Week 12 - Gratitude - Edmonton Family Photographer
Week 12 - Gratitude - A selection of photos included in the theme Gratitude.
Week 12's photo challenge topic was Gratitude.
Of course, my kids come to mind first. This was the photo I selected for my weekly image.
Grateful for these little piggies.
Some other photos from last week:
52 Frames - Week 11 - High Key - Edmonton Family Photographer
Week ten's topic was high key. High key photography is basically eliminating shadows by letting more light into the camera. So majority of the tones in the photograph are in the highlight region. A lot of the time studio lighting is used. I was being a tad lazy and didn't want to haul out my lights, which have been packed away for a while, so I did mine with natural lighting in my living room.
I asked Elliot to grab his trumpet and he was happy to be my model for a couple minutes. This was the shot I submitted:
This was a bit of a challenge for me, since it's not something I'd normally shoot, but it was a fun learning experience.
Here are a few others from my quick two minute shoot with Elliot and another minute or so with Townes. These two don't like to sit still for photos at all.
Elliot and his trusty Pokéball.
Next week's topic is Gratitude. Looking forward to that one.
Beautiful Edmonton Hoar Frost - Edmonton Family Photographer
A selection of images from a beautiful winter day full of hoar frost in Edmonton.
This is a bit of a continuation to my last blog entry, so if you haven't read that one, you can do so here.
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I wanted to share more from our afternoon out in the snowy winter wonderland that Edmonton was last week.
The kids had such a good time running and jumping around in and on the snow. The temperature wasn't too cold - it really was the perfect day to be outside in winter.
After the kids were done snow jumping and falling, we ventured into the edge of the "forest" to see what else we could find.
There was so much beautiful hoar frost covering all of the trees and shrubs. I am such a fan, and the kids were too. They loved shaking the branches and making it "snow".
Right after this last shot was taken, Townes dropped his soother (on purpose) so he could grab a mitt full of snow and eat it. I grabbed his soother to put it in my pocket and panic set in. I realized I had dropped my phone out of my pocket - into this snowy winter wonderland!
Amazingly, it was found - and still works (after having a lengthy rice bath), but boy was I worried. Not so much about the phone itself, but about the photos on it that I hadn't backed up yet. A little reminder that I should be just as thorough with backing up my personal photos as I am with client photos. Lesson learned!
With the warmer weather we've had, this beautiful frost is now gone. But I am hoping we get another run of it at least once more this season. It's definitely one of my favourite things about winter.
Are you a fan of winter? I'd love to know what your favourite (or least favourite) thing about it is in the comments below!
52 Frames - Week Three - Black and White - Edmonton Photographer
My selected photo and a runner up for week three of the 52 Frames challenge.
Week three's topic of the 52 Frames project was black and white.
I had the shot I wanted to use picked out already, and then I noticed this great light coming into Elliot's room from the sun setting out front and decided to play around with it and the shadows it created.
Luckily, he was excited about it too and actually wanted me to take photos of him - win, win!
This was my submission to the week's challenge.
The runner up was this one. Crazy Townes trying to run away down the sidewalk, but I liked the shadows from the low winter sun.
I'm all caught up with these 52 Frames posts now, so I'm hoping to post each week's photos on Monday from now on. :)
52 Frames - Week Two - Rule of Thirds - Edmonton Family Photographer
My submission for week two of the 52 Frames photo Challenge. Topic: Rule of Thirds.
This past week was Week Two of the 52 Frames Challenge. The topic was Rule of Thirds. A way to go back to the basic 'rules' of photography.
We had a beautiful frosty day this week so I took the boys out for a little adventure through this lovely treed area just a few minutes from our house. It was cold, but they still had a ton of fun trekking through the deep snow, and taking turns throwing snow in the air. Townes did a pretty good job of keeping up with Elliot even though he was wearing a giant puffy snowsuit.
Here's my submission for this week's challenge:
I'm going to try to post every Monday with my weekly challenge submissions.
Are you doing any personal photo challenges this year? I'd love to know which ones in the comments below.