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From left to right: Cayenne, Cairo and Canberra - four weeks old. Finally able to climb out of the box!! I think my life is just about to get busier than ever. : ) Camera Model Canon EOS 500D

On Friday, when Mila was so reluctant to pose for me, Hudson (5) was sweetly willing. So I did a portrait of him, too,

Another member of our family - Umzi. Featured in Paws 'n Claws Featured in Cats and Dogs Featured in Tabby Time Featured in Domestic and Pedigree Cats September 09 - thank you so much to those groups!

Somerset Rose has discovered that a grave and philosophical expression, an overwhelming fluffiness and a heartfelt purr can get her... well... just about any darn thing she pleases... This is my Cat bi-colour cream kitten, Somerset. She is truly a sweetie pie. Camera Model Canon EOS 500D

This was another one that made my day. Hudson (4) and Reilly (8 months) Taken in natural light. Camera Model Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL Shooting Mode Manual Exposure

Tips and advice welcome!! I absolutely love other people's digital paintings that I've seen around the web, and more than anything I wish I could do it! So I'm trying, but wow. It's not so easy. If any of you can give me any advice or tips, I would LOVE that. I don't have a drawing tablet, so I can't use pressure sensitivity and this was all done with a mouse... Digitally painted in Photoshop CS5.

Featured in ! #1 Artists of Redbubble ! - September 09 - Thank you so very much!!! I think I like this one better. But then I am a self-confessed colour addict and find it hard to give up my colour fix... Mila (2) looking sad, although she wasn't, I promise.

Hudson 4.

Been playing... amazing what you can do with a bowl, a flower, a cd cover, a syringe, some water and a camera ( : Canon 400D.

Second in the Beautiful People challenge in the First Things group - June 09 - thanks so much for voting! Placed in the Top Ten in the July Avatar Challenge for the Just Brown group - June 09 - thank you! Africa has millions of children orphaned by HIV / AIDS. Jacob, 15, our adopted son, is one of them. He is smart, clever, funny, generous, wonderful and (I think) gorgeous!! Taken using a Canon 400D, natural light. PP in photoshop.

Featured in the group Multiracial Beauty, May 2009 - _Thanks so much to the hosts!_ Featured in the group Older Kids, 8 to 16, May 2009 - _Thank you!!_ Image of the fortnight in the Older Kids group, July/August 2009 - Thank you so much, squealia!!! My oldest son, Jacob, 15. Portrait shot in natural light using a canon 400D.

I've been thinking and reading about "six word stories":http://www.sixwordstories.net/ lately and while I was working on this portrait of my sixteen year old son, Joshua, I thought it deserved its own six word story title. Of course, a picture is worth a thousand words, so this is actually a one-thousand-and-six-word-story. With a happy ending. : ) Camera Model Canon EOS 500D

....so walk carefully, keep your eyes open and maybe you'll find something precious. Inspired in part by Charles Kingsley's "Water Babies":http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1018 Created using three of my own photographs (my little son Levi at 2 weeks, a seashell photographed on white paper, beach sand) and an old film texture from Lost and Taken. Edited in Photoshop CS5.

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His name is Hudson, but we call him Buddy. We have this ancient radio that has cool details and I had an idea to use it as a backdrop for a portrait photo, but when I asked him to pose for me, all I got was goofy grins and serious self-consciousness until I had the bright idea to give him the remote release and let him do it himself. Once he got going, there was no stopping him! As far as he was concerned, I wasn't even there. The delight on his face has got nothing to do with quality time with Mom, and everything to do with 'male-remote-control-delight-response'..... Canon 400D, natural light.

My 14 year old son cradles my 3 month old son in his hands - I couldn't resist. Taken using a Canon 400D, natural light.

Been messing around with different shaped cut-outs over my lens to create shaped bokeh - this was the star one... obviously! Taken with a Canon 400D.

Featured on the Homepage 29th August 2009! Featured in For the Love of Canon - July 09 - thank you! Featured in Canon DSLR - July 09 - thanks so much! Another shot of Belle the puppy, this time with her boy, Hudson. Actually she is supposed to belong to my daughter, Tane, but everybody is just enjoying her so much. ( :

This image speaks to me of plenty, overflowing goodness. 'The God I believe in is not short of cash..' - Bono Taken with a Canon 400D

Taken with a Canon 400D, natural light.

This is my son Jacob (16). I'm in a bit of a sepia mood at the moment and besides, he always looks good in brown. ( : Featured in The Waist Up - Portrait Photography Featured in Tuesday Afternoon Featured in Moms 4 Art

I want to try new things, explore new styles, change my perspective. This is a start. : ) Mila - nearly six - my ever faithful little model. Please let me know what you think, for real, what you like, what you don't like (seriously, I won't be offended!) and if you have any idea, links, pointers for styles / portraits you think I should try, well, that would be awesome!! (No pressure, lol!) Camera Model Canon EOS 600D Shooting Mode Manual Exposure Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/100 Av( Aperture Value ) 3.2 ISO Speed 400 Lens EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

A simple portrait of little Cairo, since gone to live with a friend. He really is the sweetest of kittens. : ) Camera Model Canon EOS 500D Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/320 Av( Aperture Value ) 4.0 ISO Speed 100 Lens EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Processed in Photoshop CS2.

I wanted to try a different style of processing on the same subject, so this is my second raspberry still life. Still not sure which I prefer, though. Would love to hear your thoughts on the matter! : ) Camera Model Canon EOS 600D

A portrait of Mila, 5. Because I was feeling out of sorts, and doing portrait photography is a form of self-medication for me. Feeling much better now. : P

A portrait of my daughter, Perrin (15). We had some fun doing this, we were going for a kind of classical Grace-Kellyish look, not sure if we got there but I do think Perrin is lovely.

My daughter, Perrin, 13, dancing in the autumn leaves. Canon 400D, natural light.

This is little Canberra, 26 days old. You might not think it to look at her, but she has superpowers. She can dominate your heart with one blink of her beautiful eyes. Next stop, world domination. ; ) Processed in Photoshop CS2 using my own textures. Camera Model Canon EOS 500D

My daughter, Tane, nearly 9, shot next to my bedroom window - natural light.

My daughter, Perrin (13) Please view larger! Featured in Family Unlimited Featured in The Human Condition - September 2009 - thank you so much! Featured in Photoshop & Topaz Filters - October 2009 - thank you!

This is George, much beloved copper-eyed Cat of ours. He has the sweetest nature, so friendly and calm and cute and talkative, some would say demanding... : ) Camera Model Canon EOS 500D

Two crab spiders prepare to mate while a fly performs her morning ablutions, completely oblivious to their presence. Luckily for her, they had other things on their minds... Taken with a Canon 400D, 100mm macro lens, natural light. Featured in the Arachnids Group, March / April 2009

Featured in The Good News group - June 09 - thank you so much! Featured in ! Hairstyles ! - June 09 - Thank you so much to the hosts!! Featured in the Good News group - July 09 - Thank you! A simple portrait of my joyous daughter, Grace, 6. Canon 400D, pp in photoshop, natural light

For some reason, my 'models' were ALL keen to get in on the action in this shoot... could it be the wonders of spaghetti?? This is one of my daughters, Grace (6).

As an alternate to the male-remote-delight method of avoiding a cheesy grin I thought I would try keeping his mouth busy some other way... but in the end all I got was a saucy smirk instead. Hudson (4) with his spaghetti. Taken with a Canon 400D, natural light.

Guess what we're having for dessert tonight? Have been feeling very lost for inspiration lately, so special thanks to "Ingz":http://www.redbubble.com/people/ingz for pointing out a challenge and encouraging me to DO something. : ) (The sticky, white chocolate-coated children thank her, too.) Camera Model Canon EOS 500D