Long walks along the beach

I realised about a week ago how much I actually like this town. Although there is not a lot to do, and it is pretty small, there is so much hidden, and not so hidden beauty. Victoria and I went for a walk at the beach today and it was amazing what came out of it. The colours, the scenery, the surroundings, its so much fun when you can just totally immerse yourself into a state of calm and serenity from a walk along the boardwalk with a camera. I have been playing with the depth of focus lately. It brings out some pretty interesting looks like the one here, you can see the sharp image of the flower, and the background in soft focus. The nice thing with this one is that you can still make out whats behind. We also took our son Noah with us, and we had him in the swing and on the slide, which made him happy as could be. I love the colours in his picture, although there are two different reds, they play off each other very well and give a very interesting tone, and when you throw in the pink skin, its a great contrast to his deep blue eyes. This picture also made me think, this is the first picture I have of him on here, and with that I will leave you with this very cute picture!
'Till next time!
Cheers

To Gallery, Or Not to Gallery?

I've been thinking over the past couple of days if I want to send some of my photos to the local art gallery. I have been weighing the ups and downs and I can't really come to a conclusion, so I thought I would ask your opinion. Should I, or should I not take some photos up to the gallery?

Green Grass, Blue Skies, and Long Exposure Time

A couple of weeks ago Victoria asked me if I would help her with her English project. She needed some pictures taken of her little cousin and of a couple other things around town. So after school we picked up Amie, snapped a couple dozen shots of her as she played in the back yard, then went on a walk around town. The sun was out, the grass was green, the sky was blue, it was nice and warm, right up until we went for our walk. The sun started to set, the sky went from blue to grey to black, and it got colder. As our walk went on we made our way to the always gorgeous beach. Victoria wanted some picutes of the water, the break wall, her in front of the water. All the really cheesey pictures, but being the snap happy guy I am was more than willing to do it. There was only one problem in the wonderful plan, the sun was going down which ment exposure times were going up. Now for thoes of you who dont know the exposure is the amount of light allowed to reach the film of image sensor. Put frankly the longer this time, the better the chance for a blury picture. Although the picture is a little fuzzy, I still think the effect is great.
'Till next time!
Cheers