Bradley didn’t want to take the dogs walking in the park.  So we bartered… or you can call it a bribe … and I got my photo for the day… and we walked the dogs around the block instead.  I was happy, Bradley was happy, dogs were ecstatic!

How cute is he?  And how gorgeous are his eyes?

I met Clare and Cormack at their house earlier today to take photos of their gorgeous little boy Cian.  I just loved his big blue eyes, and all his cute facial expressions.

Back to natural light at dusk today… no flash… and a quick shot or two before starting to prepare my camera, flashes and lenses for tomorrow’s wedding.

See the full set of 2010 photo-a-day photos on my Project 365 Flickr Set.

Really not sure what Connor was trying to do here.

I read an article about lifestyle photography a few days ago,  and the blogger reminded me why I loved photography and why I’m a lifestyle photographer and not a studio photographer.  I love that I can capture life as it happens, in natural surroundings.  And this photo is just that.  It’s not a beautiful portrait, but it’s Connor to a T, and I want to remember him this way.

If you’re wondering about the light…

I took this tonight. It was pitch dark in the garden, and I couldn’t really see where Connor and Kitara were through the viewfinder!  There was a Canon 580EXII attached to the camera, set as the master but not firing.  A Canon 430EXII was mounted on a lightbox in front of me, and slightly to the left, and it was facing them.

I enjoyed my experimentation this evening with the flashes… but OMG I’m frustrated that my flash trigger system is not working.  I’m very tempted to splurge and get a Pocket Wizard set!  Either that, or I need another slave flash to balance the light.

The perfect place to spend a few hours, while it raining and generally being awful

I haven’t taken many photos of Connor not acting like a hooligan, so I thought it would be apt