Brain Potpourri

I’m stealing my title from a same-named post by American Mum, who stole it from someone else. It’s a blog train! In a disconnected sort of way. Speaking of disconnected, this post is all about covering a few things that don’t fit anywhere else. 1. I cut my daughter’s hair last week and immediately felt the heart-pangs of regret. First, I’m not good... Read More

Surviving January: Finger-and-Toe Painting

This has been a yucky week – no other word for it. The kids and I have colds, and the nose-wiping, combined with other things, had a result akin to the seriously heavy-duty bubble maker from last week’s post. I’ve felt bombarded. People want to help, but they can’t, because a) they can’t get here, and b) I wouldn’t want them to be the ones to... Read More

Surviving January: Bubbles

After the holiday red and green are put away, the winter blues hit our household, deepening with the inches of snow. This January my survival plan is to bring summertime activities indoors. While I try to figure out a way to bring in some sand – and then decide how to make castles in the house without regretting it – we’re starting the month with bubbles! We cranked... Read More

New Year's Resolutions

My family is here, so… much as I tried to have a new post up this morning, PEOPLE are taking precedence! I’ll just start with a photo shoot that was especially fun this past week. Later this evening I’ll try to post family pictures, plus our Christmas morning fun! (Our celebration was yesterday.) There is no better time for New Year’s resolutions than after... Read More

Down home

Remember last week’s post about our miserable portrait studio experience? A couple days later, one of my husband’s coworkers (a photography hobbyist) said she was giving on-location family portraits as her Christmas gift! I’m so excited! A photo makes a great gift – even just a nice snapshot of a favorite person. Last week the kids and I made the ten-hour... Read More

By the Pumpkin's Soft Glow

BOOOOO… for posting late this week! YAY for discovering a new camera setting! And no, it’s not setting the aperture, as I had hoped last week. I needed a break from the intimidating process of learning which shutter speeds & apertures go with which lighting conditions. Not to worry – there are lots of easier options. I bought a new book last week: Canon EOS... Read More

Happy Accidents

In this quest to take better photos, I have a few too many reminders that I’m doing this for the memories, in spite of my amateur status. I wish I didn’t make so many mistakes, but occasionally they end up as happy accidents. In this photo, my daughter was running and dancing in circles around the newly cleaned living room floor. She looked beautiful, and I wanted to... Read More

Tiny Details

I like the look of photographing tiny details, like hands and feet. On my list of photos to shoot is one of me holding each child’s hand – just focusing on our hands, to capture a special relationship.  For the photo below, I snapped some shots of my daughter’s feet, taken specifically to document something she said that I want to remember. The words read: Title:... Read More