Did I say I would update this...

Well clearly I was lying to you all! I am not sure what has happened over the past couple of days to take up all of my time, it certainly isn't labour and delivery since I'm still sitting here, with a huge tight belly, ribs being pushed out from the inside and a foot kicking me. I think it's just that I don't move very fast, so anything takes time!

So just to cover my butt, here is a photo of my beautiful baby girl who turned 4 last week. Here she is celebrating in the garden with her PJs on:



And for all you curious folks out there, who have been hounding me for a photo of myself here it goes....

Terrible I know, I should have done it when I actually had had a shower and brushed my hair, but that happens so rarely when someone else is around to be able to take my photo... so alas, this is what I have. Maybe if I haven't delivered by the weekend I'll do it properly!

Like Jem did for our shoot last week, check out my work blog:

http://christinedenisphotography.blogspot.com/

If I could only look that good...

night! :)

A funny Video to share

I found this through a blog I follow regularly and it made me laugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0

What a GREAT way to kick of a wedding ceremony!! There is no reason why you shouldn't be different!

I am still here...

I haven't gone into labour yet! And, I realize I haven't posted in ages!! I had a surprisingly busy week with Dr's appoitments, Abby's birthday and a maternity shoot, so I decided not to post all week. I have the day to myself tomorrow, and other than some business to take care of, I'll have the entire day to play, as well as go for a long walk with Bender to try and induce labour - ha!

So stay tuned for a more interesting post, full of photos and fun!!

Christine

More on Textures

Funny how I post yesterday's post with a couple textures applied to a photo and then look what is featured on Digital Photography School's blog? None other than this: How to Use Textures to Enhance Your Photographs

I find that the technique is quite easy to do, technically speaking, but creatively speaking it's tough (for me anyway...) to get it right. I've taken photos of textures (rocks, bricks, bark, grass) but find them hard to apply well. After reading this, I'm going to try and take photos of softer textures and see what happens. I'll also search for free ones on-line. Of course, there is always the option to purchase, I happened to find this cool site yesterday: Florabella which has some beautiful photos that can be printed and used as artwork, and you can purchase the textures the artist used.

I'd love to see what you can come up with using textures...

Tuesday Musings

Again a big break in blogging for me! I'm now at 38 weeks minus a day!! I have two newborn shoots to proof, but can't muster any energy at night to do them...so I'm falling behind a little. Oh well! I am just trying to survive the 3 weeks at home with the kids at this point in my pregnancy, and so far so good. I find that I'm relatively sane most of the day, but then I get super tired and impatient with the girls and things go downhill! I know it's because I'm tired, but it's so tough sometimes, especially when they like to take off on me when we go out shopping. But it's life and it's temporary, in a couple of weeks I'll be even more sleep deprived but cuddling my new baby girl each night!

Nothing like some pictures to pick up the energy and spirits:

Another one taken with my 100 mm Macro - I'm loving this lens!
Settings, just for fun!: f 5.0, 125, ISO 200

And these that I've added textures to... I want to print these for wall art, I'm so happy with how they turned out!

Same image from above, with texture added.

I also found a fun creative blog to follow (my list is getting so long - 70 subscriptions on my Google Reader, I think it's time to review it and remove blogs I don't really read!!). It's called The Creative Mama And as per usual when you find a new blog, it tends to lead to other blogs, one that caught my particular attention was 503 Photography, she has some great shots and does a "Photography Friday" piece that features some kind of photography tip.

And finally as I close off this post, this is what happens when you finally have a hot sunny day, and your mom is 38 weeks pregnant - can't go to the beach so the next best thing:

Wow.. had to share this...

I just saw this amazing set of photos!! I see a challenge here... I'll have to try this. Well I'll have to try taking sharp photos of bubbles first.. then the popping part!

http://stacyclaireboyd.blogspot.com/2009/07/popping-bubbles.html

Macro Fun

So today my morning started like this:

Followed by a rather annoying trip to Walmart with the girls. Luckily, the afternoon got better after a little early b'day shopping for me. The weather was fantastic so I had fun playing with the girls and my new toy... Macro lens 100mm. I wanted it for taking close up shots during newborn sessions, and also for taking nature photos such as these:





Now, I can barely sit up, since my belly is tight, my back is sore and the baby is moving around like crazy - her time to dance is between 8-10 pm every night. It's like "So you think you can dance?" in my belly! So I'm off to bed!