Photography

This lady definitely made the best of the recent snow here in Rotterdam.   When we saw her coming we initially thought she had a kid in the sled, but when she got up close we realized it was her groceries.  We told her how clever we thought it was and she said she figured if she had to drag it …

Pixel loves the snow.  When we take her out in it she sniffs around, pushes it with her nose, digs in it and runs around like someone put a firecracker up her arse.  It’s a very exciting time for her! When we first got her she hated being outside if it was anything other than warm summer weather.  Taking her …

This morning we woke up to a bit of snow in the Netherlands.  At 10am my husband and I hopped in the car and set off to Kinderdijk! I’ve been there a number of times, the first time back in 2007 with the girls, then in 2008 with my parents and also once or twice with my husband. I’ve been …

A while back I wrote about a Sweet Proposal where a guy got the gal over at Bakarella.com to help him propose to his girlfriend.  I thought that was pretty clever. Today I saw another cool proposal on Gizmodo where a guy used light writing to propose to his girlfriend. How very very cool.   Without understanding how long this would …

The view from my balcony last night as my neighbours brought in the New Year with a bang! Every year on New Years Eve I am on my balcony in hopes of getting some good firework photos.  Back in 2007 I was bummed because it was raining on NYE so not as many people were out.  Also it made for …

Merry Christmas from Pixel and Bailey!  We have one year to try to teach Pixel to sit still before next year’s Christmas photos!  Wish us luck, we’ll need it!

Before Friday I had no idea that there was a Christmas Market at Kasteel Keukenhof, but thankfully DutchBitch not only told me about it but gave us her mother’s free pass to the grounds!  So not only did we get in for free, but I finally got to meet her after years of reading each other’s blogs and chatting on …

According to Bailey… it’s Chestnuts!!

This past weekend I went on a sailing trip to Friesland with my photography club.   It was organized by one of our members who is from there and used to work at a sailing club teaching lessons when he was younger.   It was SO much fun! On Friday night we arrived in the village of Heeg, where we would be …

On Sunday Xander and I went to the Biesbosch in Brabant, just south of here.  It’s quite lovely around there with lots of water and nature.  There are boats you can rent to see the area from a different perspective and lots of trails for biking and hiking.   We drove around the area for a few hours, stopping every so …

One thing that has been bothering me about my camera since I got it, is the camera strap around my neck.  The nylon material it’s made with scratches the back of my neck, and can get quite uncomfortable.  Also, one thing I noticed when I was out with my camera yesterday, because it’s black it heats up really quickly.  Not …