Yet another abstract type photo from yesterday.  I’ve been getting home late recently with my new job, so I haven’t been able to take nice pics of the kids… so instead I’ve been forced to get more creative about the photos that I take… which isn’t a bad thing actually, because it’s stretched my abilities again.

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I saw something similar to this on Flickr a few days ago, and just had to try it out when I saw Elaine and Bryan today.  I really like the effect, and there are so many ways of doing something like this, I just have to try it out again… who’s keen for a couple shoot?

And my latest post has also been published on Blissfully Domestic… this one is all about over-sharpening photos.  Don’t forget to read that too

He took these yesterday after I took the photos of Elaine.  He’s developing quite a good eye… these were all taken with my 50mm lens. Not bad for a 5 year old hey?!

He was quite funny afterwards when I was looking at the photos he’d taken and I’d commented on how good they were: “It’s easy Mommy, all you have to do is stand veeeery still and click… and then your photos will be perfect… like mine!”

Granny and Papa – I just have to coach him with people shots a bit.

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I bought a Canon 430Ex MKII Speedlight flash for my camera just in case the light is bad on Saturday (it’s my first newborn shoot), because the weather has been so awful this week.

I was excitedly setting the whole thing on my camera this afternoon, when DRAMA!! I’d dropped my camera a few weeks ago, and didn’t think there was any damage to it; but now it looks like I’ve bent the metal on the flash thingy at the top of the camera; so the flash wouldn’t attach. But anyhoo, to cut a very long story short… Lance thankfully managed to bend the metal back into shape this evening and it worked

So… here’s a self portrait of me and my new toy

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