Sarah Lynn Photography Blog

January 26

Meet the newest member of our family

This is Cupcake.

Isn't she beautiful?!!? We went to PetCo this weekend looking into getting the kids a hamster. But as soon as we walked in the door all we saw were cats. There were a few different rescues there. This one was the first one that caught my eye. And I'm sure you can all see why. After admiring how pretty she was we moved on to looking at hamsters. Where Nick looked at me and said "choose". I looked at him and said "choose what? A hamster, or between a hamster and a cat?" All he said again was "choose". And I'm convinced that was his way of telling me he'd rather have a cat. So I left it up to the kids, and well as you can see they chose cat. So Alysa and I walked around looking at all of the cats and reading the descriptions with all of them looking for the best fit for our home. And wouldn't you know it, she's good with kids, and dogs, and is litter trained. And well she is just a perfect fit. You can't imagine how happy I was.

So we brought her home and let her loose for a bit. Then attempted an introduction to the dogs. That went as well as I expected, it's going to take some time for them to warm up to each other. So we put up a baby gate at our bedroom door with stools on either side so the dogs won't go in. But if she wants to she can come out. And she will in her own time. She spent her first night under our bed. Coming out for only a few seconds of attention at a time. We have only had her since Sunday and she now owns our room. And is making slow progress with the rest of the house. But I just can't stop looking at her.

And the one thing we weren't too sure about while reading her history and bio is she had never been around small children. But Isaac loves animals so much, and wanted a cat for Christmas (I guess Santa couldn't fit that into his bag). wasn't worried, just a bit cautious just in case. Turns out they get along great. Although in this pic she was not too happy that I interupted her getting attention for a pic.

To those of you who may be following my 365 reflection pictures. I didn't quit. I am taking them everyday, just not uploading. I've just gotten a little distracted.

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January 18

People who sit at glass desks....

should not own window crayons. While in Staples not to long ago I saw window crayons (never saw them before) and I had to have them. And not so much for the kids. Sure I'll let them play with them...but they are MINE. Sitting at my desk last night they were calling me. I swear I heard voices coming from the box!!! "Plaaay with us" they said. So I started wondering which window do I want to color on. I looked down and oh... duuuh. I don't even have to get up. Hot diggity. Check it out. But first let me tell you, I am not a great artist but it is fun. And these are not the easiest medium to work with.

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January 12

Portrait of a dreamer....

is what I am calling this set of images. Before I show them to you I'm going to share with you how the idea came to be. Just a few weeks ago I got a call from one of my bestest friends Shannon. I swear she is my muse, this woman inspires me to do so many beautifil things. She called to tell me her daughter found a picture online that she wanted to have painted on her wall. And asked me if I could do it. I told her to send it to me and I'd let her know. The picture was of a butterfly with a music staff trailing behind it in a sort-of tribal tattoo style. So yeah pretty easy. Buy the paint and I'm there. Then I got an idea and just threw it out there...why don't I come over and take some pictures of her first pair of pointe shoes with her first cello. And we can order a poster for her room. Well she was all over that idea. So she tells me the only days that both things are home at the same time are Mondays and Fridays. Well Sunday night I was thinking about when I should go over there and get these done. I looked at the calendar and realized the kids are off school this Friday and next Monday, and her birthday is the first week of February. CRAP gotta get it done!! So I just popped on over after getting the kids on the bus Monday morning and told her how we are running out of time. And she told me where to find the cello and shoes and I took some shots of them right in her living room. I was so excited to see them, I came right home and loaded them into the computer. Then started sending them to her one at a time on Facebook. After just a few she was calling me asking me how was she supposed to choose just one?!!? I say let's order one poster and the rest in smaller prints to put other places around the room. Well she posted them in a link on facebook and asked her friends to help her choose, well that was no help so I'm going to ask all of you to vote. Just leave your favorite in a comment below. I'm not going to post them all but here are a few. To see them all visit me on flickr

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January 04

Welcome to 2010

Too bad it's not a warm welcome. Actually it's down right freezing out there. Oh well, it's a good time to make plans. I have made a list of projects, contests and events I'd like to pull off before the year is out. And as long as I am inside hiding from the cold I'm sure that list will continue to grow.

One of my photography projects is 365 self portraits, reflection style. I have decided to try to find my reflection in something different everyday for this year. I'm sure this will prove to be a challenge. That should keep the creative juices flowing. If you are a photographer please feel free to join me in this challenge. I'd love to see what you all come up with.

Some of you may remember a little while ago I was taking part in a challenge called 100 of 1. I was to choose an object to take 100 pictures of. And I chose an apple. Well sad news...the apple is lost. So I must start all over with a new object. Rest assured that if I find that apple, I WILL continue taking the rest of the 100 pictures. No matter the condition of the apple. I don't promise it will be pretty, just done. And I will know the apple when/if I see it, it's in a ziplock. But for now I will start over with a new object. I have choosen, but haven't taken any pictures of it yet so I don't want to tell yet.

That's enough blah blah blah from me today. Time to get back to housework, coffee and list making. Happy 2010!! I feel a contest a brewin'.

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November 15

Mission impossible

is a photographer attempting for nice images of their own children. Ask most photographers and they will tell you that their own children are the hardest ones to shoot. Not all, but most. Well I set out to do just that today. And I must say it went better than I had anticipated. Maybe because I let them know a few days in advance that I wanted to do this today? Maybe because we shot in a new location? I don't know. But I'm satisfied for now. Some of them will have to be done again for different reasons. But I have a few images that I love.

This one has to be retaken because after we took these we took him for a hair cut. And while I wouldn't normaly retake pictures for that reason, turns out he opted for a buzz cut, so it's a bit of a dramatic change.

And this little guy loves to cheese for the camera. He is so silly, it's very hard to get a natural smile out of him when he knows there is a camera near by. But I love this pic anyway.

And she was pretty easy. I think she likes having her picture taken, she even made up some poses on her own.

This is the only group shot I got that one of them isn't making an aweful face. I won't say who, but one of them kept making this face like there was a stench in the air.

Well that is the end of round 1. There will be another attempt!!

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