The twins had a grand ol’ time running in and out of the little alleys between the bathing boxes at the beach this chilly autumn afternoon
I like to call that one on the right “camouflage at the beach”
Clover was there too, but she is on photo strike. Far too busy for photos.
Photo Info:
Canon 5D
24-70mm 2.8 L
Manual
Settings all over. Mostly f 3.2 with varying shutters and ISO’s
Edited with Childs Play actions (now available for PSE 6, 7&8)
by peta on April 20, 2010
what a difference 17 months makes…
a couple more for cuteness’s sake…
and a few fun out-takes, getting 2 busy toddlers and a 5 year old in one frame looks a bit like this…
Photo Info:
Canon 5D
24-70mm 2.8 L
Manual
1/200
f /4
ISO 160 – 200
Edited with Childs Play actions (now available for PSE 6, 7&8)
by peta on April 15, 2010
are tough customers. they are blimmen cute, but they have had 2 cameras in their face for much of their little lives from day one, they fall for no trick, and they are fast! but did I mention they are cute??
when we found this patch of tiny clovers we tried to get the tiny clover to lay down in it for some photos… she thought that was a silly idea.
Isn’t he such a lovely boy?
Photo Info:
Canon 5D
24-70mm 2.8 L
Aperture Priority (fast kids and fast changing light)
f/3.2
ISO 200-640
Edited with Childs Play and Harriett, Frankie and Sailor from the Twirl actions set (now available for PSE 7&8)
by peta on March 15, 2010
Today we baked a cake, and the twins got a rare sugary treat.
They have very different approaches to mealtime, Kieran is delicate (as delicate as a 20 month old can be) and Clover, well, she is a mess…
Yay for cake!
The little man got a bad scrape on his head last night. Poor thing.
Photo Info:
Canon 5D
24-70mm 2.8 L
Manual
1/250 sec
f/3.2
ISO 800
edited with childs play actions
The cake is THE easiest cake in the world to make, and is good for Allergy sufferers and Vegans. Wacky Cake, also known as Crazy Cake, was either developed during the Depression or during World War II. Made by home cooks who either couldn’t afford eggs and butter during the Depression, or couldn’t get eggs and butter during WWII because of rationing. The ingredients can be easily changed to make it a lemon, orange, ginger or basic vanilla cake.
Chocolate Wacky Cake
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup natural cocoa powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon table salt
- 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup water or coffee (I prefer it with coffee)
1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 F. Grease the pan.
2. Whisk flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Make 1 large and 2 small craters in dry ingredients. Add oil to large crater and vinegar and vanilla separately to remaining small craters. Pour water (or coffee) into bowl, and mix until just a few streaks of flour remain. Fill your pan and place in oven.
3. Bake until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, about 20-25 minutes for cupcakes.
4. Cool. Frost.
makes one 8″ square cake.
this morning we dressed the babies up with visions of pretty photos dancing in our heads. they, however, had other plans – there was exploring to be done, and apparently not enough time to stop for any stinkin’ pictures. do you like the tree growing out of clovers head in the last one? that is me taking what I can get. but hey, look at that cute outfit!
then this afternoon, after dribbling cantalopue over her beautiful outfit, Clover had a quick change and we had another go at snapping some photos. Although she can be a little grub and will be leading the boys, not just keeping up with them, Clover is such a girly girl at heart. She loves everything pretty and pink and sparkly.
i love these babies.
while they may have more important plans than taking pictures, as long as they can fit in a quick cuddle on the fly, I am happy.
Photo info is all over the place, but if you want to know the tech info for a specific shot, let me know!
All photos edited with Childs Play and Twirl Photoshop Actions
by peta on February 24, 2010
by peta on February 22, 2010
life with 19 month old twins is nothing short of crazy, but so much fun at the same time. how so much personality can fit into such tiny people, I will never know. I do know that they have me wrapped around their tiny chubby little fingers. they always have.
a giggle and a kiss, clover jane style..
he walked around like this the entire afternoon..
the sweetest of tiny men.
photo info:
Canon 5D
24-70mm 2.8 L
Manual
1/200-320 sec
f/3.2
ISO 320-400
edited with childs play and twirl actions
by peta on February 18, 2010
A few little snippets from a hot, sweaty, sticky afternoon out the front of the house
I love that Kieran is looking out at the cars, he is obsessed “cah? cah?… cah!!”
Gemma with the valentines day heart she drew for her mommy, coloured green because its Rachel’s favourite.
photo info:
Canon 5D
24-70mm 2.8 L
Manual
all shots 1/320, f/3.2, 160 ISO
edited with childs play and twirl actions
by peta on February 12, 2010
a few snaps from the last couple of days!
photo info:
Canon 5D
24-70mm 2.8 L
Manual
yoga baby: 45mm, 1/320, f/3.5, 100 ISO
babies on bed: 28mm, 1/200, f/2.8, 1000 ISO
clover & bottle: 24mm, 1/200, f/2.8, 800 ISO
kieran & train: 24mm, 1/200, f/3.5, 800 ISO
edited with childs play and twirl actions
As you can see, these were mostly taken with the wide angle end of my lens. There is a new post all about focal lengths over at Beyond Snapshots.
I also joined the new social networking site Formspring. You can ‘ask me anything’ over there
