{Personal} Holiday Bokeh!

This afternoon, I was inspired by this post on the MCP Actions blog.  This blog, by the way, has been an amazing resource for technical & business tips - photogs, you should check it out! 

I figured, if I was going to get a shot at photographing bokeh shapes, I'd better do it before everyone took their lights down. We don't have any up other than the white ones on our tree, so I had to stealthily walk right up to neighbors' bushes and snap before I got caught!

bokeh (pronounced /bɒkɛ/) is the blur, or the aesthetic quality of the blur, in out-of-focus areas of an image, or "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light."

My shape of choice was a cross in honor of the Big Guy Upstairs. Here are the directions if you want to try it out!

{Personal} White Christmas

Little Jack just LOVES the snow! 

He said, "Mommy, can I go out and play?"

Unfortunately, he left his toys out last night and they were frostbitten. That didn't stop him from trying to play with them, though!

Our street in a blanket of powdered sugar (a.k.a. snow).

{Babies} A Christmas to Remember

What a delight it was to photograph this sleeping beauty, Savona, at only 8 days young. She had the sweetest pout on her lips. She is surely going to be a daddy's girl!

Savona's mom was featured in a previous post. Click to see how great she looked while pregnant!