Here is a picture I took today with the macro :) So much fun!!! I went to a green house and snapped away. I have more to share later but I'm off to play a game of Clue with my son. Then I'll be back with my 12 of 12 :)

I fell in love tonight.....

....with a lens. And I will admit it's not the first time. When I got my Canon Zoom EF 70-200mm 1:2.8 L IS it was known as my 5th love with. My other 4 loves are people/family :)

But, the new love tonight is a very sweet macro. Here are a few images I took with the macro:

This is the 5th love

Just palying with depth of field (lens cap) - so cool!

My son is becoming difficult to photograph at age 9 growing up with a camera always on him. I was hoping/thinking the other way around that he should be use to it. Anyway's, more depth of field - eye in focus and hair out - very cool!

Tomorrow I'll take some prettier images with the macro. Just to excited to wait :)

'I Do....Let's Eat' Airs July 9th

Sabina just sent me an email informing me of the 'I Do.....Lets Eat' wedding we photographed together. Here is the past blog link with the story. BUT, if you don't know - 'I Do...Let's Eat' is a reality TV wedding show and of course it's all about the wedding and the food. The food was amazing by the way - YUMMMMMM!!! Anyway's it will air July 9th which is a Monday. So all my local gals are coming over for an 'I DO...Let's Eat' party and we will all watch it together :) FUN!

I'm so EXCITED!

Big day tomorrow!

So I got this idea from
Megan who posted on Ellen's blog but the original idea came from Chad :)

12 of 12

So I photo my day, I have to include 12 photos and one of them has to include a body part. In each photo I have to name the location and time.

Yipeeeeee, EXCITING!!!!

Any one else doing this tomorrow??? Ellen? Megan? I'm sure Chad is. I know, I'm such a photo geek. I love it.

Have you noticed my music here???

Super excited about the blog music!

I got the idea from Amy who has a beautiful blog you should all check in on and say hi, if you're not a visitor alreay that is :) She has a 365 blog and the idea of a 365 blog is to post everyday. I LOVE the song on her site and anyone who has a minute -- go check it out. Just click on her name.

Great song - great blog - check it out - Amy

I have her blog running a lot while I work and listen to the song over and over :)

Hi Amy! :)

Have you ever felt like the word revolves around you? It's a strange feeling.

On Friday I got my first flat tire. It was freezing cold, it was snowing and a very cold wind was blowing. And there I am, stuck in a parking lot on hwy 2 in Trenton with a flat tire. Whenever I have car problems I call my sons grandfather, and he is always very helpful but he told me this time I'm going to have to call a male close by for help as my sons Grandfather does not live very close to the parking lot I was stuck in.

A close by male in Trenton? I only know one and he happened to be home with his children while his wife was out with the van, but he told me he would be there shortly. OK, I thought he is going to borrow a vehicle - sweet! About 15-20 min later I see him and his two children on bikes on their way to my rescue! It's so cold and they are on bikes coming to help me. It was such an overwhelming feeling and totally appreciated. To have friends drop everything and bike out in a snowy cold wind - it was a feeling of the world stopped for me and this family came to my rescue.

So then, slightly disappointed that I now have to let my car go for a day to get two new tires I am told "Maybe it's a blessing in disguise that you'll thankfully never know about" -- what a great way to look at things.

from last night

So, as I mentioned earlier here is a pic from last nights goalie lessons. I actually ended up photographing all the kids and then the instructor would show the kids their form -- great way for them to learn. On my sons first night he was to stop 30 pucks in 30 seconds - kind of like the schools initiation, but hilarious to watch :)

The goalie instructor is Don Thompson and he runs a few goalie camps during the summer in the surrounding area. But all year long he offers goalie lessons and last night we meet one of my sons class mates there which was nice.

That's the logo for the school I've included in the pic on the wall.

Oh, and notice where the puck is in this photo??? Nice! :)

ok - part 2

After my son saw my blog he asked I add these photos as well. He didn't like the one photo above that I picked out as he doesn't look busy enough.

Happy Easter Weekend!

I need a Christian calendar. I didn't realize it was Easter weekend. Who forgets Easter?!!

So, what is everyone doing over the weekend? Fill me in. I of course do not have plans because I was clueless to the holiday and was ready to send my son to school tomorrow.

Janet - I am requesting a 2008 Christian calender for Christams so I can do better next year. yes, it is in my planner but it's not in pretty colored pen like my appointments so I missed it.

Another day - another rink

Tis' the season of hockey. Well, as a new hockey mom I'm learning that hockey runs all year round. Tonight we spend an hour at private goalie lessons with shinny on Tuesdays and his hockey League starts this month on Sundays. Tonight while at lessons I'll be taking a few pics that I'll be sure to share soon.

Anyway's, I have learnt how to buy goalie equipment thanks to the Sports Check website and other research I took on. I meet up with one of my past grooms at a game and he filled me in on where and what to register my son in as far as the sport goes - thanks Shawn! I have learnt that goalie skates are different from hockey skates -- who knew?!! I have learnt that when my son becomes older I'll be paying $2000 for his goalie pads - yikes! I have learnt that how to tape a goalie stick up. What I don't know is - are moms ok in the change room??? I've noticed I'm the only mom in the change room. BUT, my son needs help getting his goalie pads on as they are not easy to or maybe even possible for him to take on the task himself. Anyone know?

I'll be back with goalie pics soon :)

Finally....

I never get the chance to attend friends weddings and here is why -- two reasons:

#1. They invite me after I'm already booked for another wedding. Some brides book two years in advance and wedding invitations go out 6-8 weeks before the wedding but I usually find out about my friends wedding after I'm booked

#2. One friend of mine said instead of working at her wedding she wanted me to enjoy the day with her but by the time she set her date I was booked :(

So now, FINALLY I am going to my first wedding since the beginning of About Image Photography where the bride is a friend because she sent me a save the date card a year in advance for an off season wedding in Dominican Republic!

Here is the couple in an older post Click here

And she has a wedding website. All you brides out there -- wedding websites are amazing. Wedding Website Check this link out and maybe look into getting one for yourself.

I have one more frind that is getting married in 2008 and I just emailed her asking her not to consider Daina's date as an option for her wedding :) Who do I htink I am?!!

My good friends always get free photo services so it's worth considering.

I have a friend who booked me for her 2010 wedding - way to plan!

I found this chair today in the Belleville park while walking along the trail with my camera :) I think it's really interesting how some people turn trees into chairs as I have only seen it once before in Picton (close by town)

...anyway's, just sharing.

Beautiful Maternity Pics...with a bit of nudity

I LOVE photographing maternity sessions. I would almost say they are my favorite session but I don't want you to think that I don't love all the other work I do :)

So again, if you know me....no faces in these images for the blog.

OK, so I've been gone for awhile and if anyone wants to know why feel free to email me and I'll fill you in but it's a bit personal to blog about.

So, what have I been up to....

Well, last night I kept busy with a church group of children on a field trip to a police station. Anyone in my area -- I had no idea how big our station is inside.

Big news -- David Jay knows I'm alive!!! He not only emailed me (I'm on his email list) but he wrote on my facebook page :) David Jay saying anything to me is like....I can't even describe it....it's super AMAZING. And, if your a photographer you MUST know David Jay. And if you don't you need to know so check him out. Oh, and his blog I check it everytime I'm on the computer :)

Pics to come soon -- I promise!

Oh, and if you have a facebook page, look me up. You know my name :)

4 days without posting - shameful, I know! It's been a busy/horrible weekend. Today it either gets better or worse but I'll keep everyone updated.

It's raining today and I still have not had the chance to use the wide angle yet, but I got word that my friend may be even longer in England so I may have some more time....although I do hope he comes back soon. Hi Stephan! (he checks in here)

Anyway's I hope to catch up tomorrow with everyone and post a few pics....maternity or engagement -- not sure yet :) but one of the two.

Playing with CS2

I have a wide angle lens that I borrowed from a friend for 7 days but then he flew to England so really it will be 20 days I have the lens before I give it back now, and I STILL haven't taken it out yet. The scenery just isn't there in all my mucky weather :(

But I did take out my zoom lens for a few close-ups around home -- cropping out the muck.

This is Sundance coming to say hi to me over the fence:

and here she poses for me :)
And here we have Hershey who also poses well for the camera but only after he jumps around barking -- which also make for fun photos. He is about 10 years old and is farily new to the farm.
This is part of the view I get from my desk....except I can see 8 bird houses. Well, 9 if I spin my chair around.

While some of my other blogger friends are posting their spring time photos of kids in grass and on swings....I just wanted to share mine:

OK, so I'm not really feeling the spring yet when my son can still build a snowman after school, lol. But I'll have grass very soon again....I hope :)

Guess who I tagged....

Just encase anyone is interested in checking out who I blog tagged -- her name is Kate and you can find her here: HERE

Construction

The blog is under a little bit of construction right now. I'll add the side links again soon and have a new header....so exciting...about the new header I mean....well, for me anyways :)

I have been blog tagged by Tanya so my mission from her is to post 10 photos of things that drive me crazy. I've posted more then 10 photos but here are my 10 things that drive me crazy:
Number 1 - Dealing with Carpal Tunnel from hours of holding my awesome photo gear that I love. Carpal :( photo gear :))

Number 2 -snowstorms that prevent me from going to work. It only happend once this year :) and it wasn't a photo job I missed :))
Number 3 - Arguments over Canon vs Nikon -- can't we just all get along???
Number 4 -when I can't find any lipchap but I have so many tubs....not sure where they all go????
Number 5 - Arguments over film vs digital. Does this look like fun??? I think not! Digital!!! :)

Number 6 - When Tim's makes me runny Ice Caps. Yes, I fell off the no Ice Cap wagon, but I didn't have one today and I won't but I am drinking a coke right now :( But I had carrot juice this a.m after I went to the gym :) Anyway's, I had my photo friend Gerri on the phone with me just this week and I was getting a runny Ice Cap, but I sent it back. I'm a Ice Cap snob :0

Number 7 -Speeding tickets...and that's all I'll say about that...my fault, I know

Number 8 - People with camera who think they are photographers and then open up a biz....I have good number of these people in my area. They have zero knowledge on proper exposure, shot in auto and then take on weddings for money, but blow out the wedding dresses. Weddings are important -- don't fake photography!

Number 9 - When I feel there is not enough time in the day and I have a long to-do-list for the day...oh, and then of course when I don't get it all done

Number 10 - Most of all why is Remembrance day not a holiday in Ontario??? It is in other provinces. I think it's a very important part of history

Now I get to go tag someone else....mmmmmm, who is it going to be :)