What have I been up to?

... again lol.

Yesterday evening I noticed some golden sunshine trying to get through the closed blinds in my computer room and I told my husband I was almost tempted to go out shooting.
"So go then," he replied :o)
I love my husband much more than words can express!

So, off I go with camera in hand to the beach which is just across the road from where I live.

We have sand on our beach here...yay! (I sound excited because where I used to live we had a pebble beach.)

By the time I get to the beach the golden sun had disappeared behind the clouds and I thought I had lost my chance. Oh well, I'll capture some other things while I am here, I thought to myself.

Down on the beach it was absolutely freezing, with quite a fierce breeze blowing.
Someone was having a great time flying a kite.



I noticed some clouds starting to break and let the sun through. It was almost as if the sun was starting show itself just for me. "Here you go Ali, here is the sunset you have been waiting for."



My hands felt like ice but I wasn't going to be taken away from an un-obstructed view of the sun setting, for the very first time in my life!
It was amazing and it happened so fast!



Wherever you are, I hope you are doing the things that bring you happiness. Have a great day everyone :o)

My warm and happy place

It's not on here.
It's not photography, well, part of it is I guess.
It's not entering photography contests.
It's not with my internet friends (sorry).
It's right here in front of my nose!

Spending time with my children AGAIN!

It's so wonderful just to watch them having a good time and capture those moments.

Watching them party together...



play together and decorate biscuits together...



My warm and happy place is with my family :o)
Where's yours?

History repeating itself

We went to the park a couple of days ago and I got a few shots of the kids playing.
A couple of the shots stood out to me.
Seeing how happy children are playing with things that are free and plentiful. Playing out in the fresh air, getting exercise and just thoroughly enjoying their lives.



And then I got THIS shot...



She looks so much like me when I was younger.

I was editing away and it wasn't until I converted it to BW I saw more deeply into the shot. I saw history repeating itself!

This is what I see when I look at this shot...

"This is ME playing outside and my Dad is pointing the camera at me to take my picture."

This photograph touches me so much that whenever I look at it, it makes me cry.
I'm sitting here in tears right now.

Oh, how I miss my Dad.
He loved photography too and I think we would have had so much fun shooting together.
Unfortunately, I never got that chance, he died in 1999.

I love you Dad and miss you so much! This one is for you.x

Happy Valentine's Day!

Ooh can you feel the love?!

Little Angel

My baby girl wanted to dress up and have some pictures taken. Who am I to argue? lol.

Anyway, despite the fact SHE wanted the pictures taken, she wasn't into posing this day, so I just let her play by the window while I kept clicking my shutter :o)

I LOVE how you can just see her cute little feet through the wicker chair. Makes me screw my nose up and smile.





Have a great day everyone :o)

All dressed up and nowhere to go

Couldn't resist sharing these :o)