Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Love To Paint

It is fun and interesting to see what a great image will look as a painting.  Two of my favorites are from personal travels to Old Quebec City and Saratoga. 

Monday, January 23, 2012

Okay, How Cute Is Cute?

Everyone who knows me, knows that I just love "babies".  One would think that I would have gotten used to how adorable these little ones are after all these years of photographing them.  But believe me, one can NEVER get used to being amazed by these great little personalities, starting out on life.

I had the opportunity to photograph parents, Lynne and Todd at their wedding seven years ago.  My enjoyment has continued as they have brought each of their new family for their six month baby session.  Brianna and Audrey were adorable, but their last little one is priceless.  How cute is cute?  You tell me.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Adding Impact

The excitement and creativity of photography today comes when you can take a very good image and make into an "art piece". This involves careful post processing, painting and final presentation details. Observe.
Original Image
Final Image


Sunday, January 1, 2012

Canadian Dream

With talk of the upcoming Canadian Junior Hockey Tournament to start on Boxing Day, Rhett and Wyatt were in competitive mode. At the last family skate that the boys took part in, at one point Rhett yells out, "The Canadians have won!" This of course is accompanied by the "fist pumps" and the "bumping of chests" to denote celebration. The fact that Wyatt, three years old is just starting to skate on his own, meant that the boys went crashing to the ice following the cheers. Not to be deterred, they got back up on their skates, put their arms around each other's shoulders and started to belt out, "Oh Canada". (Wyatt always sings Oh Canada, when I start to put on his hockey skates in the change room).

It made me laugh to see their enactment of being part of the Canadian Junior Hockey Team and reminded me of the little skaters on Saturday and Sunday mornings who are out for their first year of hockey. (Just like on television, Rhett tells me.)

Following is a short clip of their last practice and scrimmage with another of the "Mighty Little Canadians" who have hit the ice for their first year of hockey.