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This is part 2, week 8 was Winter.
Already there have been some changes.
On the Island the government relaxed the restrictions so this was my first non-essential journey out in 5 weeks. I had almost written off getting a Spring shot.
I Dream of Genie
Shoot Miami, one of my photo meetup groups, is sponsoring a 52 Week Photography Challenge where members are challenged each week for new work on a different theme. Here are my entries.
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Love his youthful looks
Not the best of weeks, lots of coughing and he started coughing up blood yesterday, not much but enough to worry :( But moments like this and he's still chasing Jäger around so he can't be too bad! Just enjoying every day
This is Þórunn M. Lárusdóttir, 49 years old and lives in Reykjavik. She has been married almost 30 years, has three children and two grandcildren and works for the Foreign Ministry doing translations, a recent career change for her as she had been working as a nurse for more than 20 years. She is my mother.
I wanted to portray my mother and father doing something that they do in their free time, my father playing the guitar and my mother in her outdoor attire. They love to go out wandering all over the country and even go abroad every year to hike up some foreign mountains, like we don´t have enough of them right here in Iceland, hehe :)
This shot is actually just a photo I took to meter the scene by histogram and she wasn´t posing, it turned out to be my favore from this shoot. Went out late to take advantage of the soft light that the Icelandic summer evenings give and only used ambient lighting for this, nothing else. This is shot by the roots of the mountain Esja.
Ok. Serious catch up time - 3 weeks behind.
PS 52ers .... Bear in mind that I like to be a bit controversial when you view this photo. ;-) All is not what is seems ;-))
Life is so much easier when your two year old isn’t afraid to poop. About a week before I left for a trip to Florida, Olive began going potty like it was no big deal. We did enact a new strategy but honestly, I think she was just ready. From that day on, there has been no more (knock furiously on wood) drama.
She is back to her happy, mostly carefree self and it is so good to have my girl back. She still chews her fingernails but that’s not a battle I’m going to pick. For the time being, I’m going to let her use that as a coping mechanism and accept it as part of her personality.
She seems to have bounced back from this particularly traumatizing time much easier than I have. Watching her struggle and fight against her body triggered an anxiety in me that hasn’t been present since before she was conceived. I’m sad to be fighting this old battle again but I’m much more equipped than when I was younger.
But back to my original point. A few days after I returned from my business trip, the four of us headed to my parents house for Memorial Day/ my birthday and it was such a better trip than Easter. Potty troubles were behind us and everyone was able to enjoy themselves without a cloud hanging over their head.
Olive and my mom bravely swam in their still chilly pool nearly every day. Even though Olive’s lips were blue, she never wanted to get out and could have spent every second of her trip in the water. Olive plays so independently at my mom’s house and there were two, loving and doting grandparents who wanted to spend time with her, so I read 1.5 books and felt so revived.
It was a classmate’s birthday shortly before her last day of school and ever since Olive has been very into birthdays. She enjoyed celebrating my birthday, singing the birthday song to me and of course eating “happy birthday cake.” She’s already anticipating Gaigai’s birthday in August.
After seeing how much she loved wearing a life jacket in the wave pool at Great Wolf Lodge (she’s still asking to go back), we decided to bring her life jacket with us to the beach. She refused to take it off and happily ran in the water and went way out into the waves with Ryan. The water was still a bit chilly so she found a shallow tide pool and played in that for a long time.
Last year I remember thinking that it would be a long time before I read a book on the beach again but this year I was able to. Olive played in front of us in the tide pool or beside us making a sand castle and was happy to be alone in her pursuits. She ran from us by the water up to my dad in the soft sand and had a great time looking for shells in the space between.
It seems like a small thing, but watching her run on the beach in a bathing suit with no diaper underneath struck me as so bittersweet. She’s such a big girl. Although she will tell you she’s tiny. While in Florida, Ryan sent me a video of her explaining, “I tiny. I bigger, I drink coffee, that’s right? I tiny so I drink apple juice.”
Late again this week, sorry. No Internet during the day the past two days at my babysitting gig. Damn, did that suck.
I seem to be over the hump now. Still want to smoke, but it isn't this "I need to smoke or I will fucking kill someone" urge so much. LOL.
The antibiotics I got from my dad seem to have really made a difference in my illness, so I might just be on a high from finally feeling a little better after over a week of sick.
But I think it is getting easier. Pete thinks so too. We don't feel the need to eat constantly anymore, either, but we do enjoy it. :D
Done for A fashionable Challenge
A romantic stroll with a handsome admirer keeping the sun from your porcelain skin??
hehehe at least I can dream!!
10/52: Sunday at Toyohira River
June 3 - June 9
Finally it is getting warmer in Sapporo.
It was a beautiful day today, so my wife and I went to Toyohira river just behind our apartment.
It is so nice to have nature close to the house even we are living right in the middle of the city.
My wife was fishing, I was sitting down watching her. We had a big night last night, and I was too tired to do anything, but thanks to my wife, it was great to be outside, sitting under the sun.
Come on Summer!! We are waiting for you!!!!
I hope you had a wonderful week!!
If you are interested....
Camera Info: Nikon D700 | Nikkor 18-35mm (f3.5-4.5) @ 18mm | ISO 200 | 1/125s @ f/8.0 | Handheld Camera | Cropped
The weather this past week (actually the past couple of weeks) has been absolutely gorgeous. We have been taking advantage and spending as much time outside as possible. Josie was so kind as to stop and pose for me for just a few seconds.
p.s. If anyone has any suggestions on how to make her eyes stand out a little more - I am all ears! When the sun hits just right it will brighten up her eyes, but the sun isn't always shining just right.
week 13: 1000 STEPS FROM YOUR FRONT DOOR.
Hairy legs? Twin trunks of a New Zealand Cabbage tree/ti kouka (Cordyline australis).
Metroline West TE1727 (SN09 CEX) on Route E3, Chiswick Town Hall.
Route E3 is to pass to London United on the 31st May, with this bus going to replace TPs at G or UX.
041014: Washington, DC: The 2014 Police Week 5k was held on May 10th. A very large group from CBP ran this year inclulding: CBP Acting Deputy Commissioner Kevin McAleenan and Border Patrol Chief Michael Fisher.
Photographer: Josh Denmark
Monday 3rd September- Monday 10th September
This week I visited paradise. A friend and I went on holiday to a little town on the sea front in Mallorca. We climbed mountains, snorkelled with the fish, drank coctails on the beach and hired a pedalo with a slide on...
The holiday was much needed for both of us, made even better by our boyfriends surprising us and taking us to and from the airport. I have returned with a great tan and a refreshed mind...ready for uni! Freshers week looms!
me and my baby :) she loves her cuddles :)
so, my week ;)
mon: kill me now.......
tues: worked until 10pm, urgh...... had a weird dude in with bright green electrical tape wrapped around his glasses.... weird...
weds: day off woohoo :) spent it with nem looking at mums new house :) saw an oh so cute hibernating snail on her window, too cute :) also ate chips in the rain..... came home and curled up with slaine :)
thurs: nannys for breakfast :) :)
learnt today that lightbulbs dont fade as they die.... who knew?!
went for after work drinks :)
fri: me and batman spoke about elephants and wondered how they scratch their ears.... yep, it was a slow day at work....
had an old man saying he keeps seeing people coming out of primark with 2 bags in each hand and wishes he could afford to do that, awww...
educated the security guard on colour, taught him what maroon was :)
started thinking about eyes, and why some people have big eyes, do we all have the same sized eyeballs?! or do we just have different sized eyelids?!
also think its weird how other people see me more than me and if i was a dude and didnt have to do my make up, id probably never look in a mirror.... weird....
sat: worked extra today urgh!!!
had a random old drunk dude grab me, not cool.....
sun: jim jam day :) :)
26/52: Toyohira River at night
September 23 - September 29
Yes, it was not easy to keep my energy up for this project.
However I knew I was going to have sometime on the weekend, so I was ok not taking photos for the project during the week.
I was hoping to take some night sky photos, but the weather was not looking good, so I decided to go for a walk like I used to do almost everyday for my 366 project.
I have just got a new lens, Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 and wanted to try using it, so I put that lens on and grabbed my tripod and went outside.
It was nice to have no plans of the images I would have liked to shoot, and fun looking for something to shoot. I have not done that for a while.
Anyways I ended up walking to Toyohira River by my house and found those river rocks lit by city lights.
They must have travelled long way to get here and probably they will be far away when the river gets high next Spring.
I hope you had good week!
If you are interested....
Camera Info: Nikon D700 | Nikkor 85mm (f/1.8) @ 85mm | ISO 1600 | 30.0s @ f/11 | Camera on a Tripod | Unedited
Week #37 Muse - I have this fascination with old dilapidated buildings. For a number of years I have been driving through farmlands that have been earmarked for an airport. I have watched old barns and farmhouses deteriorate and get torn down. I have been trying to capture pics of some of these buildings before they completely disappear.
This week's theme was "paparazzi".
A huge thank you to my husband, Brian, for taking my camera from me when Cari asked to take my photo and snapping this. I am not generally one who enjoys having their photo taken, particularly because I am extremely self-conscious and very shy. I also never know how to act in front of the camera...I try being all cute and awesome like all of you other ladies who take amazing self-portraits, but I just end up looking like a nervous weirdo.
I liked how candid this looked and figured it was appropriate for the theme.
I can't believe I'm in a maternity shirt...I still have tons of room in it, but man, I'm looking extra bloated these days.
Almost eight weeks!