Saturday, December 27, 2014

Christmas!


Merry Christmas, a couple days late! I hope everyone had cozy, good times with family and friends. I ate so many Christmas cookies I think I might actually be made of sugar and spice and everything nice now. Pretty sure I'm leaving a trail of sugar and glitter wherever I go. :)

I got a new lens for my camera as a Christmas present to myself (thanks, me!), and I snapped a few pics of decorations and things to practice on Christmas Day. I definitely had some focusing problems on some of the pics. I really hope it's just a matter of me needing more practice and not an issue with the lens, or the lens communicating with my camera. If the weather cooperates, we're going to go out shooting over the next week so I can practice a bit more in different light/settings/etc. Anyway, here are a few of my practice shots that I thought turned out ok.


We got our tree and decorations up late this year, so I'm definitely in no hurry to take them down. Not that I am ever in a hurry for Christmas to end. I wish it lasted longer. The tree smells so fantastic, much better than any I can remember in fact. I wish I could bottle it up!

I hope everyone is enjoying some time off to relax, recharge, and wipe the slate clean for a new year. xo, Mary

7 comments:

  1. I love your decorating skills, we used to have lots of wooden ornaments back when I was a kid. Wish I could discover where they are hiding....

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    1. Thanks, Marieken! I'd love to see if you ever find them. Wooden ornaments are my favorite. :)

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  2. The photos look great and I love your decorations! Merry late Christmas and Happy New Year!

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  3. aw i love all these pics! one year my boyfriend got me a new lens and i remember taking pictures of the oddest little things around the house. feeling like i should definitely give myself a new years present now... :)

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  4. I love your decorations! My mom has a little collection of wooden ornaments, and my grandma collects nutcrackers, so I think this is a genetic situation. Haha. I'm glad you guys had a merry Christmas.

    I got a couple of little dala horses in my stocking and immediately thought of yours!

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  5. My tree is still up, too! I took down some of my decorations. And by "took down," I mean, "removed them from my bookshelves and windowsills, but placed them on the floor." So they're still around, haha. My mom often decorates with evergreen branches and all that, so she leaves them up for quite some time and then just swaps out Santas and nativities for snowflakes and candles.

    What lens did you get?

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    1. Arggh! Having issues responding to comments again. Anyway, before this gets deleted on me and to answer your question...I got a Canon 35mm lens. :)

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