Anniversary

Saturday, February 12, 2011

POTD 12 Feb 11

Ah, the beauty of Signal Hill caught at sunset! I’ve always wanted to get a shot like this, where just the edges are illuminated.  It reminds me somehow of the Scottish Thistle, this one…

Illuminated

Lit Up

On Saturday we ventured up to Signal Hill with a few friends, camera’s in hand for the sunset & then we set out for night shots in town – check it out on Humphrey’s blog: http://photohumphrey.blogspot.com

Thursday, February 10, 2011

POTD 10 Feb 11

I just couldn’t choose between these two shots today, I love both! The effect of the clouds was just amazing!  I could barely do anything to it in editing, whatever I did just took that feeling away…  So, you choose Smile

POTD 10 Feb 11 a

POTD 10 Feb 11

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Pic of the Day 9 Feb 11

Here we are, sitting at the Plaza of O-week at UCT, snapping shots of the students, when these guys came flying over! I missed them twice!  But, as they say, third time lucky!  Gotta love AI Servo!

POTD 9 Feb 11

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Fun with the kids at Urshie’s Bday

It was Urshie’s birthday celebration & going over for some cake & tea turned into a photo shoot with the kids!  They were very willing subjects, but very busy too!  Learnt a lot about the camera & kids at the same time!

‘I’m cute & I know it!’

Urshie Bday 01

Look at my shoe!

Urshie Bday 02

& the model comes out to play Smile

Urshie Bday 03b

See, modelling!

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Guitar?

Urshie Bday 05

Mmmm…  Carrot Cake!

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‘Look, we have frogs!’

Urshie Bday 07

Love Bird Moment… While Granny watches Cuteness

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‘Hello Grandma!’

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‘Cuteness!’

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Urshie & Elijah

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Bounce Bounce Bounce

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Modelling career continued…

Urshie Bday 13

Ribbit ribbit – boys will be boys!

Urshie Bday 14

‘Our frogs are fast!!’  I was lucky to get this shot, they just came running up to me! The photo above was the direct preceding one!

Urshie Bday 15

‘Markham’s, watch out, here we come!’

Urshie Bday 16b

What are they doing?

Urshie Bday 17

The joys of childhood – no worries!

Urshie Bday 18b

Friends

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Hello Mom!

Urshie Bday 20

The Mmushi Family – At first little Miecah did not want to take the photo & then I got this one, as if she wants to say – ‘lip gloss first Mom’…

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& then she was all smiles! Smile

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Happy family – although Elijah has NO idea what the fuss is about!

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Talk about modelling!

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'‘I’m the queen of the wooooooorld!’

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This is mY Aunty!

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Cuteness beyond the drool!

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Yummy biscuit!

Urshie Bday 28

‘What ye doooooin?’

Urshie Bday 29

‘Mom’s watching over you…’

Urshie Bday 30

‘Come here, you little critter!’

Urshie Bday 31

‘I’m Fast! Catch me if you can!’

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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

School Grad Fun

On Sat, 20th Nov, I had the great opportunity to take photo’s of the Every Nation School of Campus Ministry’s Graduation.  In between all the formalities, I at least had the chance to play a little too :)

Gotta love Depth of Field!

I love how it accentuates different
parts of the subject…

Chair 2 Chair

Decor




On this one, I liked the colours, but wanted the flower to stand out – love it!





Buuuut, if you’re not quite happy, thank goodness for Paint.net! 
Blur it some more, add some more contrast & voila!

Decor blur
 
Dogs on beach


Ah, dogs on the beach, what fun!  These guys were actually ruining my shot of the pathway, but when I saw how peppy they looked to be in it, I couldn’t resist!
Miemie n Daleen
 


The lace on Daleen’s dress just caught my eye, with Miemie’s beautiful smile in the background, it made the perfect ‘days gone by’ kinda shot!
De Wet to class filter

The first time I tried playing with filters when editing…  I liked how this one gave a bit of an olden day feel, especially with what De Wet was wearing – thanks for the wardrobe Buddy!
Deb O

I loved Deb’s expression on this one, very pensive & after adding some b&w & adjusting the levels slightly, her eyes just became so clear – like you could see right into her thoughts…


 
Name tag

Congrats to all the graduates – trust that you’ve been well equipped to take the campus by storm!


Thanks for the opportunity guys, I had fun!

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Our Winters Beach Day

I love just going to the beach & sitting there, listening to the waves, breathing in the ocean breeze.  But in Cape Town, winter is sometimes of the least enjoyable times on  the beach, but we decided to go anyway – & play with the camera!

I saw that my little Panasonic DMC-TZ1 can do things I always wanted to, but never got it right to do, thanks to my Fiance, I now know how :) – as if it was rocket science!  But it shows you what you can miss out on if you don’t at least try!

Clear Bird    Blur Bird

In focus birdie – blurry birdie

Just look at this depth of field!  The bakkie’s we caught on the way home…

DOF Pillars    Bakkie

The weather proved to be just right for pics. Although it was cloudy, the lighting was exactly right for some action shots!

Jump!

Jump Strip short

Kicken up some sand :)

 Kicken Sand Prep   Kicking up Sand

But I loved these:

Portrait Hum  Portrait Me

All in all, a good day :)

Feet Wet