Merry Christmas!

Sorry it's been so long!  My external hard drive (aka where I keep all my photos) has crashed and I'm in the midst of figuring out how on earth to make it come back to life.

In the mean time, I have a couple shots.  I got my new lens (sigma 70-300mm) and a new external flash (sigma) and here's what I took the first couple of days.  I'm still trying to figure out how the flash works and I pretty much have decided I'm going to take some photography classes.  I can come up with pretty shots, but I have no idea what F or ISO or any of that stuff means!  The truth comes out.  =)

I promise I'll update sooner rather than later.  I'll be starting a photo a day in the new year.

November Photos

Nephew cuteness!

 Out and about...

Things at home...

 

Fall Fabulousness

This the original...  I played around with some editing and got the following results:

Cottage photos

More shots taken at the cottage!  No editing done... Truly love shooting the outdoors.

So far behind...

Major computer and/or external hard drive issues over the summer.  Here are some of my favourites from my trip to Calgary.  For more, please visit Meaghan LS Photography on facebook.

Flowers

I went out into the yard to try the "flower" setting on the camera.  I took a number of photos and these were the three I liked best, though I have to admit I was quite disappointed by majority of the shots.  The first I like because the berry looks like it has legs.  The second one I don't so much love for the actual picture, but the texture of the things within it. In the third, I love that all of the grass and leaf part of the marigold is so out of focus.

Bruin & the Beach

I did a mini-shoot on my way up to the cottage with my friends' new British Bulldog, Bruin.  SO sweet.  Just put it on "auto" and let it rip!

I also went up to the cottage that weekend and took some more beach shots.  I've discovered I REALLY love shooting outdoors. I'm a self-proclaimed hippie, so I guess that makes sense that that would be what I like shooting best.

Until next time...

Cottage

I've been up to the cottage a few times already.  We've had gorgeous weather since March, basically...  so it's been great for taking photos!  The next few have barely been edited...  I used photoshop to alter some colouring, but decided I liked the original colouring better.  I've included photos from the lake my cottage sits on, the beach, an old fire truck from the flea market in Grand Bend and, of course, one of Caysee.

Nephew Cuteness

So, I did my first "real" photoshoot this weekend.  I tried getting some sleeping shots in, but baby woke up as soon as his onesie was removed.  He was quite unhappy with me by the end of the shoot, but I (think I!) got some good shots.  I think they're adorable...  but I may be biased.  I changed a couple of them to b&w for something different...

 

I'm driving through Brantford tomorrow with my boss, who is a photographer...  We may stop to take some photos on the way back.