My nice little to do list got lost yesterday. I started well, sweeping and cleaning up, then I got a call from the school that my son had forgotten his lunch money. Rather than drive, my youngest and I walked to the school. On the way back, we made use of the rare bit of winter sunshine to play in the park a bit. She just loves swinging!
She is growing up so fast. It is hard to keep up!
Watching the girls train is amazing. They are so strong and supple! No complaints or slacking, just determination.
Could you do twenty leg lifts like this? She did!
Thank you so much to this little one’s mom for inviting me to spend time with the girls during their training. It is a phenomenal experience. (To say I love what I do, would be an understatement!)
Our latest assignment was to try to capture the colour and feeling of early morning. So everyone had sheets of cellophane hanging on c-stands to create coloured light. My props were quite heavy to carry through the city, but I think it was worth it in the end. I had a lot of fun and definitely learnt a few new techniques.
The first one is with blue and yellow light, the blue adding to the shadows and the yellow to the highlights.
Then we tried some red and blue
I couldn’t resist trying some gold and magenta light on this little girl set up.
Have you noticed some of the colours the light creates early in the morning? It is amazing how the light’s colour can affect our mood.
My son absolutely loves playing soccer. He had been begging for ages to play, but with my evening classes, we just couldn’t find a place that fit in with our schedule. Thankfully things worked out and with my new schedule, we found somewhere for him to play. Those long legs of his really help!
I think his footwork is quite impressive, though he sometimes gets a bit carried away and steals the ball from his own teammates (he is only 8!)
By the end of the game he is usually quite exhausted. But the fitness will come I think. We are just glad he found something he loves doing.
(PS these were shot at night indoors, so at super high ISO, which explains the graininess. Flash doesn’t help over long distances)
This semester we have to hand in two portfolios. For the first one, I am trying something that takes me completely out of my comfort zone (I guess I have been reading Seth’s Blog too often). One of my friends kindly organised that I can photograph her daughter at gymnastics practice.
Last night was my first try at capturing the action. I had so much fun with all the girls, but I think I am going to have to learn a lot about gymnastics!
(These images are all straight out of the camera, no editing)
Capturing really fast moving kids in low light is going to be an amazing challenge! So hopefully this monster will just be shadow and no substance…
My son and I walked past the op shop recently and saw a box of videos outside marked $10 for the lot. Well, for the whole series, I figured it a good deal (recently been introducing the kids to Star Trek Next Generation). So we bought the huge box and brought it home. But the video machine hasn’t been used in quite a while, so I had to get that up and running again. Lost cause… Seems it couldn’t survive being filled with coins, raisins, crayons and other sundry bits! (I blame the toddler years) Frantic search for a new VCR, but thankfully everyone seems to be getting rid of theirs! I managed to pick up a second-hand one last night.
So my kids can now watch the whole series of Voyager, from 1.1 to 7.13!
At this stage, this is how our Sundays go: Early morning (between 8am and 9am) we rush out the door to church. During the sermon, I am downstairs teaching the little ones (younger than preschool) Bible stories. Then, after church, I jump on the tram into the city while (poor ever-suffering) hubby takes our three kids home. I then spend the afternoon in class learning studio lighting.
When you have to travel on public transport with your props, you have to be economical, so I wear them!
