My Year in Pictures: August 2010

08.24.10

I got to spend about an hour photographing Gilly Bean today! She's such a sweety, but holy cow that girl has energy! I think this is a shot of probably 2 out of 10 seconds she was still. I love that you can see the bridge and parts of the park in the back and the ruffles of her shirt. So many good shots to edit from this one!

ISO: 1600
Exposure: 1/125 sec
Aperture: 5.0

Focal Length: 125mm

08.23.10

Welcome Gavin! This little man is 8 days old today and I got to go over to do a photoshoot for him. Poor guy had a terrible bout of heartburn or acid reflux when we were finishing up so we didn't get as many shots as usual, but we certainly got some great ones! This one is one of my favorites, I love this new hat I had made for a prop, its too darn cute!

ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/100 sec
Aperture: 5.0
Focal Length: 50mm

08.22.10

Out on another neighborhood walk with miss L (me walk, her on her tryke). This house had this pretty cool stump in their garden, surrounded by flowers I thought it looked very sweet and summery.

ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/400 sec
Aperture: 5.0

Focal Length: 78mm

08.21.10

Mr sun... sun... Mr Golden sun... please shine down on me! This is one of the beauties in a lovely garden in my neighborhood.

ISO: 800
Exposure: 1/10 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Focal Length: 300mm

08.20.10

Kids at playdate today having a good time in a hammock.

ISO: 1000
Exposure: 1/125 sec
Aperture: 4.8
Focal Length: 116mm

08.19.10

On my way home I took a detour and found these cool old mailboxes. I ran a process I did earlier in the year to give it a cool vintage look.

ISO: 800
Exposure: 1/160 sec
Aperture: 4.5
Focal Length: 92mm

08.18.10

Happy Birthday Momma!! This picture was taken when Laurissa begged Grandma for her cherry that came on her birthday dessert. Grandma, as always, made L quite happy.

ISO: 80
Exposure: 1/21 sec
Aperture: 2.4
Focal Length: 3.9mm (iPhone)

08.17.10

Spent dinner with wonderful friends, some of whom I haven't seen in years! We had a great time, and shame on me, I didn't get a group picture of us. I did however snap this shot for Miss Laurissa on the way out of the restaurant. She doesn't know this mall by its real name, but but by this big guy - a statue that's probably 15-12 feet tall - its the "horsey mall."

ISO: 1600
Exposure: 1/15 sec
Aperture:4.8
Focal Length: 55mm

08.16.10

There is this house around the corner that has an amazing garden. For the last month these Black-Eyed Susans have been making about 20 feet of street look heavenly - they must have at least 8 giant bushes full of them.... there is a fence behind them where you can see colors galore - I'm sure they have a stunning English garden behind there... might have to take a peek sometime and share :)

ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/500 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Focal Length: 125mm

08.15.10

With temps over 90, this is how miss L keeps cool.

ISO: 800
Exposure: 1/60 sec
Aperture: 5.3

Focal Length: 95mm

08.14.10

How many kiddos can you count? Its birthday party day! Laurissa's birthday was at Seattle Gymnastics Academy and was a complete blast! The kids had a fun time in this giant foam put for around 15 minutes before heading to a big obstacle course and other activities. The party room was huge and we had such a good time with the kids running around in there between cupcakes and pizza (thats right... dessert first, not quite on purpose but that's alright :)

ISO: 800
Exposure: 1/125 sec
Aperture: 3.5

Focal Length: 18mm

08.13.10

Miss Laurissa is getting some pink sparkly toes! Birthday celebrating isn't quite over yet and she got a little pampered for her birthday party tomorrow. Was a bit tricky for me to figure out how I was going to do gel toes on a little girl, this ended up being the best way without a doubt! iPad over the UV lamp playing Netflix kiddie show keeping her still during the whole process :) Regular polish stays for about 24 hours on her so we just don't even bother. This however should be good for weeks (if she leaves them alone!)

ISO: 500
Exposure: 1/125 sec
Aperture: 3.5

Focal Length: 18mm

08.12.10

Today is for the nailtechs who follow my blog! New color!! Hibiscus Pink + Jazzberry.

(iPhone)
ISO: 80
Exposure: 1/40 sec
Aperture: 2.4

Focal Length: 3.9mm

08.11.10

Maddy gave Laurissa this watercolor set and Monday we painted for a few hours and created lovely artwork - one will be framed for her room! Today it looks sad and dried out but ready for another go... probably next weekend.

ISO: 1600
Exposure: 1/15 sec
Aperture: 5.0

Focal Length: 70mm

08.10.10

Little miss L typing on her new keyboard that hooks into the tv. Its her "my first computer". We gotta get some games for it though, the poor thing is no good without the games to go with it - the 4 "built in" are pathetic. Christmas is soon right??

ISO: 800
Exposure: 1/60 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Focal Length: 150mm

08.09.10

Huge apartment fire today as I was leaving to pick up L from school. There are 50 people now homeless from this fire and over 3 million in damages. None died, but if it had been night there would have been a problem, as most had alarms with dead batteries.... so here is your friendly reminder check your batteries!

(Taken with iPhone4 - the image data according to photoshop)
ISO: 80

Exposure: 1/1000 sec
Aperture: 2.4
Focal Length: 3.9mm

08.08.10

Ok so when I started this blog I seriously did not consider that life would get too busy for me to keep up! And I was so good about posting before I went to bed up until May! I must I must get back into that routine! At least I'm still making sure I shoot the pictures. :) I must get through the year!

Alright enough kicking myself and on with the pics!. Today the remains of Laurissa's birthday are in our living room. As you can see she is QUITE into princesses, especially "Cinderellie". Grandma gave her this tent and she immediately asked for it to be popped up first thing in the morning.

ISO: 800
Exposure: 1/60 sec
Aperture: 4.0
Focal Length: 29mm

08.07.10

Happy Birthday Laurissa! She turned 3 today and it was a big fun day of firsts! First haircut, first movie and first fondue! (perfect dinner for a 3yr old who likes to dip EVERYTHING and loves cheese!). Was a very fun day, she wore a special princess dress for it all and announced to EVERYONE it was her "birfday" and she was "ftree!" Lots of great photos taken... but in the end what mattered most is that it is her birthday... I love the look on her face here, she's such a big girl now. (In case your wondering, its a candle my mom lights on birthdays as decoration... she did a great job blowing it out.) And thank you to my friends and family who help love and care for this little munchkin!

ISO: 800
Exposure: 1/60 sec
Aperture:3.8
Focal Length: 26mm

08.06.10

Another Laurissa photo (its birthday week!). Today she started the morning finishing up cupcakes to take to the friends in her class and the teachers made her this awesome crown for the little party! Of course she thought she was HILARIOUS wearing it like this... too bad you can't hear serious laughter in pictures.