My new equipment

Ooops! I forgot to mention the most exciting news. I got a lighting kit. It's basis BUT I can use my flash on the stand, so I don't need additional lights. Nikon is the only one you can do that with. :p I also got a wireless remote. Works great! Still playing with the lighting kit.

Engagement photo shoot was rescheduled from last Sunday to this Sunday. Hoping that the weather holds out and we don't get the rain/thunderstorms they're calling for.

Latest Camera Club News

Well, Results Night was a few weeks ago. I didn't get a ribbon. Disappointed? Yes. I wasn't thrilled with the judges' comments about the background (the dated wallpaper that I live with on a daily basis) and a comment about my daughter's red Spiderman slippers competing with the rest of the photo. She's three!! If I tried to get her to take them off for the sake of composition I wouldn't have been able to capture the beautiful smile or catch-light in her eyes. And based on the judges' comments about a professional photographer's contest photo, mine was much more clear. Oh, well. Next time there will be different judges. And I have learned to pay more attention. Maybe it should have been B&W.

The contests for 2010-2011 were announced on Wednesday night. I'm not too keen on the themes. I didn't find them overly exciting but I'll give it my best. I'm only competing with myself and my goal is to become a better photographer!

Portraits

I just realized that I don't have any "people" portraits and since I'm going to be doing some engagement photos (yes, another friends has asked me--yay!) I thought I'd post a few. These are of my sister, taken in the fall. The daytime ones are in my parents' backyard and the evening ones were taken at the Old Court House in London, Ontario. I love the one where she is standing in front of one of the flood lights. It illuminates her beautiful red hair.

Hopeful

I'm going to a conference in Orillia tomorrow. Am taking my camera, hopeful that the rain will stop and I can get some shooting done on the trails. Have also asked my sexy sister to model for me on the weekend. Portrait practice--yahoo!!

Mmmmm...lilacs

Spring is in the air, or at least we thought until this past weekend. It was COLD! But the leaves are green, people have mowed their lawns and are planting their gardens. The thing I like best about spring are the flowers in the month of May. But not just any flowers--the particularly fragrant ones like lily of the valley and lilacs. Purple lilacs are my favourite but they smell so heavenly I'll take a bouquet of any colour! These are the white ones in our backyard just coming into bloom about a week ago.

Out and about

I've been trying to get out more this week to take photos in my community. I took a photo of one of my favourite old homes and was invited to go on the grounds but I didn't have time. The Camera Club contest #3 theme was "reflections". I took this photo of the Woodstock Court House reflected in my bicycle mirror. I didn't submit it because I decided on a reflection of my daughter sitting in front of a full-length mirror.

Very boring

Nothing has been happening. I'm so boring! I wanted to get out last weekend and do some photography but that didn't work. This weekend will be taken up with a 3-year-old's birthday party. Maybe one of these days?