Leap, and the net will appear.
John Burroughs
Thought this video clip was appropriate - it's what I first thought of when I decided on this motto...
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Holiday hibernation is over!
So I'm back from my holiday hibernation and ready for a new year of blogging. Thought I'd start out by sharing a few pics from over the Holidays.
This year we kicked off the festivities by attending the children's Christmas Eve service that my nephews and niece participate in. I brought my camera along to take a few shots at the service - my sister, who was sitting in a pew a few rows away texted me that she wasn't sure if I was supposed to take pictures in church - I texted her back to let her know that I wasn't entirely sure that you were supposed to be texting in church...touché!
I only took a few, so as to not disrupt the service, but with all the kids wiggling, squirming and making faces, I wish I would've had a chance to take more! I especially liked this shot of the little guy sitting in front of me who grew particularly restless...
(white arrows - Jordan, the Bean, Jonah)
After the service we realized that my brother and my nephew were wearing matching sweaters...
I'm pretty sure that the funniest event of the evening was when my niece's zhu-zhu pet got stuck in my sister's hair. My mom had playfully put the zhu-zhu on my sister's shoulder and before she knew it the wheels had managed to wind up a good chunk of my sister's hair. Like the good sister/blossoming photographer that I am, I couldn't pass up this photo op...
It took four people and a scissors to untangle the little guy...
After this episode I was ready for a little r&r + eating, so I handed my camera to my cousin Alyssa and showed her how to shoot in manual mode.
Alyssa & the Bean
The following are the photos that she took - and I love them! She has a knack for capturing the moments that one might miss - the kids exchanging stories, an embrace, silent reflection...
And by the end of the night my husband had taught our niece a plethora of annoying tricks and jokes that will probably get her in trouble at school (sorry sis)...
Steve & the Bean
The next day we enjoyed an Italian feast (no we're not Italian, but we do like their food). I promised my sister I would take some shots of the food - here you go...
and to wrap it all up... here's to a year filled with the sweetest things in life!
Picture credits: © 2010 Suzy Rohan & Alyssa Schumacher
This year we kicked off the festivities by attending the children's Christmas Eve service that my nephews and niece participate in. I brought my camera along to take a few shots at the service - my sister, who was sitting in a pew a few rows away texted me that she wasn't sure if I was supposed to take pictures in church - I texted her back to let her know that I wasn't entirely sure that you were supposed to be texting in church...touché!
I only took a few, so as to not disrupt the service, but with all the kids wiggling, squirming and making faces, I wish I would've had a chance to take more! I especially liked this shot of the little guy sitting in front of me who grew particularly restless...
(white arrows - Jordan, the Bean, Jonah)
After the service we realized that my brother and my nephew were wearing matching sweaters...
I'm pretty sure that the funniest event of the evening was when my niece's zhu-zhu pet got stuck in my sister's hair. My mom had playfully put the zhu-zhu on my sister's shoulder and before she knew it the wheels had managed to wind up a good chunk of my sister's hair. Like the good sister/blossoming photographer that I am, I couldn't pass up this photo op...
It took four people and a scissors to untangle the little guy...
After this episode I was ready for a little r&r + eating, so I handed my camera to my cousin Alyssa and showed her how to shoot in manual mode.
Alyssa & the Bean
The following are the photos that she took - and I love them! She has a knack for capturing the moments that one might miss - the kids exchanging stories, an embrace, silent reflection...
And by the end of the night my husband had taught our niece a plethora of annoying tricks and jokes that will probably get her in trouble at school (sorry sis)...
Steve & the Bean
The next day we enjoyed an Italian feast (no we're not Italian, but we do like their food). I promised my sister I would take some shots of the food - here you go...
and to wrap it all up... here's to a year filled with the sweetest things in life!
Picture credits: © 2010 Suzy Rohan & Alyssa Schumacher
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Winter Wonderland
This last Sunday Steve and I checked out the Christkindl Market in Daley Plaza and then headed over to Lincon Park Zoo for the ZooLights exhibit. Both provided great photo ops that will hopefully give you that warm & fuzzy holiday feeling!
Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas surrounded by those you love!
Christkindl Market Photos:
That's Steve on the right, my husband and somewhat reluctant photography subject.
Not sure what these are called, but my Grandma had one and I loved it - it was a little tricky to get the fan part spinning as I recall.
Something about the shot above reminds me of the last Batman movie.
So I didn't intentionally take this shot, but I love the way the lady in the fur looks and it is kind of a good example of the thirds principle.
I have this thing about lambs - I just think they're really cute - thus the shot above...
We got a bite to eat at the market - brats, potato pancakes (dripping with butter - no wonder, I saw the cook literally take a pitcher of butter and pour it over the potatoes while they were frying - and yeah, I ate it anyway - yum) and Glühwein.
Lincoln Park Zoo (ZooLights):
It really did look like someone went all Clark Griswold on the entire zoo, which gave me the perfect opportunity to play around with my shutter speed and ISO - just to see what would happen (above are a couple of examples of this experiment).
more experiments...
Picture credits: © 2009 Suzy Rohan
Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas surrounded by those you love!
Christkindl Market Photos:
That's Steve on the right, my husband and somewhat reluctant photography subject.
Not sure what these are called, but my Grandma had one and I loved it - it was a little tricky to get the fan part spinning as I recall.
Something about the shot above reminds me of the last Batman movie.
So I didn't intentionally take this shot, but I love the way the lady in the fur looks and it is kind of a good example of the thirds principle.
I have this thing about lambs - I just think they're really cute - thus the shot above...
We got a bite to eat at the market - brats, potato pancakes (dripping with butter - no wonder, I saw the cook literally take a pitcher of butter and pour it over the potatoes while they were frying - and yeah, I ate it anyway - yum) and Glühwein.
Lincoln Park Zoo (ZooLights):
It really did look like someone went all Clark Griswold on the entire zoo, which gave me the perfect opportunity to play around with my shutter speed and ISO - just to see what would happen (above are a couple of examples of this experiment).
more experiments...
Picture credits: © 2009 Suzy Rohan
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