Little Corner of Ania

Hum.

Seems like I left on a mini vacation without posting the rest of my FB-headers! =)

 

So. January. Taken at the same slope that I used to practice skiing and sledging at my childhood home (a very small/flat slope – perfect for small children :p).

For February I tested four different headers…only used one or maybe two of them though. These is the annual birthday party invitations photos slash look how big you’ve become portraits– Adrian turned twelve.

For March I used this one, an iPhone-photo of the kids and their cousin from one of our small hikes around the home.

 

This one’s for April – Amalie turned 8…

One for Easter…

May…taken at the bdayparty for Amalie…

Also May…taken during an assignment for the paper – doing a feature on bird spotters at Herdla.

For June I started off with the first header above, although I did consider the latter for a while…

 

Then wrapped up June with this one, also taken at Herdla.

July started with this header of Amalie and Kasper..

And I think I’ll stick to this one from the recent trip to Oslo for the rest of the month…

 

And for those wondering the exact measurements of the Facebook headers…it’s 851px x 315 px if you want to create premade headers …:)

Did I ever mention that time flies goddarn fast? Hm.

I’m trying to update my FB-headers twice a month. And I only now noticed that I forgot to add a new header for July. Sigh.

I don’t post much on FB. But I do like to post new headers…

Figured I’d share the old ones here as well…

 

March last year – the first one I did..(playing with my lensbaby for this one)..

April…taken outside our garden..

May..haha…

June - it’s of the Rhododendron in our garden.

Then there’s July, taken at the summer house…

August – the first month I had two different ones…both taken at the same place which lovers of Tour de France will recognize…

Then came September…we’re still in Southern France…

I love this photo, it’s actually taken during an assignment for work…

October…this is taken from DNS (The National Theatre here in Bergen), from a tour/play me and Amalie attended…this is the Sleeping Beauty. Ofcourse.

Then I got nostalgic when visiting my dear grandma and flipping through her photoalbums..

November – I stuck to one header this month – taken from our Christmas card photos…

Busy December had three different headers – this is Askøybrua, the bridge connecting the island I live at to the mainland.

At the annual torch march/Christmas march at school…

And finally, my usual Advent lights for December…made by ginger nut (gingerbread? ginger biscuits?).

 

Right…

Flipping through the finished babyphotos I couldn’t resist sharing just a few more photos.

Gosh. Hello, miss cuteness! Looking quite content today, are we?

Look at her left hand. Woulda been more impressive if she had her pinky + ring finger together, like Spock you know, but hey…still looks cute :)

Adore this moment w/daddy…

Sleepy baby is sleepy. All together now: Aww..!

 

Right! Just a few more days, and it’s Wedding Time! And the week after it’s time to get educated (aka hello 1st of four weeks this year at IJ).

Staying home this Easter. Had a few kiddos visiting us a couple days. What’s it called…2nd cousins? They adored Amalie. She adored them.

Took the ferry once..

Went to see the Aquarium…

Returned with the same (noisy) ferry (yes I did snap a few obligatory photos of penguins and fish and the like)

More kiddo-love…

Tried to gather all the kids inside the same frame…ahwell..

Had better luck snapping them one by one I’ll admit..

 

Enjoy your Easter..

Apparently I have a twelve year old in the house now (strictly speaking, in one and half hour from like, right now while writing, but still).

I’m like, one year short from being a mother to a teenager. Holy crap! (yep, it’s all about me ofc)

Nevertheless…

Love ya, Adrian!

:)

So.

I wasn’t really sure whether I was allowed to share images from my cousin’s wedding, but I just got the green light so here we go. Loads of photos :)

I attended this wedding as a guest, so I just snuck in a photo or two whenever, & just focused on enjoying the ceremony/party. Also, I didn’t sit close to the aisle so I didn’t get any photos from there, but I don’t mind… while everybody was busy looking for the bride I figured I’d check how the groom was doin’ =)

See the light from the windows btw? Very gorgeous & attributed to the atmosphere – but for a photographer it pretty much sucked..unless you enjoy working with multiple layers of different exposures & lots of time editing you’re bound to get extreme contrasts & either overblown/shadowry dark areas…remember external flash usually isn’t allowed in wedding ceremonies :p (know of handy tricks for such situations? Feel free to share!)

Love the gorgeous bolero she wore outdoors. Really added to the old school glam factor!

Their girls were adorable…loved their coats, I want one in my size!
(Which by the way reminds me I have my eyes set on this rain coat from Paola…pretty pricy but I’m a sucker for good causes/intentions so this’ll be mine come next weekend!)

So glam!

So, I took a few reception photos of all the guests…hi auntie+uncle!

The bride’s parents…they looked very Golden Age-Hollywod :)

Oy, that’s my mom + stepdad :) *wave*

Loved how they held hands in the beginning, when welcoming everybody…

And gosh. So dapper that cousin of mine, don’t ya think?

Grandma <3

Love her gesture..

More grandma :)

We were also treated with this jazz-y performance by this family ensemble (including the bride’s father). Very longue-like (I suppose? I dunno – I just know I enjoyed the music :p)

See. Father of the bride himself :)

This is becoming a tradition in the family – the tree + light of hearts…it’s quite sweet actually.

First Dance!

And a little kiss to seal that dance..

Umm. 3200 iso. Noticeable noise, and the details won’t be fine full size. Still, I think it’s a pretty amazing feat of the camera performing like this!

When photographing weddings I’m mostly for not using the flash. Personally I feel like the flash is like, an intruding element on such moments like this. Still, I do see the advantages of using flash for capturing such late night stuff more crispy & better. It’s not very evident here in websized photos, but becomes very clear for fullscale images. Hm. Or i can continue dream about a D4 (but hey, I’ll settle for a D3s, I’m not that picky ;p)

Oh and btw? This cake? Am so, so regretting only having one piece of it!! :’(
I was gonna get more then got occupied then it was time to leave so no moar cake! ><