We’re currently hosting a 31 Day Photography Challenge here on the blog and would love to have you join us 🙂 A great way to take your photography up a step, pick up your camera and practice, practice and practice.   To join us is simple, just share your post link below and we will pop on over for a visit, you may also share your photos on instagram using #31dayphotography.   Don’t forget to come back and join us next Wednesday 18th, sharing your photos for Days 11 – 17.   Day 4: Flowers   Day 5: Funny   Day 6: Hands   Day 7: Motion   Day 8: Eyes…

Last week I invited you to join us for 31 Days of Photography, challenging and stretching ourselves to take our photography ‘up a notch’. Perhaps you’ve dived in and have been snapping away the last few days, or perhaps you have been frozen in indecision, wanting to join the fun but not quite sure how you can improve.   The beginning step is to pick up your camera and click, click, click as they say ‘practice makes perfect.’ Wishing just know how to make those shots even more dynamic? Read posts with camera tips, you may at first be overwhelmed but eventually you begin to become familiar with terms. Add photographer’s…

  Improving our photography skills is something many of us long to do but for many it seems an impossible dream. I indeed relate as I was once a dreadful photographer, think headless, dark and blurry, thanks to the advent of the digital camera my family begun to retain their heads. More recently my skills continued to improve indeed jumped several notches thanks to; reading photography tips, undertaking a course and most importantly ‘practice, practice and practice’. I’m by no means a professional photographer but as someone who, only ‘moments ago’ was a total rank amateur I can completely relate to your bewilderment of all things camera, yet your keen desire to improve. I’d like to support and…

This past week life has been ‘bursting at the seams’ with our oldest two lads and Carpenter’s girlfriend home on holidays. We instantly went from a home of mostly younger and ‘middle children’ to a home dominated by teens and young adults. The freezing weather we, along with most Australians are currently experiencing, put an end to  outdoor plans, though the brave and hardy tried their hand at kite flying   with the homemade variety as well as the ready made.   Plenty of games of pool abound, with Miss Jelly Bean (11) generally emerging as the victor. All are keen to relieve her of her Championship status and put…

A portrait of our children, once a week, every week in 2015 This week I decided joining instagram was a must.  However my phone camera is a sad, sad item, think pixel horror, however a little research informed me that I could join via my computer, just a couple more steps were involved.  I was happier with that as I’d prefer to use my regular camera rather than a phone camera, happily I downloaded bluestacks, but ran into a problem when it appeared my ip address was considered a proxy.  Confused? so was I;) ‘Long and short’ was I reluctantly gave up my instagram idea but… my darling husband meanwhile…

A portrait of our children, once a week, every week in 2015 Last year I had every intention to take photos of our darlings daily, even weekly, I even committed to a weekly photo link up. Like many good intentions I managed a little, in fits and starts. Part of my struggle is online security, I worry about over sharing.  So then I do a circle and try to commit to just being private and not posting, but this meant I take even less photos, I’m a person who works best with deadlines. So back to sharing here.In a desire to improve my photography skills I signed up last year…

Last Thursday we headed to a local coastal village for an appointment, promising the children a beach walk afterwards.  A walk on the beach wasn’t greeted with enthusiasm, swimming was what they really wanted. I stressed that one didn’t swim in the ocean in winter.  When the afternoon was sunny I compromised on “you can roll up your pants and walk in to just above your ankles.” However it was only minutes before, they were wet and were swimming. “Children, it is the midst of winter!” As beach goers walked along the beach in jumpers and long pants, our children frolicked and swum in the ocean having a wonderful time…

The winter sunshine has been beckoning us this week, calling us to ‘ditch the books’ and enjoy the warmer moments. The children pumped up the blow up pool with intentions of swimming in it, when I vetoed that idea and the plan to raft on the dam, “it’s winter children!” they compromised with rafting on the above ground pool.  Thus far they haven’t ‘fallen out’ though the blow up has ‘sprung a leak.’ The Great Billy Cart phase continues to be all the rage, it’s been about three weeks now since the billy cart constructions began. A few modifications, lots of co-operative designing and building, plenty of rides, a few…

A portrait of our children, once a week, every week, in 2014     1. Just couldn’t choose, so sharing lots of pics from one Sunday morning (be assured Bella didn’t ride in the car with just a seat belt, posing for photos only)   2. Trekking through the bush, we really are blessed to live on this beautiful property.     3. Our Jelly Bean is always smiling Linking up at Practising Simplicity for 52 Weeks of Portraits