Check it – I think I am moving to a new blog…

Ok, call me a total sheepie follower, but a couple of the photogs who I most admire recently went to a one blog solution – combining the personal and the professional very smoothly – and I think if I do the same thing I will be a better poster.  After all, the people who care the most already check both of my blogs (you know who you are

SO…….. check it and bookmark it!  limepop photography – the blog….

http://limepop-photography.com/blog/

Thanks so much for following me on this crazy journey!  Please make some comments so I know you are there!

Noise, Noise, Noise!

Quoting the Grinch there – I am SO very disappointed that I seem to have gotten a lemon of a 5D mark II.  Ugh!  I got the thing because it is known for shooting at very high ISO’s (like an indoor shoot) without much noise at all – this is handy for things like newborn shoots using available light indoors and shooting at sunset or in very shady areas – but MY new camera was super noisy, and the focus was all screwed up!  I am sending it back to Adorama for a new one – at least they were nice about it.

It made me feel better last night to welcome my dad and stepmom home from Nepal – they had a wonderful trip and it sounds like a truly beautiful and fascinating place.  I am just glad the Maoist rebels that shut down the roads decided to leave their bus alone (after a thorough check) because they were foreigners – whew!  Olivia could not get enough of playing with her PopPop this morning before they left for home – snapped some shots indoors before they left (note the God-awful noise)…

And one nice one by our pretty tree that’s in bloom – note here that though I shot it at f/3.5, and they were almost on the same plane, only my dad is in focus…

Oh well – thanks for your visit (and the cool souvenirs),  guys!  I will keep you posted on how the new 5D treats me – in the meantime I am snuggling back up with my reliable 40D (and feeling a little guilty for having cheated on it….)

Celebrating the 5D Mark ii….

I earned my way there, finally!  Yay!  And to celebrate (that along with mother’s day and Zach’s birthday – things that have kept me so busy I have completely blown them off in my blog)….here are some SOOC (straight out of camera) shots – I SO love my new baby….

It makes me this happy….

Oh and Z still has not lost that second top tooth – he had a great BDay and party by the way, tacos, he had a baseball game and I gave everyone Popsicles at the end – topped off with his party today at a gym playing basketball, dodgeball, capture the flag, and generally being crazy with his 1st grade peeps….of course I forgot my camera

Beach Party in the USA…

Or at least on our back porch – it was an incredible hot weekend!  Like, 90 degrees!  I got sunburned at Alex’s shadeless baseball game Saturday, I was so not ready for this (he got 2 hits, BTW – woo hoo!).

So tonight the kids (including our lovely neighbor/my photography muse) kicked it old school in Olivia’s baby pool – they used Olivia’s pink teepee as a water slide that they set up on a kid table – I have never seen so many kids have so much fun with such a genuinely small volume of water!  It was hilarious…

OH – and I know Steve totally “scooped” me on this right after it happened by sending out a mass-mailing on his Blackberry – but for anyone who hasn’t seen – Z lost a front tooth!!!