.December Nature.

Some outdoorsey photos ive taken during December

Most were taken in Shropshire when i went to visit my Aunt & Uncle...except this first photo that was taken on a walk with the dog down the river.

All shots,except the first photo,were taken with my 35mm f/3.5 lens....how i love that lens.

.November Charlie.

November was an interesting and exciting month. I managed to get some good photographs of Charlie,hes becoming so expressive...smiling and laughing all the time. Lola also had a serious accident...she fell into a glass door at her house and suffered a quite serious cut above her eye. Thankfully it missed her eye,the hospital glued it and now that its healed it looks great...it doesnt look half as bad as it did.

Photos of Charlie from November...

How i love this happy smiley man...

.Time outdoors.

I spend alot of time outdoors walking my dog and im so lucky to live in a small town in the countryside and have beautiful views on my doorstep. I remember as a kid thinking how boring it was living in this town...it didnt seem to be 1/2 as much fun as a big town,there didnt seem 1/2 as much to do but now...when i look back...its been twice as much fun as living in a big town.
I used to play down by the river when i was a kid...spend hours walking through the fields with friends...seeing how far we could actually go. I would follow my brother and his friends when they went fishing down the river or canoeing and once...when i was maybe 6...my cousin took me and my brother fishing and i fell in the river...i had to wear my cousins tshit home and ride on his shoulders.
I remember walking my old dog Chloe down the river and her chasing cows...then getting close to them and being scared to death by them :)

I have so many wonderful memories from this little wonderland on my doorstep...my kingdom!
This is the beautiful view i get to see...just around the corner from my house

The colors this summer have been awesome aswell...so vibrant and beautiful

.September.

September was a crazy and fun month. Lola & Charlie have been so much fun to spend time with...Lola is so sweet and gentle with Charlie,calling him the baby and giving him hugs & kisses...she doesnt seem at all jealous because shes too young to really understand. I cant get enough of Lola and her silly faces and Charlies awesome smile.

Lola is getting harder and harder to photograph now,she wants nothing to do with me and my camera but every now and then she gives me a look,just one and only briefly...but when im lucky enough to catch it on camera...its the best look in the world.

I love this photograph,not only for the look that shes giving me but everything that happened just before it. Rich & Lucy came over with the kids in the morning while i was in the shower,when i came downstairs i could hear my mum telling lucy about some pants she'd bought Lola for the start of potty training...but as soon as Lola heard me,she popped her head around the corner and came running straight to me. It felt so great having her run up to me for a hug and a kiss and then to get the sweetest look from her was the cherry on top
We were playing with cups & bowls of water at the sink when i took this

And the big guy...my oldest nephew Ty...who never wants his photo taken but very occasionally allows me to get a shot. Even if it isnt perfect...i love it all the same...

And a slice of daily life from the same day...Lola eating at the table like a big girl with a knife & folk...plastic of course :) Abit oof but so was i that day :)

A warm and sunny september day means playing in the backyard in the paddling pool and hanging out in nothing but a nappy and wellington boots...the girl has style

One of my mum from the day...she never lets anyone take her picture but she was feeling in the mood that day obviously. My fav photograph of her.

And,because no post is complete without a picture or 2 of the new man in my life...Charlie. I took him upstairs to get him ready for bed and Ty was already in my room so he lay down next to Charlie and allowed 1 photo of him and his little bro

And then some silly faces from him to end the day...

Woo...along post...i think im done with this one :)

.Charlie.

I tried my hand at some newborn photography with Charlie when he was a couple of weeks old,i didnt have much time so i just took afew shots while i had him to myself.
Considering ive never tried newborn photos before...i was really pleased with how they turned out.

Charlie at 13days

I didnt want to get him completely naked as i hadnt warmed the room or anything and i only had a few mintues.
And i couldnt decided between color or black & white with this one


And,from the same day...asleep on nanny after a feed. His bald patch is courtesy of the anti-biotic drip he had at the hospital

.Big Sister.

While Lucy was in the hospital having Charlie we looked after Ty & Lola. I got loads of pictures of Lola while she was staying with us,it was the middle of the summer aswell so we spent loads of time outside.
Here are afew of my favs from the week spent at my house

In the bathtub...it was crazy funny trying to get this pic...i took my socks off,rolled my trousers up to my knees and balanced on the sides of the tub. She kept standing up wanting me to pick her up so i got a whole bunch of photos of her head before she eventually sat down and then gave me this look. Then she wanted to get out an stood up so i had to get into the tub,pick her up and then get out :)

Playing in a bowl of water in the backyard...she couldnt even wait for me to take her nappy off before she got in,infact...she still had her shirt on when she first got in but i managed to take it off while she was sat there.

It was so much fun spending the week with Lola...she really is just crazy as they come and so well behaved aswell. The house was so quiet when her and Ty left.

.Update.

Ive been such a bad blogger again and neglected the blog for afew months...i just havent felt like blogging that much recently and its been a crazy few months with lots of changes...the biggest change being my nephew Charlie being born in August...

Charlie was born on august 4th and weighed in at 9lb 4oz..hes is so gorgeous aswell. He was very ill when he was born though,after catching pneumonia in the hospital and he spent 9days in the hospital in the intensive care ward of the special care baby unit (scbu)

We went to visit him the day after he was born.
I took these 2 pictures while my brother was holding him.

My brother took this of me holding him. You can see that he was already discolored from the pneumonia causing him breathing problems.

I took this one of my dad with his new grandson

Later that day he was taken down onto the special care baby unit and put under an oxygen mask..this was his home for a couple of days. Hes underneath the blanket in this photo having a nice,aged 3days.

A couple of days later he was taken off the oxygen but had a feeding tube and an anti-biotic drip in his head. This was day 4.


He lost 1lb while he was in the hospital...but came home at 9days old feeling and looking much better,he had slight jaudice but was perfectly ok. It was so great to have him home!!

.Party.

At the weekend we went to a suprise 'lunch' party for my Aunty who just turned 65! Im quite suprised they managed to keep a secret from her for so long..usually shes the one in the know. Before i left they asked me to take a quick photo of them all together,so i snapped this shot of my aunty,uncle,their 2 daughters and son in laws & 4 grandkids :)
There wasnt any great places in the venue to take a photo..the part where the party was was very dark and didnt have anywhere for me to put them. We ended up just outside the hall on some stairs that lead to the dance studio.

The light was very harsh on the left side which is floor to ceiling glass...if i had more time i would of swapped around the sisters and had D and her husband A on the other side as they are dark haired but i didnt have the time to check my shots and position them better. I only managed 2 shots in total before they were all done with the photo thing.
I ran a muted fashion action and burned the left side as much as i could to lessen the harshness on K & M. It wasnt until after the photos that i realised K is the only one not looking in my direction...i managed to get the other 5 adults and 4 kids to look at me but not her....ah well,you win some and u loose some. I'll know for the future now.

Im gonna get it blown up an framed for them.