I have to say, I am loving this 40mm pancake lens!!! I love the portability. I love that I can take an arms-length selfie and still be in perfect focus. I even love how it renders light - though I see it might over expose outdoors in bright situations. No problem! So long 50mm.. Our time together has come to an end.
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So after rethinking the Olympus PEN, I decided to embrace the 5D and get the 40 mm pancake lens and take it for a test drive. I cannot believe how lightweight my camera is with this tiny little lens attached. I like the range very much, probably more than my 50 mm. Time for me to start shooting with primes! This one's a keeper!!
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Back in the beautiful month of May I spent a few days with my friends, the Magee's, in the Flint Hills of Kansas. After all the change of command duties were done we headed out to see the Konza Prairie. Bethany is so good to always go along with my crazy ideas.
30 days of gratitude :: Day 29 & 30 :: light & self portrait ... OK, so I'm cheating a tiny little bit on the challenge here. I don't feel bad since most everyone bailed on me, but I have to say that some of the subjects on this one kind of sucked. Why do I want to photograph "nightmare" for a gratitude challenge? You know? So, anyhoo... I decided to combine the last two items into today's photo and wrap this challenge up! I got my hair done today (was way overdue for a cut & color) and came straight home to take selfies for my first every holiday photo card. I figure why not, right? So I'm single. Why can't I send a photo of myself to my friends and family? I have stayed away from this in years past, but people seem to enjoy my self portraits so what the heck ... I did it. And I had to expedite shipping since I realized today that Christmas is only two weeks away! OMG!
Oh what a day! It's 10 on 10 challenge day { on the weekend, yeah! } and day 27 of my 30 days of gratitude challenge and the first time I get to see my bf/sister's new baby girl!! So let's jump right into the fun!!
Then I hit the new market at the Evanston Ecology center - was hoping for a couple of vendors to be there, but sadly they were not ... maybe next week. We saw some good stuff tho!
Then it was time to hit the road ... it was a beautiful day, the sun was shining bright ... if only it wasn't so cold!
I arrived in Chesterton just a couple of hours after momma and baby came home from the hospital. Little Sloane was all snug as a bug... she is super cute and so stinkin' tiny she doesn't even fit into premie clothes! Look at her tiny little bracelet!
I spent a little time snuggling with her before we decided to start the photoshoot. I gotta give huge props to baby photographers!!! I do not have any idea how the pose these little munchkins. They just don't cooperate. I'm thinking maybe she was a little too young at only five days old, but I did get a couple of cuties! Holly purchased this crazy long santa hat off etsy and she wanted to try to recreate the shot from the website - impossible!!
Meanwhile, Bella was busy taking photos with her camera. I caught her snapping a self portrait and asked her to show me. She's such a ham...
What a great day! And then I arrived home to this adorable Christmas Card from my friend Kathryn. Happy Everything!!!
30 days of gratitude :: Day 13 :: written words ... Unlucky thirteen that is! These words are for my grandmother's recipe for a parker house type of roll she's made my entire life - heck probably hers too! She used to bake a pan full and overnight them to me - oh how I loved receiving that package!! All of my friends and coworkers know about grandma's rolls and give me a hard time because no matter how I try I simply CANNOT make them! I suck, suck, suck at making any type of yeast based anything and it frustrates me to no end!!
30 days of gratitude :: Day 5 :: Morning Sky ... Got up a little early to be able to pop over to the beach for a little sunrise splendor and failed to get out of the house early enough for actual sunrise, oh well. Only an hour later and this was the beautiful scene ... I'll take it! I so underutilize the fact that live within blocks of this beautiful shoreline... I say that every time I go, but even when the wind is blowing like crazy and it's bitter cold, it's so peaceful and serene.
30 days of gratitude :: Day 4 :: Leaves ... Sadly the leaves are almost all gone from the trees and the weather has turned downright bitter! I nearly froze my fingers off on a 15 min walk to snap these photos. A whopping 30 degrees... at least the sun was cheery and bright! I snapped the above shot of the beautiful red leaves blowing in the brisk breeze and had to take the new cam out for a few snaps too.... Isn't Fall the most beautiful and picturesque season?
