Closing of Photography Course, K's Birthday, Future Endeavours...

Our final class/assignment for our Photography course was to go on a field trip out on the Sackville Dunes to take some portraits and landscape shots. We went out around 3:00pm (except that I was late due to a vet's appointment with the vomiting kitty and a need for food in my belly) so we could get some good light before sunset and twilight. 

He gave us the opportunity to use any of his lenses and he has some Available Light Portraiture equipment there as well such as reflectors and diffusors and was giving us a brief explanation on how to use them to improve our portrait shoots.

Our first location was at an seemingly abandoned barn..

We then headed to the beach/dunes to grab some shots of sunset. The lighting was awesome and the mud as the tide was going out looked like mud slicks.

Although I love the outdoors and beautiful scenery (especially in the fall) I find landscape photography difficult and I honestly don't find taking landscapes as much fun. I like Macro (close-up) photos of things IN nature, but not necessarily of scenes.

We ended at the wind farm just inside the Nova Scotia border at twilight. We were losing light fast and it was sooooooo cold we packed it in rather quick but I found this shot interesting none the less...

All in all I have learned SO much by taking this photography class and it has been well worth it in the long run. 

The weekend after our final field trip Kyle had a Birthday! This guy deserves the world and I just wanted him to have a great birthday and I think it was a success. Friends and family all joined together at our local bowling alley where the shoes are nothing but fabulous, the competition is ravenous and the beers are $2.50 a pop. As I'm sure you can tell it was a fantastic night. Three strings later (Myself coming out with the top bowl of the night at 104, I-thank-you) the festivities landed at our place and went into the wee hours of the morn.

Happy Birthday to my Birthday B-Ahoy! Yes there was a pirate theme back at the house and many many pirate accents came out as soon as the eye patch went on. And yes he wore his pirate hat all night which I had written Birthday B-Ahoy on. 

Future ventures... Well as I mentioned before, I'm much more inspired to photograph people and plans are in the works to increase my skills (and my portfolio) by practicing practicing practicing. And how to get this practice, but by providing my photographing services to all who are willing to be some of my first clients! 

Interested? Email: annielouisephotography@gmail.com

Until next time...

*A

Weekend Happenings (Sans Photos): Cat Vomit.. House Viewing.. Dinner with Friends.. Dog Show

Hey Y'all! (I went a little American there for a second, Excuse Me)

Bonjour Tous le monde! (Aaah there's my Canadian back again.. Or is that just Monctonian?)

Anyhow.. This post may be a tad boring because I don't have any photographic contributions for it : /

I feel that's probably a big No No since the POINT of this blog is to show what I'm getting up to via Photographs..

Sorry... It just didn't happen this weekend k!

Thursday: Our cat Cleo... well... she is a big sook and we love her but for a large stretch of time she was barfing twice a day. Usually at some point over night and sometime in the afternoon. Most of the time there was a hairball in there, but not always. It is gross. We've come accustomed to searching for it when we wake up and when we get home from work. Anywho, Starting Thursday we've been recording everything, how much we fed her, when she barfs and what it's like, etc. But what we also record is whether we've given her her laxative. Yes. I said laxative. It's this tuna flavoured gel that we must rub on her furry little paw so she licks it off. It's to help her digest the fur rather than throw them up. It's been working so far... but she does NOT enjoy having a gooey gel rubbed on her fur. Nope, she sure doesn't. She kind of freezes for about five minutes staring at us... or leaps away thus spreading the gel all up the front of her and under her chin cause she's LEAPING on three limbs. Aaah pets..

Saturday: Kyle and I got up and made some super delicious breakfast sandwiches and hash browns.. YUM! Then we had an appointment for our first ever House Viewing!! EEK! It was very big moment and super exciting! Our mothers accompanied us which was great since neither of us truly have any idea what-the-crap we're doing so they actually knew what questions to ask. Love our Mothers. It is an adorable house but we are in NO rush and are just starting the process to see what's out there and educate ourselves about the market and the whole process.

Yes. It's official. I'm an adult.

That evening we headed out to a new Restaurant in town, Moxie's and had some drinks and food with Steph and Jason, Jenna and Jesse! It was a blast and great to hang out with the gang! It is new so it was Bumpin' on a Saturday night but the wait was only 45 minutes, and there was space at the bar for us.The food was good, the drinks were flowing. Over all, great experience!

Once we were done eating, Kyle's cousin and her husband came by to chat with us about the House Viewing and our plans and well... to tell us how to buy a house. Because, Thank God, his cousin's husband is a really great realtor and is going to help us out with the whole process! He came with info on the house we had viewed and on a bunch more houses in the same range. It was super informative and an all around great time to visit with them!

Sunday: For the most part Sunday was filled with sweats, fast food and television but we DID get up and headed over to the Coliseum to check out the Moncton Kennel Club Dog Show. We are planning on getting a puppy once we've settled into our house so we went to check out some dogs and ideally chat with some breeders. But my Main goal was to hunt down the Leonberger that was in the show and meet her and her owner. She was beautiful, and large and fluffy, just what we want. We chatted with the owner about some of the different characteristics of the breed and her experiences and it made me even more of a fan of the breed. Still, we are narrowed down between a Leonberger or a Golden Retriever. Check out some photos of Leonbergers.. they look like Lions, they are huge (especially the males) and great family dogs. I'm in love.

I promise next post will be filled with pictures! : D

Happy November!

*A