52 of 2014 - Week 09

52 of 2014 - Week 09

Theme is Oh, the Places You Will Go - I'm not much of a traveler, but we get to our backyard, from time to time.  This shot didn't turn out quite as well as it could have, but I love the little snowman and snowmouse so much, I have to use it.

52 of 2014 - Week 08

52 of 2014 - Week 08

Theme is Motion Blur Photography. No motion blur. I had some shots of the late February snow falling (the week before we only needed a hoodie to play in the park), but I liked this shot better.  I may be slightly biased on my likes though.

52 of 2013 - Week 1

52 of 2013 - Week 1. Last year, I did a daily photo challenge with Picaboo, on Facebook. They have a new challenge this year, but it's weekly, which suits me, because the daily thing was too much and I found my hobby becoming a chore. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Glitter'. My photo buddies from 2012 started a group called 'Focus 52 - Pixel Project' and the theme there is 'Newness + Watch Your Background'. I suspect I'll try and merge the two themes through this year. This is a little snowman snow globe that is at my mother's house. I love this thing! The 'snow' is all glittery and it's so pretty! I had bought a couple of them a few years ago and hers didn't work properly, so we gave her ours. It's one of my favorite Christmas decorations and I can't think of a better place for it to be, than in my parents' wonderful home. They made Christmas magical for me and continue to do it for my daughter. The reason I love Christmas is because of my amazing parents.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop.

The snowman snow globe.

Glitter inside the snowman snow globe.

Ringing in the New Year with fancy beaded necklaces (bought at the dollar store).

366 of 2012 - Day 357

366 of 2012 - Day 357. Walking to school in the snow. I took this a couple of days ago. As you may know, I take this 'photo a day' rule rather loosely.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: 5 Tips for Photographing Snow.

366 of 2012 - Day 356

366 of 2012 - Day 356. Weeb got to do some sledding after school. It was declared, "Best day EVER!"

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: 5 Tips for Photographing Snow.

366 of 2012 - Day 355

366 of 2012 - Day 355. Dropping off Weeb at school and this is the view. Nothing like some hills when it's snowy!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: 5 Tips for Photographing Snow.

366 of 2012 - Day 354

366 of 2012 - Day 354. Snow, wonderful snow!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: 5 Tips for Photographing Snow.

366 of 2012 - Day 353

366 of 2012 - Day 353. Snow, wonderful snow!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: 5 Tips for Photographing Snow.

366 of 2012 - Day 352

366 of 2012 - Day 352. Weeby snow boot prints!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: 5 Tips for Photographing Snow.

366 of 2012 - Day 351

366 of 2012 - Day 351. Snow on the hood of Wonko's car. Weeb was very excited, as this was birthday snow - the first snow of the season!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: 5 Tips for Photographing Snow.

366 of 2012 - Day 18

366 of 2012 - Day 18. No more cell phone food pictures. I did two. I'm done. It's snowing today. And it's wickedly cold! I'm talking relatively here, since it doesn't generally get very COLD in the lower mainland of BC. We're expected to break records today (for our area) in terms of temperature. It's expected to get anywhere from -15C to -20C with the wind chill (that's nearing 0F for your Fahrenheit inclined).

This shot was taken just outside my front door as the snow was starting today. It's a SOOC shot (straight out of the camera), with adjustments only to size and adding text, which I do in Photoshop.

Shot with my Canon PowerShot G12, on Auto - f/2.8, 1/30 sec., ISO-200, 6mm, max aperture 2.96875, pattern metering, no flash.

FIRST SNOW AUTUMN 2011

We had a snow fall last night. Not a huge amount, but enough to still be on the ground in the morning.

Weeb and I rushed out to enjoy it before the rain washed it away.