A family emergency has come up and I probably won't be able to post until the weekend.
I hope everyone has a good week!
Monday, March 30, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Just siiiiiiiiinging in the flurries?
Here I am, sitting on the couch waiting for Matt to get home... He's stuck on a call at work. What a perfect time to blog! My friend Ryan and I were chatting today about our blogs. Not only do we both agree that they are important for clients to get to know us, he also pointed out a couple of things like how this month is my 1 year anniversary! It was exactly one year ago (March 8th) that I submitted my first post. Go me... go me... go, go, go me. In that year (or a little more than I year I should say) I have posted 68 times (not including this one). Not bad for my first year of blogging I think. My goal for next year is to double that number! So we'll see how that goes, hehehe.
He also pointed out that he thinks he is going to catch up to me in my number of posts really soon. HA! Yeah right. So Ryan.. This is my challenge to you. Catch up! See if you can have more posts than me this time next year :P Man I'm being saucy today. lol.
It is almost April (YAY for spring!!) and I am a little depressed. Why you ask? Well last night we got a snow storm. YES, a SNOW STORM. :( This has to be the longest winter in the history of the universe. Right now I can hear the wind howling and it is sending me back into hibernation mode. Mother Nature, won't you save us from the cold?
He also pointed out that he thinks he is going to catch up to me in my number of posts really soon. HA! Yeah right. So Ryan.. This is my challenge to you. Catch up! See if you can have more posts than me this time next year :P Man I'm being saucy today. lol.
It is almost April (YAY for spring!!) and I am a little depressed. Why you ask? Well last night we got a snow storm. YES, a SNOW STORM. :( This has to be the longest winter in the history of the universe. Right now I can hear the wind howling and it is sending me back into hibernation mode. Mother Nature, won't you save us from the cold?
This is a shot I took a few months ago when Matt and I were out for a chilly walk. This is the heart shaped pond in Bedford, Can you see the heart?
Happy Tuesday!
Happy Tuesday!
Monday, March 23, 2009
Kristen | Portraits
Howdy Ya'll... Wow, did I really just say that? lol. Oh well!
This past weekend I had the chance to work with the fabulous and multi-talented Kristen King. Not only is she a local model but she is also a make-up artist. Although the shoot was really short it was VERY educational. For the first time ever I used a second light (hair light) in my shots. It adds so much more depth and just "umph" to the photo. Check out the two shots I have edited so far and feel free to leave some comments/critique :)
Happy Monday!
This past weekend I had the chance to work with the fabulous and multi-talented Kristen King. Not only is she a local model but she is also a make-up artist. Although the shoot was really short it was VERY educational. For the first time ever I used a second light (hair light) in my shots. It adds so much more depth and just "umph" to the photo. Check out the two shots I have edited so far and feel free to leave some comments/critique :)
Happy Monday!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Oops!
Guilty as charged :( I know!!! I haven't been blogging at all for over a week and I have honestly felt horrible about it.
I just did a cleanup of some files on my computer though and I found some old ones I forgot to post. Matt is from a SUPER tiny town about an hour and a half outside of Halifax and usually once a month we will go up to visit his family. Well one time we were up I brought my old Rebel with me and I let his mom borrow it. She really enjoys taking photographs and I thought she might like to play with an dSLR instead of her point and shoot. When explaining how to control aperture and shutter speed and all that jazz I took some photos to emphasize my points. Here are the results.. :)
I just did a cleanup of some files on my computer though and I found some old ones I forgot to post. Matt is from a SUPER tiny town about an hour and a half outside of Halifax and usually once a month we will go up to visit his family. Well one time we were up I brought my old Rebel with me and I let his mom borrow it. She really enjoys taking photographs and I thought she might like to play with an dSLR instead of her point and shoot. When explaining how to control aperture and shutter speed and all that jazz I took some photos to emphasize my points. Here are the results.. :)
We also just happened to be up there also last weekend and I got some more photos. I am warning you, you will be seeing lots of these in the next few weeks. Matt's dad's side of the family runs a tiny "sugar camp" where they make maple syrup. I have NEVER been to one of these camps so it's been a real treat to see how it works. Unfortunately we couldn't get up there the weekend they were fixing all of the lines to the trees but we did get up in time to do the tapping. Basically you have a few teams of 2-3 people and you walk up all the different lines (fix any more that need fixing on the way) and you drill holes in the trees, take the little plastic thingy (technical, I know) and hammer it into the whole. The little plastic thingy is connected to a connecting line which is connected to another line for that grouping of trees, which is connected to the main line and the main line goes into the BIG tank down by the cabin/camp.
There are some rules in tapping though that I didn't know before I went. Like you should tap within a few inches of above a previous hole because above that hole kind of dies. Also you should always try to tap on the Southern side of the tree because that is the side that gets the most sun. Now, what would the importance of sun be you might ask? Well (I probably won't explain this right but...) in order to get a consistent and good supply of sap running to the tank you have to have very cold nights so the sap will freeze and very warm days so it can thaw and flow up the tree. I'm guessing (so please don't quote me on this) that when the tree stops getting super cold and freezing it knows the seasons are changing and once it gets warm it stops sending sap up to the branches and that's not good when you are trying to harvest the sap.
Well, enough talking eh? Here are some photos from the adventure. Next weekend we will be heading up again and this time we will actually be making the syrup :) Yummmmmmy!
Matt's dad tapping some trees.
This is the little plastic thingy that goes in the tree. Understand what I'm talking about now?
This is the lobster.. Explanation below..
I have never actually seen the workings of a wood pecker. Poor tree!
Matt <3
Fixing the line. Once the season is over they clean out the lines but sometimes sap will get on them and animals such as squirrels will eat through the line.
Oh god. Give me a break! It was cold outside and I wasn't planning on being in any photos! Jeesh people. ;)
Ok, so everyone, this is the lobster.. Lobster, this is everyone. Basically the lobster has 3 functions, it can cut the line, stretch the ends of the line and put connectors in the line. Questions?
We happened to go up one of the lines that was buried in snow/ice for about 10 feet. The boys dug it out while I laid down and stared into the sky. Lucky me :)
We stayed at Matt's mom's place and she had these really pretty tulips :)
And also a lot of antique items, including this scale.
There are some rules in tapping though that I didn't know before I went. Like you should tap within a few inches of above a previous hole because above that hole kind of dies. Also you should always try to tap on the Southern side of the tree because that is the side that gets the most sun. Now, what would the importance of sun be you might ask? Well (I probably won't explain this right but...) in order to get a consistent and good supply of sap running to the tank you have to have very cold nights so the sap will freeze and very warm days so it can thaw and flow up the tree. I'm guessing (so please don't quote me on this) that when the tree stops getting super cold and freezing it knows the seasons are changing and once it gets warm it stops sending sap up to the branches and that's not good when you are trying to harvest the sap.
Well, enough talking eh? Here are some photos from the adventure. Next weekend we will be heading up again and this time we will actually be making the syrup :) Yummmmmmy!
Matt's dad tapping some trees.
This is the little plastic thingy that goes in the tree. Understand what I'm talking about now?
This is the lobster.. Explanation below..
I have never actually seen the workings of a wood pecker. Poor tree!
Matt <3
Fixing the line. Once the season is over they clean out the lines but sometimes sap will get on them and animals such as squirrels will eat through the line.
Oh god. Give me a break! It was cold outside and I wasn't planning on being in any photos! Jeesh people. ;)
Ok, so everyone, this is the lobster.. Lobster, this is everyone. Basically the lobster has 3 functions, it can cut the line, stretch the ends of the line and put connectors in the line. Questions?
We happened to go up one of the lines that was buried in snow/ice for about 10 feet. The boys dug it out while I laid down and stared into the sky. Lucky me :)
We stayed at Matt's mom's place and she had these really pretty tulips :)
And also a lot of antique items, including this scale.
Happy late Thursday/early Friday everyone! Maybe this will be a two post day?
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Ashley || Portraits
Just like I promised, I would post twice today and I would show more of Ashley's photos. Ashley was awesome to work with. The photos speak for themselves!!
Ha ha ha. We were trying to think of some poses and this one just came out of no where! lol.
Aren't those eyes just gorgeous?? I wish I had those eye lashes :)
Ha ha ha. We were trying to think of some poses and this one just came out of no where! lol.
Aren't those eyes just gorgeous?? I wish I had those eye lashes :)
Friday, March 6, 2009
Double Post Day
I have been working overtime all week at work so I haven't had a whole lot of energy to do anything including blogging. Sorry folks :( But to make it up to you I have decided to do a double blog post today! Right now I am actually at work (bad me I know) but when I get home I am going to post the rest of the photos from the shoot with Ashley. In the meantime I thought I would talk about this winter.
I am tired of being cold. Ha ha ha. I am a super big snow fan because it is so pretty!! But I did a shoot yesterday and it lasted a half hour because it was *SO* cold outside. Right now it is snowing and I'm not sure how much we are supposed to be getting but I hope this is the last snow fall of the year. I can't wait for spring. It's so warm, full of life, and not to mention full of chocolate! YaY for Easter! hehehe. I have some sessions lined up with friends but they all want to wait until it's nice outside this spring. So HURRY UP SPRING!!!
More to come tonight!!
I am tired of being cold. Ha ha ha. I am a super big snow fan because it is so pretty!! But I did a shoot yesterday and it lasted a half hour because it was *SO* cold outside. Right now it is snowing and I'm not sure how much we are supposed to be getting but I hope this is the last snow fall of the year. I can't wait for spring. It's so warm, full of life, and not to mention full of chocolate! YaY for Easter! hehehe. I have some sessions lined up with friends but they all want to wait until it's nice outside this spring. So HURRY UP SPRING!!!
More to come tonight!!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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