Domestic Photographic

So. I thought that I would do a formal, outdoor cakesmash. My plan was to hunt down an antique, wooden high chair and use the backdrop of trees behind our house. However, I couldn't find said high chair, regardless of how many antique shops, thrift stores, and garage sales I looked at. Unfortunately Moses is just way too active for me to just plop him on the ground on a blanket for a cake smash. He would just crawl away. So I decided that I wouldn't do the photos after all.

But we were at my parents house the other day, having family cake/singing happy birthday to Moses and I (for the third time), and I decided, what the heck? They have a (ugly plastic) booster seat there for him. They have a backyard. Why not?

The pictures did not turn out nearly as well as I would have wanted them to. First off, the backdrop wasn't stellar. No trees, just other people's houses and a chain link fence. Nice. And Moses didn't smile a whole lot. The icing on the cake though (haha) is the hideous colour cast from the yellow booster seat.

Also, I wasn't planning on taking any outdoor photos, so I didn't bring my telephoto lens, which means I didn't get the nice bokeh I'm accostumed too.

Oh, well. You win some you lose some. Without further ado. . .

Two of my BFFs from the high school years.

I took these during the past week, but didn't upload them because they were part of Calin's Fathers Day gift. I didn't want to ruin the surprise! He loved them.





I also know I've been majorly slacking on my blog posts. I've still been taking a photo a day, but I got behind on my blogging. I'll do a catch-up post later, but I probably will just post my favourites from the past week or two, since I can't be bothered to post one from every single day. Then I'll try to stay more on top of things.

We went to the playground at the lake with our mom's group on Wednesday. I couldn't get any pictures of Moses because he REFUSED to let me put him down, even for a second. He wouldn't go on the swings, on the splash pad, nothing. So here are a couple pics of another mama's kids.

Annalise Sarah Abigail is due in September! Here are some photos of the mom and dad to be. Thanks to Marci and Orett for letting me practice on you!

Still working on effectively using texture.