Day 119 & Day 120

Day 119 - 29th April

Crysanthamum Explosion



Day 120 - 30th April

Having some fun with in-camera effects

Day 116, 117 & 118

I'm falling behind because I have been so busy and all photography related projects which is great!

Day 115 - 25th April
Hurry up and take the shot Mum!!! This is heavy!

Day 113 - 23rd April - Mmmmm Navel Orange...yum!



Day 114 - 24th April - Home-made Banoffee Pie

Today is a very special day.
It's the day that I suprise my hubby with a home-made Banoffee Pie, and to let him know that I love him :smitten:

Oh hold on, that would mean it's a special day every day then hehe.
Because this is something I do pretty much every day :)

My hubby is very, very special to me and I feel it's something I have to make him aware of ALL the time :)

Day 112 - 22nd April

I bought all my kids, my Grandson and Dave the Dish a money box and some mini eggs for Easter this year.
Cost a lot more than just buying hollow eggs but the money boxes were so cute I couldn't resist.
I took a picture of almost all of them.
Another of them is also in amongst my April pictures, on day 105 - 15th April "Ruby Slipper".

Day 111 - 21st April

What could you possibly buy for the man who THINKS he has everything?
NOTHING!
While he sleeps you nip into town to buy some fabric. Then while he is at cadets you quickly make him a pillow case because his old one is ripped.
What could be nicer than a hand crafted gift? So much more thought, time and effort has gone into creating something for someone so special.
Happy belated birthday darling.
I love you.
x

Day 109 & Day 110

Day 109 - 19th April

Carnation Abstract straight from the camera. Shot through a pint glass.



Day 110 - 20th April

White Towels

AWESOME news!

I just had some AWESOME news!

Quote: "Hi Alison

Congratulations! You have placed as a finalist in this month's BetterPhoto
Contest! Over 17800 photos were entered into the competition; it is an honor
to have your image selected among the top 1151 finalist photos."

Not just once!!! But twice!!!

Day 108 - 18th April

Sadly my Grandson has gone home now but I made sure I had a little photoshoot with him before they left :D
(As if I haven't taken enough pictures of him this week! lol)

Day 107 - 17th April

I think he found the jokes on his Mum's phone funny lol

Day 106 - 16th April

Just a fun portrait today.
A "FamilyTower" next to the famous "Blackpool Tower" :o)

Day 105 - 15th April

I love the vibrant colours of this ornament.

Day 104 - 14th April

Little Family

Day 103 - 13th April

Playing with "in-camera" effects again :o)

Day 102 - 12th April

Our Grandson :D

Day 101 - 11th April 2010

Y'know sometimes I take pictures and I get more than one favourite for the day :o)



My 21 year old daughter made Lipstick money boxes, out of Pringles Tubes, for her twin sister's birthday's.
This is one of my twin daughters proudly modelling her gift for me :o)

Day 100 - 10th April

Wow! I made it past the first 100 days!!! Only 263 to go!!! Yay!!!

She's such a beautiful model!!!



Info:
Window to subjects right, white towel in front of subject, flash behind subject to use as a hair light.

Who says it's hard to make brown eyes sparkle? All you need is a white towel lol.

Day 99 - 9th April

I thought I would go out to a public garden today, to capture some of the Spring beauty.
My husband came with me but left me to it while he took 2 of our girls to the park side of the gardens.

Minding my own business, I start taking a shot of daffodils reflections in some water.



There was a group of young boys hanging around the gardens, who obviously didn't have anything to do for the Easter holidays.
Suddenly, I hear one of them, who can't have been more than 12 years old, shout out, "Oi! Stop taking pictures of me you f**king B*tch!"
I was disgusted, to say the least.

I knew it was aimed at me, so, after I finished taking my shot I marched over to the group.

As I approached the group of boys I saw one of them run away and jump over a wall! The offender perhaps?
One of the others, a rather large young man, started walking toward me. I thought maybe I had got it all wrong and he was the one who shouted me and that confronting them was probably the worst thing I could have done alone.
However, the young man very politely said to me, "I am so sorry about my friend, he's in such a bad mood today."

I showed the boy my pictures, "Would you like to know what I was taking pictures of?!" I exclaimed, shaking with fear and anger. "Reflections of Daffodils! There are no pictures of any of you boys on my camera!!!"

The boy looked over his shoulder at his cowardly friend and shouted, "She was taking pictures of Daffodils!!!"

Drama over, I calmly walked away and carried on taking pictures of the flowers. The boys left me alone.

I told my 5 year old son about this when he got home from his friends house. His reaction ... he jumped up and down with excitement, clapping his hands as he cheered, "Yay Mummy!"

I love my son so much :o)

Happy ending...pretty flowers :o)

Don't ya just love happy endings?

Day 98 - 8th April

Re-shoot of Racing Babies :o)

Playing with some Lo-Fi effects and gradients.
Would you believe this is Lip Balm smeared on my UV filter! Purple gradient added in PS.
I love it!

Day 95 - 5th April

Hubby's feet ready for a massage
They may have been tired and aching, from 4 days of walking in the mountains, but his new boots and new socks proved to be a success. No hotspots and no blisters!




Day 96 - 6th April

The attention to detail of some on my Son's toys is truly amazing!
This is turning out to be a bit of a toy month for me isn't it lol.



Oh yeah, and a quick snap of my product photography tent and lighting!

Day 94 - 4th April

I've been dying to take a picture of Wall-E! He's sooooo cute!

Day 93 - 3rd April

Dead Bloom
(Taken for a challenge "Beginning or End")

Day 92 - 2nd April

Daydream

Day 91 - 1st April

Oh my goodness! Here we are in April already!!!

I took a picture of Thomas today and thought I would have some fun with him by adding my smoke picture from February.

What a great way to start the month!