Nifty arrives safe and sound
I’m a regular at the Photography-on-the.net (POTN) forum–a forum for (surprise!) photography, specifically for those who use Canon equipment. The E-P1 has been claiming more and more of my leisure photography time, but my Canon 5D is still the go-to guy for most photographic opportunities.
At POTN there’s a thread entitled “Where’s Nifty?! #2″. It’s a lens sharing thread, the premise being that a donated Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 would be shipped from forum member to forum member, staying with each member for a while during which time said member would take some photos with “Nifty”. Neat, eh? For those not familiar with the lingo, “Nifty Fifty” is a commonly used nickname for the 50mm f/1.8. Now there are 2 other Nifties floating around–1 in Europe and 1 in Australasia. » Continue Reading…
Painting by Charlotte Meadows
After the portrait session with Ella and Emma, we were invited in to take a look at a painting. We had shot a portrait session with the girls last year too, and from that session one photo was selected to be converted into a painting by an artist named Charlotte Meadows. I’ve never had any of my photos converted into a real-deal painting before. Pretty cool, eh? Not that anybody asked me, but I heartily approve of this work. Oh, and here’s the original photo from last year as reference:
Original
Charlotte, if you’re out there please send me your contact info so I can let people know how to get in touch with you.
Ella and Emma
Denise and I shot a portrait session with these darling twin sisters Ella and Emma a few weeks ago. Kids are always a challenge to photograph as they are very much their own creatures–posing kids is very much a broad strokes and hope for the best type of exercise. Thankfully I’m not the posing type anyway, and these girls played happily while I snapped away. Thanks for such a fun photo session! » Continue Reading…
Winter Scene 2
Winter Scene 1
Snow happy
It snowed on Friday! Here in Mississippi we’re happy to get any snow at all, and if we do get it it’s usually only once the entire winter. So Friday night as we were heading back home from Jackson we were snowed on the whole drive home. Upon arrival we all bundled up and played in what meager snow we had. Afterward, Denise made some hot chocolate to warm us up. Not much more to say really. I’ll let the pictures do the talking. » Continue Reading…
Omonia
After dim sum (yes, waaaay back in November) we stopped by Omonia Mexican and Colombian Deli-Bakery. They’re on County Line, and as you can see by the hastily covered-up sign, they’ve taken over what used to be a Quizno’s location. I asked the gentleman serving us, and he said they had only been open for 3 weeks. Aha! So we weren’t exactly pioneers, but it felt like we were at least part of the first wave of people to discover this place. » Continue Reading…