Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Christmas Photography 2012



Taking pictures is a bit of an obsession for me.  It’s all my Grandpa’s fault.  I swear.  I don’t remember a holiday, vacation or visit where he wasn’t taking pictures.  The still camera was in one hand, the video camera in his left.  

I don’t do a whole lot in the way of home videos.  But photography?  Yeah.  I do some of that.  Ahem. Understatement.  I wouldn’t call myself a photographer.  (Although I’m dreaming a bit in that direction.)  But I do love to take pictures.  Thanks to my hubby’s awesome gift of a DSLR last year and a basic photography class, I shoot in manual and have been experimenting with all kinds of pictures.

Last year I did some indoor shots using natural lighting and basic manual mode.  You can see them here.  Though looking back I’m not sure I want to link up to those.  Haha.  Anyway, this year I wanted something outside and this is what I came up with.  I hung a few ornaments in the tree, borrowed the awesome red chair from a friend and used the wreath that I put over my mantel for the set.  And viola!  I give you Christmas Photo Shoot 2012. 










Arnie helped me out and held the reflector which resulted in some good catch lights.  I think they’re good enough for a Christmas card and I might have a few prints done for the grandparents.  It was a lot of fun even though the boys cooperated for not quite 30 minutes.

My kids will certainly have tons of memories of the crazy things Mommy did to get the shot. 

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Life's Been Busy

Life has been busy. Whose hasn’t?  But with the kids and gardening and writing and vacations and everything that filled our days throughout the summer, I thought that maybe blogging was just a temporary fixation for me.  I let Love, Laughter and Laundry sit on the sidelines.  I found myself thinking about it again when September came and life grew a bit more predictable, but we’ve been playing home pre-school with my oldest, so I decided to focus on that and let the blog lay low a little while longer.  Finally the fall hit and our family traditions began in earnest and I couldn’t resist.

At first I just updated the blog title and pretended that I couldn’t make time for it again.  But after writing in my journal for several weeks in a row and thinking, I want to post this.  I decided to start things back up.
So here I am with the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season about to begin, we’ll be even busier than usual but I’m posting again anyways.  I can’t help but smile at my craziness.
Over the next few weeks I plan to post Christmas pictures I took of the boys, crafting projects I’m working on for the holidays and all the little fun things we’re doing to celebrate the season, along with our December homeschooling goodness.
I hope you find inspiration for you and your family over the holiday season, and think of Love, Laughter and Laundry as a daily reminder to cherish the everyday moments.