.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.

.The start of spring.

April has arrived and its still pretty cold here but things are slowly starting to come back to life and the flowers are growing. I went out for a nice walk and snapped a couple of shots though there wasnt much life to shoot. All good practice though.