Rainy Days

I was supposed to do a family portrait shoot for some good friends of mine this past weekend, but unfortunately it didn't go as planned.  The location, Fort Rodd Hill, was great and there were lots of picturesque spots (especially down by the lighthouse), but the weather did not cooperate!  It was spitting when we arrived and continued to get worse and worse the more we wandered around.  By the time we  packed it in it was pouring rain.  So, needless to say, I got very few good shots.  In fact there were only a hand full that were half decent, a few of which I will share with you now.

This is beautiful Isla, my friends' sweet daughter!  She is an awesome little girl and a bundle of energy.  I don't think she stopped running the whole time we were there and didn't seem bothered by the rain at all.  I actually had a hard time getting shots of her because she was running so quickly LOL! (Note the different edits in the photos below.  I've started playing around with photoshop actions and have recently found a few new ones that I really like!)

I can't wait to get together with them again soon and do a proper shoot :)

Since the weather has been so hit and miss lately, I've been practicing on my daughter, Isabelle, a lot indoors.  I've always been a hard core natural light only photographer, but have decided to learn to use a flash due to not only the poor lighting in our house but also to enable me to be more versatile in the conditions where I can shoot.  I'm still getting the hang of it, and haven't yet figured out all the technical stuff, but have had fun playing around with it.  Here are some shots I did of my daughter recently (I just had to dress her up and take some pics heehee).

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