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This week the theme is BLUE. I wasn’t going to enter (see previous blog entry) but then I had an idea this afternoon. Grabbed the willing victim middle child again and we went out to our front yard. I tell you, this boy is a dream to photograph. A dream!

In our front yard we have a treehouse (that rarely got used because “there might be spiders in there mum”). The treehouse has lovely yellow fibreglass slide that takes them down to earth again.

Near that is the cubby house painted like a Brighton Beach box, in front of that an old abandoned tyre swing and Zed boys bedroom which, is in fact an old white and blue caravan from the 1960’s. (Cheaper than a big reno and way cool!)

This photo was taken with Zed sitting on the blue step of his van. He is pretending to play his cool blue guitar. I say pretending because the only thing he can play is, of course, “Smoke on the water”. He gave up lessons. Such a shame.

Check out my other shots I took today of him in the post below….I am thrilled with this set.

Anyway, enjoy and please don’t forget to go and see loads of fab blue shots over at I Heart Faces!

Zed Boy playing his blue guitar!

Partly due to the fact that this blog kept going over its bandwidth allowance as I was getting way too many visitors! I do adore my visitors  and am getting my tech savvy boy, Samuel to organise my upgrade to the next level. This is the reason that I haven’t been entering into competitions or uploading any updates on what I have been up to!

I HAVE been taking tonnes of photos. Really enjoying myself at the moment. I was the ‘official’ photographer for Bronte’s school’s First Communion. Now THAT was a step learning curve that I quite enjoyed.

I decided to enter into this weeks I HEART FACES photography competition today (submissions close tomorrow) as I had a cool idea for a shoot. I grabbed my ever willing Zed boy and you will find my submission in the post above this.

However, here is a shot that I too that I ab-so-lute-ly ADORE. Am I just looking at this through mum goggles (or as the Americans quaintly say ‘mommy goggles’?) Please let me know what you think?

Here are two versions…

Zed boy - My favourite of today's shoot!

This one, I processed in Adobe Lightroom and used a vintage preset. Didn’t need anything done to it at all!

Same photo but processed using Eye Candy Actions - HoneyChild

I do love both but the Vintage Light Room one just does something special for me!

Here are more photos I took from the shoot today. All using Sheye Rosemeyer’s Eye Candy actions!

Zed and his guitar - Honey Child Action - in camera crop

Zed....

Zed - Honey Child Action, in camera crop

I quite like this crop as well....

This week is a fun one over at I Heart Faces – it is Bubble week! I wasn’t thinking about entering as my 3 are a tad beyond blowing the normal soap bubbles…but then I had an idea….

Got an old vintage glass Pint milk bottle that we normally have in our kitchen on display (washed it thoroughly!), put some milk in there along with blue food colouring. Grabbed the ‘easy’ victim um, er, I mean child and went over the road to take photos in the fading light. He still had his school uniform on which I thought would work well because I was going for an ‘old time’ feel to the shoot. A few ok, many shots later and I was happy…enough…

I used Sheye Rosemeyers Eye Candy actions which as many of you know – I adore!

What do you all think?

Blue Milk bubbling in an old Vintage glass Pint milk bottle....

Head on over to the every fun I HEART FACES Blog to see many different types of bubbles!

I know! I know! It is WINTER here but over at I heart Faces they are having a beach theme this week.

Thankfully, I have a couple lots of beach shots from last summer that I can choose from – in fact – I was really torn between two…but finally decided on this one as his face is sooo freakishly silly!

The photo I am submitting, photographically, is not technically great but it is FUN! I took it last September (winter for us Australians) just after I first purchased my DSLR. Aahhhh, the memories!

This is taken at my local beach – we are lucky enough to live 5 mins drive away from here – a famous place, called Brighton Beach. It is known for all of its wonderfully coloured bathing/beach huts. These are all privately owned and if one does happen to go for auction, they sell for over $100,000.00 AUD!!

Anyway, here is Zed boy (yet again!) doing a dive off the little verandah, pulling a strangely weird face. It must be his flying face! I guess what I like most about this shot is the colours and his flying shadow.

DISCLAIMER: Yes, I do have other victims children but he is the one who enjoys the camera the most….

Don’t forget to head on over to I Heart Faces to see the many fabulous Beach entries! You will be inspired – although, if you are in Australia like me, you may also be envious of their current warmth!