They are so pretty. :)

Finally...

I've done a few photo shoots in the past couple of months, but I wasn't able to share any of the photos because they were for Christmas gifts and I didn't want to spoil the surprise. (Not that anyone is really reading this blog on a regular basis, but with my luck THAT would have been the time when someone who was on the receiving end would find the post. LOL)

Anyhoo... I am going to share some of my favourites from a shoot with my own kids way back in October.  My kids are very comfortable being in front of the camera so it provides great opportunity to practice and hone my skills and technique.

More from other shoots to come...

Revisiting the Past

So I found this photo from a shoot I did for my friend waayyy back in 2006 when I had no clue how to use an SLR and was afraid of RAW so I shot only in JPEG.

Both girls are so adorable and naturally sassy.  Originally I was satisfied with my limited abilities in post-processing, but when I came across the file in my archives I decided to have another go at it.

To begin with it's a technical nightmare and a JPEG to boot... there are about a million things I would do differently if I were to shoot this same shot today, but this is what I came up with after just a few mins of tweaking in Photoshop.