What’s the best thing about helping making a cake………licking the beaters of course!

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Mel

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Did you know that you these is a way to keep up to date with all your favourite  blogs without having to check each individual website? All you need to do is download your preferred feed reader, mine is google reader, add the blogs you like to read and it will let you know when someone has updated their blog.

To add my blog to your feed reader, you just need to click on the black and white icon next to the search bar, then just add the URL into your feed reader and hey presto you will know when my blog has been updated.

Interested in setting up a google reader? All you need to do is open google, click on the drop down arrow and select reader

If you already have a google account (if you have gmail you already have an account), then you can log in using your exisiting account detials. If not, you can easily create an account. If you are interested in finding out more about the uses and benefits of google reader, click here

Hope that this helps make someone’s life a little easier, I know it made mine easier.

Mothers day special and a competition will be announced in the next few days, so stayed tuned.

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Mel

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For the last week or so Gypsy (our family dog) has been staying with us, during the day she often likes to hang out with me in the office. Now it would be nice to think that she likes to hang out with me, but I am pretty sure that it is because the office is at the front of the house so she has a clear view of what is going on in the street. Gypsy is a nosy dog, likes to know everything that is going on, the slightest noise and she is at the window checking it out. She is such an affectionate dog, always wanting to be right next to you, will do everything she can to get your attention. Because of this it is difficult to get a photo of the little girl, she always ends up right next to me and way too close to the camera for it to be able to focus on her.

The other day I took Gypsy on a little excursion to my sisters kindergarten classroom, not only did the kids love seeing her but Gypsy loved all the attention and it must have tired her out. Once we were home, Gypsy curled up on her favourite armchair in the office and actually stayed put while I snapped a few photos of her.

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Mel

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Happy Endings, handsome princes, love stories, the ability to call animals to them, all things that Aurora, Cinderella, Belle, Jasmine, Ariel and Snow White have in common. My niece loves them, and I mean LOVES them! Actually she loves any story where a love story is involved, that girl loves love and even more than that she loves to dress up. Issy has more than enough costumes to last her entire childhood and have some to spare. When I came across this adorable Snow White costume while browsing on Ebay, I knew she needed it, it was too cute to pass up.

For a while Issy has been talking about dressing up as Snow White and having her photo taken. Now this is major, normally I am begging her to give me just 2 mins and even then she often turns me down. Issy gave me exactly 19 mins before she decided that it was done and we now needed to act out the story of Snow White, 19 mins where she cooperated for most of that time, 19 mins I am grateful to have.

She wasn’t very good at playing dead, she wanted to keep talking….hehe

Issy was pouting because she wanted a butterfly to land on her hand. In fact she was disappointed because we didn’t have any of the animals that Snow White has!

Snow White with Attitude!

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Mel

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Today is Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Tuesday and while we did not have pancakes for dinner we did have them for dessert.

We added some extra’s to our pancakes, ice-cream and maple syrup….yummm!! I also cheated and we used store bought pancakes instead of making our own, much easier and still tasted great.

Hope that you are having a great Tuesday!

Mel

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My brother has had a pet ferret for a few years now and he is always asking if I could take photos. Not of him and his pet, but just the ferret! I had always said no because, well ferrets kinda creep me out. They remind me of a really big mouse or rat, both of which I would run screaming in the opposite direction if I saw one. After many attempts at trying to convince me that the ferret, named Snickers, was cute, lovable and even did tricks I still wasn’t convinced. Last December I finally relented and agreed to take photos of Snickers, I still was hesitate and  told him that I wasn’t going to be getting close too little old Snickers.

The day of the photo shoot arrived and I had myself convinced that this would be a piece of cake, Snickers would keep her distance and my brother would make sure there was always a good distance between myself and Snickers. As soon as he stepped out the car with snickers I started to have a sinking feeling, “what the heck was I thinking’ crossed my mind! Snickers moves fast and a few times was headed straight towards me (getting way too close for my liking), I may have even shrieked a few times. I am sure my brother and his girlfriend thought I was insane to be so worried. I liked Snickers the best when she was in her exercise ball or on her lead (oh yea, you can get a lead for a ferret)

It has taken me until now to edit the photos because I just couldn’t bring myself to look at my brothers beloved pet, it still freaks me out.  While I was editing I did come across this photo that I thought was cute (well cute for a ferret).

So the point of this post, I guess I could say we should all go beyond our comfort zones, try something different. The reality, just wanted to share this experience with you.

So tell me, what is the strangest/ creepiest thing you have photographed?

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I spent the better part of the day sorting through some of my very old backup discs of personal files. It took me longer that it should have because I kept stopping to look through old photos, even thought there is so much technically wrong with the photos, they made my heart sing. The joy of knowing that I will always have a record of events and every day happening, being able to look back and see the changes in the people I love…..it makes me smile. I use to be much better at taking photos just for the sake of taking photos, not worrying about how “perfect” the photo needed to be. I now have catalogued and backed-up these files, making my own personal vault of memories!

Going through these old images reminded me that recording the everday is just as import as recording the bigger events in life, this is something that I need to remind myself of often. Take photos often!! Photograph the every day, things like your kids getting ready, playing their favourite game, sports practice, arts and crafts. These daily happenings are just as important as the big events and they should be remembered!

My next goal, print more personal photos. Well actually just start printing them, get them into albums! I find this daunting because I take so many photos and it would take me forever to get them all in the album. What do you do with your photos, are they all stored on the computer, in albums, photobooks? I would love to know your ideas on how to best handle getting them printed.

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Hope that you all had a fantastic day!

I had a really relaxed enjoyable day, stayed away from the crowds this year and just took some time to enjoy the simple things! I thoroughly enjoyed sleeping in, the warm weather, picking up my new microwave, hanging out with my family, watching my nieces show off their new found swimming skills and generally just being in the moment.

Had to include a photo, because lets face it posts are boring without them, my sister Sarah enjoying a late afternoon swim with her very iconic swagman hat on.

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Little Miss Issy had her haircut for the very first time, she was super excited about going to the hairdressers and she knew exactly how she wanted to have it cut. Issy being the diva that she is loved the pampering of the experience, getting her hair washed at the salon and of course she had all the staff wrapped around her little finger. The cutest thing was the following morning after the haircut, she excitedly told me that her hair had stayed short. It seems that she was worried that the haircut was only going to last until the next day, so cute!!

Issy is loving her hair shorter, she has become the hair flicking queen!

I wish that I had of taken a photo of her hair just before she went to get it cut, I found this photo of just before christmas to give you an idea of how long it was before.

And now in all its hair flicking potential…

Oh and Issy does most of her own posing and she decided what she would be wearing. She is funny watch in front of the camera, especially when she is showing her Mum how it is done!

Mel

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Last week I attended my first photography workshop, I learnt so much and I met so many great photographers. It was so much fun and I am looking forward to attending more workshops in the future. It was great meeting other like minded people, talking photography and sharing ideas!

I was super excited to be attending this particular workshop as it was being held by Jasmine Star! I have been following Jasmine’s blog for sometime and I was excited when the workshop was first announced, I hesitiated about going and by the time I had made up my mind the workshop was sold out. Thankfully Jasmine decided to hold a second workshop, when I recieved the email letting me know I didn’t risk missing out a second time and booked straight away. It was inspiring to hear Jasmine’s story, where she has come from and how she got to where she is now.  I love seeing how other people shoot, I was looking forward to seeing Jasmine in action and seeing how she captures such emotion in her photos and she did not disappoint!

I was a pleasure meeting Jasmine and JD, they are both very down to earth people.

The workshop was hosted the Cathy Crawley who did an amazing job bringing all the details together. The workshop was held at the beautiful crusie resturant, with a stunning view over the Sydney Harbour. The Dresses where provided by Catherine Colubriale, hair and makeup from Lyndal Quinn-Tuccarone and the flowers were by Daisy Chain Florist.

We had some awesome models, first up is Kara

We also had Alana and Karim modeling for us, they are such a cute couple and were such good sports about having a bunch of cameras pointed at them.

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