I realize that Canada day was a couple weeks ago but I was sorting through some personal pics and came across these two. We took the boys down to the Legislature Grounds for Canada Day celebrations. Owen was being cheeky all day, dodging the camera, running away, and then finally just when I thought he was going to sit for a couple shots…

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After getting rained out for the original shoot date, it was dumping huge, we finally had a break in the almost non stop rain Edmonton has had this summer. Early in the day it was looking like we might have been in for some more rain, but the sun found its way out by the late afternoon and it was smooth sailing for the rest of the evening.

I have to hand it to these guys, they were troopers! Not only did we have to rebook but Janna and Martin had to endure waves of mosquitoes during the shoot as well.

I was in love with this doorway, I wish this was the front entrance to my house!

I love this spot, I could have shot here all day long.

I love me some hand holding and these guys know how to get it done right!

I brought a chalkboard along and asked Janna and Martin to each write three things about each other and this is what they had to say. The best part about this is that they really get to show off their personalities here, so saucy and fun!

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding guys, I had so much fun shooting the engagement session I can’t wait for your wedding!

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Today Owen turns 4 years old, Happy Birthday Owen! We were planning on doing a photoshoot of Owen to mark his 4th birthday but things took an unexpected yet pleasent 4 year old detour. Owen is a firecracker of activity and you will rarely catch him sitting still for long. This can make for a challenging shoot to be sure but it is always entertaining. Here he is showing me how to jump rope. Not quite what I had in mind for the shoot but when dealing with a 4 year old you sort of have to roll with the punches. I thought why not get him to hold a camera too, maybe he would sit a little longer and I could get something in focus.

Right off the bat he noticed that there was no battery or lens and he needed them to be able to take picture you know. So I ran off and grabbed a battery and lens so that he could actually use the camera, and I have to say I think he is a natural! Almost instinctively he knew what to do and snapped a few frames and then checked the back of the camera to see the results of his first few frames. Chimping ain’t easy you know.

Obviously he liked the feeling as his face lit up with exceitement! Maybe Owen could rep for Canon, how cute would that be. A little 4 year old prodigy in their ads.

This was the resulting shot, not bad hey. Of course I put the camera on aperture priority mode at 1.4 and cranked the ISO to 3200 so the grainy image is not his fault, just a by product of shooting with no light.

After he smiles big, he puts the camera back up to his eye to take a few more frames… yeah now were talking!

We are now trading frames shooting each other working and it donned on me that this is probably the first photos I have of me in action. I have to say it is not pretty, I think I need to improve on my style when shooting

I also happened to notice Owen’s preference for shooting using the left eye in the viewfinder. At first he put his right eye to the viewfinder but then immediately switched to the left and stuck with it everytime he shot. The lucky kid will get to put Joe McNally’s Da Grip to use!

So the photoshoot is now abandoned, well the session of Owen anyway, but Owen has just started his own session. We wandered the whole house looking for subjects. I was taking pictures of Owen taking pictures so we have a few here of my perspective of Owen and then his resluting shot. Pretty cool hey!

Their play kitchen.

Some garden gnomes that were waiting to be release into the garden of korsan.

Himself in the mirror. I guess it is not just his dad who takes pictures of himself

Then Owen switched gears and turned his attention to some details shots of his toys.

After checking off self portraits and detail shots, I think Owen wanted to show his versatility and do some portrait work.

First up was Kosmo

Then Grandma H

and Grandpa H

Brother Brandon

and last but certainly not least Mom

Happy 4th birthday Owen! We are so proud of the little man that you have become and daddy is looking forward to a little help on my next shoot!

For full details of what our Owen has been up to this past year check out Angelas blog at Korsan Crew

Editors Note: aside from adding a blog watermark the images from Owen’s camera have not been processed in any way.

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The boys got coloured bubbles for Easter and I was lucky enough be to home with them for the day! It was beautiful outside so we headed out to the driveway for some bubble mayhem. Right off the bat it was obvious that it was going to be a messy affair.

I figured that before things got too out of hand that we should switch to the bubble machine.

They thought it was so cool to try to step on a gazillion colored bubbles.

Looks like the sharks are swimming closer!

Closer, closer, closer, almost touching, STOP! So the inevitable happened, the bubble machine and it’s colored ooze were knocked over… At this point I thought it might be a good idea to put the camera down and help them get cleaned up before mom got home.

The driveway was covered, their clothes were covered, their shoes were covered. We hopped into the bath and got cleaned up and put on some new clothes. Luckily the bubbles were washable otherwise I might have needed to go into hiding, or the witness protection thingy.

Before and after, see the shoes are as good as new now!

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But it sure is easy getting green.

For St Patrick’s day Owen’s room at daycare made green play-doh. Apparently Owen got a little extra green dye on his hands, even more than the other children in his class did.

It was so cute to see his very green hands playing, it was like he was wearing skin tight little green gloves.

Brandon was a little concerned that his brother had green hands, just like last night at story time when Brandon cried when Curious George ate too much chocolate!

After we explained that it was just coloring and that Owen was perfectly fine Brandon felt a lot better. I thought it looked odd when Owen would hold his hands up to his face to eat. Thankfully the green hands came clean in the bath.

This just goes to show that Owen is not afraid to get his hands dirty, or green as it were!

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I was in the mood for something a little more film noir like. Shot this with camera in hand and had Angela hold the flash behind the kids toy work bench which has holes for all the tools to hang in. That is where the hot sopts are coming from, the light passing through the holes. But it looks like I could be peeking out the window of a motel into the parking lot waiting and watching while someone is pulling in.

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Owen has been asking constantly to go skating for the last month or two. Ever since we took him to the Oiler game all he has talked about was going to play hockey… we told him that he needed skates and a helmet first and that we would take him and Brandon to get the gear they needed.

After they got their skates they got to pick their own skate guards. Owen picked the camoflage ones

and Brandon picked the ones with a skull and crossbones. They are such boys!

Look how cute these little feet are!

Now that we have the skates on it is time to put on the helmets with a little help from mom!

The fit was a little snugger at the rink than it was at home so it took a little extra stretching and coaxing to get them on. I of course had taken the multitool out of the skate bag so I had to resort to using a dime, yet another reason why there will always be a need for coins! One more final fit check by Brandon.

Owen had no problems walking on the rubber matting with his skates, once he hit the slippery ice though he needed a little help. After a few laps Owen was starting to get pretty comfortable and was starting to push a little more.

Brandon was not too bad on his feet as well but needed a little support from mom once he was on the ice.

He kept hunkering down and was more determined than ever to glide and hang on to the bar. Look at that focus and intensity!

Grandma even got to hold hands with the boys while they took turns between skating with mom and I and walking around the rink.

After about 45 minutes the boys legs got “tired” and they wanted to head to the playground. Brandon wanted a ride around the rink with me before he took his skates off.

It was so much fun taking the boys for their first skate, everyone had a great time and big smiles on their faces… even the ice did!

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Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
Owen recently went to his first hockey game. Our neighbours had Oiler tickets and invited Owen and myslef to go along with them. During the first intermission Nick (our neighbour) bought the kids the Oilers foam fingers and what a hit they were at the game. I thought that we should get one that Owen could take home to Brandon so that they both had them to play with. The following is what ensued. They put on their backpacks and stuck the foam fingers on and proceeded to run around like maniacs spraying and shooting Grandpa Stamp. As soon as I saw them I immediately thought of Ghostbusters only instead of using Proton Packs they had a foam finger and backpack.

They had so much fun with them they played until they were ready for bed!

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Happy Family Day weekend everyone! In the spirit of Family Day I thought that I would post a photo from my family. Tonight we were to my grandmas for a Family Day dinner and like I have mentioned before my grandma is a photo nut like me. Her walls are filled with photographs of family, some are portraits and others are simply snapshots. Everytime I go over I love to look at all the old photographs and came accross this one. This is more a portrait of myself rather than a self portrait as I did not own a camera back then This is my sister and myself all dressed up for the rodeo. What a pimp hey!

The following two shots are a little more on the creepy side. The one of the hand looks like it could be the back of a hand that has a palm print on it, at least that is the illusion I see because of the way the fingers curl.

This one is creepy to me just because of the crop and expression…

until next time…

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Happy Valentines Day everyone!

In order to get this picture I had to enlist the help of a 3 year old. Owen was playing with play doh earlier today, hence the tie die play doh, and wanted to cut out all the different shapes. He had a square, triangle, circle, star, and heart. I stole his heart to use as an eye patch and have to say that play doh is not the stickiest of substances. That is the reason for the goofy expression.

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