Archive for August, 2009

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I have been really looking forward to blogging the rest of the photos from session with this lovely little family. There are just so many photos I loved that I found it very hard to narrow them down. As you may know from my previous postCasey is in the top 24 of Australian Idol. Tonight he is singing  live  in the semi finals.

What he needs now is votes! Voting lines open immediately before the first performance of each show (about 7.35pm tonight). Voting lines will then close at 03:00 (AEST) following each show.

To vote: when the lines are open you can call the 190 telephone number on the screen, or SMS 19 10 10 Casey. Votes are only 55 cents, so if you can just vote once (or more if you can) that would be awesome. Lets support him and get him to the top 12 by voting!

Now, to the photos!

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What a cheeky puss!

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After hanging out in the park above the beach for a while, we headed down to the sand. There was much love for the sand!

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And the water!

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It funny how babies do the ’sack of potato’ drop when they don’t want to be picked up and taken away from the fun!

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A quick wardrobe change, and we are a cute as a button in our Oopsidaisi shirt

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Mummy and daughter. I love it!

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Daddy and daughter:

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A great little family:

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Casey, Michelle and little Charli, enjoy this amazing journey that you are on!

GO CASEY!

And thanks in advance to anyone who can vote for Casey tonight!

Until next time,

Vicki

Caseys website: www.caseybarnes.com.au

Australian Idol: www.australianidol.com.au

poor persons macro lens

August 24, 2009

I would really love a macro lens, just like I would really love a lot of things but unfortunately my kids get hungry and we like having a roof over our heads, so I have settled with some macro filters. They came a few weeks ago but I only had a chance to pull them out and have a play over this last weekend.

I haven’t really ever done an awful lot of macro photography so this is a just a first go at something new. Just sharing. We all have to start somewhere.

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For the techy/nerdy/geeky friends I have, the filter I was using was a 1:1 if it was on a 50mm lens, full frame. What I was actually using was a 1:1 filter, on an 85mm 1.8 with a 1.6x. When I have time, I’ll do the math….or maybe someone can do it for me and send me the answer!

Until next time,

Vicki

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