jlr Photography

7.31.2012

GREEN - 30 Day Challenge

The images below are a sneak peek at the triathlon that my two boys participated in, they also happen to have lots of green in them so it's a win, win for today's challenge. As a parent watching my kids cross the finish line was a very proud moment. It was a great day!

WATER - 30 Day Challenge

Since I am at the lake for the summer today's subject is easily found, water is literally right out my front door. I find being so near the water peaceful and calming; oh and it makes parenting my two younger kids a breeze, they love the lake and all it has to offer!

7.27.2012

SUNSET - 30 Day Challenge

I am a Saskatchewan girl through and through so I have seen many breathtaking sunsets; Saskatchewan is after all "the land of living skies". If you haven't experienced a Sask sunset put it on your to-do list, if you get the right night you'll be in for a real treat, they are nothing short of amazing. This summer BC has had a few sunsets that come close to our home province, below is one example.

I'm curious to hear what my fellow Sask friends think of this sunset, could it compete with one of our sunsets back home?

TECHNOLOGY - 30 Day Challenge

My family rates technology pretty highly among the things that would be very difficult to live without, it's actually a bit embarrassing to think that we spend our whole summer at an amazing lake in BC and we have to lug all of our techie gadgets along with us! But, we do make a practice of "unplugging" ourselves from our gadgets while we're here, so at least we're making an effort not to have our eyes constantly glued to our phones, iPads, or Playstation!

Below are a few samples of our must haves!

7.24.2012

SOMEONE YOU LOVE - 30 Day Challenge

I've posted images of my children, who of course I love wholeheartedly; but I've not yet introduced you to my wonderful husband. He is my partner in every sense of the word, he loves me, encourages me and supports me in all of my decisions. In fact, this whole photography journey that I have started has a lot to do with a gift he gave me two Mother's Days ago.

I think the definition of a good partner is someone who listens to your hopes and dreams and quietly supports them, this is true in the case of my photography. I mentioned once in passing to my husband how I think I could really immerse myself in photography, I've always loved the art of photography and I think it may just be "my thing"; my husband being the good partner that he is took this as a sign. You see I had dedicated the last 4 years of my life to our children, I had quit a fantastic job working for a great company so that I could be at home full time with our children, it was important to both myself and my husband that I was there on a full time basis for our children. I'm not going to lie, this was a tough transition for me, but over the years I have learned to love being a full time mom, and my husband has always appreciated the decision that I made, but he recognized that something was missing (even when I didn't realize I was missing something).

So without my knowledge my husband bought me a DSLR camera, and so my photography journey began. He has encouraged me in my classes, helped me study, in fact he may actually know just as much about F-stops, shutter speeds and ISO than most experienced photographers.

This to me is what a true partner is, my husband has no real interest in photography, but he will silently listen to me ramble on and on about what lens I desire next, about a shot that I couldn't quite master, he'll drive me down abandoned dirt roads in Saskatchewan and he'll bite his tongue when instead of taking the time to enjoy a peaceful moment I run for my camera. Below are two images of SOMEONE I LOVE....with my whole heart!

SILHOUETTE - 30 Day Challenge

A silhouette can be a powerful image, I think the two images below are a great example of this. I choose to shoot our dock posts with the sun setting behind them, this is an image that will awaken memories in many people, I know when I am in the throws of a cold February back in Saskatchewan this is what I see when I close my eyes and dream of my warm Okanagan summers.

7.22.2012

EYES - 30 Day Challenge

I love to look into my kids eyes, their true feelings are always on display whether it's love, joy, excitement, sadness or anger a little ones eyes tell no lies. Below are two of my children's eyes, the third and youngest of my kids is too busy to sit still enough for me to properly focus on his eyes!

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