A little seasonal cuteness…Eve giving her rendition of Jingle Bells. I think we’re going to have to work on the lyrics a bit for next year 😀
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Canon 10D, 85mm, f4,1/350, ISO 100
The clocks went back last night…
…someone forgot to tell Eve…
yawn
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Three!? How’d That Happen?
Canon 10D, 19mm, f4, 1/180, ISO 200
Somehow, Eve has managed to age three years and I don’t quite know how that’s possible. I’m sure she was only born a couple of months ago! I spent a few moments last night reminiscing about this day three years ago when the mid-wives held up a black-haired, dark-eyed, sallow-skinned girl and it hit me…she’s a whole different person. I think I expected her to be me, only smaller so when she wasn’t pale, blue-eyed and ginger I was taken aback. She was also far too beautiful.
She’s continued to be her very own person and today she’s an outgoing, funny, thoughtful little girl who, despite her father’s best efforts, is developing a love for all things Barbie. She’s no girly-girl though and will launch herself fearlessly into groups of children three times her age. When we’re out walking she will call “Hello!” to random strangers, which I’ve seen bring a smile to the scariest of faces, and she has no trouble introducing herself to other children in the playground…”I’m Eve Wilson, I’m three,” she’ll say, thrusting out five fingers.
She has a full-on drama queen gene too (I’m blaming her Aunt Deborah for that one!) and has taken to smacking her hands to her cheeks and exclaiming, “Oh….Ma…..GOTTT!” at random moments. Those are the times when I have to leave the room to stop myself from laughing. I took the photo below while we were in Mt. Usher. She was having a moment…I think I’d just told her the river wasn’t for swimming in. She just has no fear…nowadays I wish I was more like Eve!
Canon 10D, 28mm, f2.5, 1/20, ISO 100
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Canon 28mm 1.8
**Geeky camera post alert**
This is the latest addition to my lens family which arrived today, a 28mm 1.8 from Canon. I’ve become a bit of a prime lens addict (sorry to go all geeky…a prime lens in case you don’t know is one that has a fixed focal length, so, in other words not a zoom). They’re just so much sharper and they make my lazy self actually think about where I need to be standing for different shots rather than relying on zooming. Plus you can get a very fast lens (1.8 in this case) for low light without breaking the bank. To get a zoom lens which allows you to shoot at f1.8 can cost into the thousands whereas this lens only set me back a few hundred from eBay.
I’ve been testing the new lens out on Eve (my long-suffering model) and so far I’m very happy with the results. My justification for buying it is that in a couple of weeks I’ve been asked to photograph a four day event for the Mayo County Enterprise Board. I’ve been told that the the four venues are quite dark hotel conference rooms and my preference is to avoid shooting with flash so this lens is going to come in very handy indeed:
I’m not much of a seamstress (I was going to say sewer, but that doesn’t work!) but I find it very therapeutic to make stuff that has nothing to do with work. I spotted this pattern on the wee wonderfuls blog and decided to give it a try and this rabbit was the outcome. It was very simple: only took about five hours to do eventhough I had to handstitch it (I don’t have a sewing machine) but I did it while watching tv. I watched a horror double bill on Film 4: Resident Evil and Cabin Fever…perhaps that’s why it turned out a little bit creepy:
Eve found it the next morning and she loves it which was the most rewarding part:
