here is the rest of the family
I met last weekend
& spent time with
on the beach
as they
had their
photos taken
on a glorious sunny morning.
family love
here is the rest of the family
I met last weekend
& spent time with
on the beach
as they
had their
photos taken
on a glorious sunny morning.
Photography Style - Keeping Up with My Girls
As I mentioned here last week I have been doing some fantastic online courses - it is so exciting to be learning new things. This week I would love to let you know about a fabulous online photography course by Sheye Rosemeyer.
You may remember I have mentioned Sheye on my blog here. Sheye is a photographer who also has a great blog which is always inspiring and thought provoking - she has a natural way with words. Her online course called Eye Candy Workshops has been just what I needed to be able to switch my camera from auto setting to manual. I can't believe that in a matter of four weeks I am now taking all of my photos on manual! While I still have so much to learn (especially with that post processing part), I am now improving with my portraiture which I am thrilled with.
So a little history of my favorite professional photographs I have had taken in the past 15 months ...
So a little history of my favorite professional photographs I have had taken in the past 15 months ...
Remember these photos from just over a year ago - little Indi was just 5 weeks old and so tiny. These gorgeous shots where taken by the very talented Chantelle from Forever Bliss Photography - I will treasure these special photos of my girls forever. I really do love the way Chantelle captures curled up little babies.
These next photos were taken this past July just after Indi turned one. The photography studio is Morffew Photos - I really love their simple clean style and they captured some very cute moments.
And now I can show you some photos of mine taken in the past few weeks while practicing on the manual setting - I am yet to capture a great shot of all three together however these individual shots of my girls appear to be "my style" of photography - I really love up close and simple.
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| Miss Sienna |
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| Miss Sofia |
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| Little Miss Indi |
Finally a few of Sheye's lovely work - if you are keen to learn more about that camera pop over to Sheye's website and see what she has to offer you.
Bringing out their best
So far, my son is not competitive. At all. There is not a stirring of passion inside him for 'being first' or 'beating someone' or 'being the best' at something. You cannot get a competitive rise out of him, no matter what you do or say. Even dangling the superiority of a two year old in front of him* has no effect whatsoever. It makes me worry.
Silly, I know. As much as I'm ever so pleased for him to be that self-contained, I worry that he'll be left behind in this ridiculously competitive society of ours. It's not that I want my children to be society's definition of 'successful', but I want them to be financially secure and unphased. To be able to do everything in life that pleases them. To live with joy. And I suppose part of me thinks that monetary success is tied up with that. Which falls out of a good job and a good education and good connections with people... so, I guess, being 'up there' is important, yes? No? Yes, no, yes... I don't know. It worries me that I don't know.
I guess the question is, really, will it worry him?
Is it possible to be too easy going? Am I being silly?
* I would never do this.
My Beautiful Baby Girl
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| My little Fern 13/10/2010 @ 22 months |
A few nights ago, I was busily cooking dinner and Elliott began crying from his nursery. It took me a minute or so to get there, but when I did somebody had already gotten there first. Fern was leaning over the cradle patting Elliott on the chest with a look of concern on her 22 month-old face. Not once has she had a tantrum or tears over my lack of attention to her while I'm attending to Elliott, and, despite the odd over-zealous demonstration of affection and random poke in the eye, I really cant fault her behaviour toward her brother at all!
Dan is making a special effort to shower Fern with even more affection and attention then ever before... he gets her up in the morning while I lay dazed after a night of feeding my hungry baby every 3-4 hours (I cannot even open my eyes until a strong coffee is being intravenously poured down my neck) and sometimes climbs into bed with her for a snuggle. They have a babychino and some 'bubbles' together before I stumble out of bed and say good morning.
Often, while I'm feeding Elliott, I invite Fern to sit next to me and we read stories together. She adores books, my little girl. They are all over the house and she carries them around everywhere - the animal themed ones in particular - making animal noises to the corresponding pictures and trotting around like a pony.
Yesterday we visited Fern's grandparents on their beautiful property and I snapped some photos of my little girl as she raced around - looking and smelling and listening to everything around her and I realised. She's a beautiful little human being, and I'm prouder than ever to be her mother.
It's a wonderful thing, seeing your children interact with one another, and I cannot wait to see Fern's and Elliott's relationship blossom over the coming weeks, months and years. Elliott's eyes already light-up when he glimpses sight of his sister... and I just know they will share many special moments as they grow and share their childhood. And I get to watch it all!
These thoughts are making me smile today. What's making you smile?
Anthropologie October 2010
A few weeks ago I went to Fashion's night out, and visited one of my favorite stores, Anthropologie. With a live DJ set and complimentary drinks, we had a wonderful evening browsing all three floors of delights!
My favorite item was the enormous pale wood chandelier resting on the vintage kitchen table. Oh, and the gorgeously intricate lace necklace in the palest of creams! On leaving we were given the latest Autumn catalog full of beautiful inspiring images like the top three pics.
To see more of my in-store pics from the night, see my Flickr set Anthropologie London.
Have a sweet day!
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