My lully new 50mm 1.8!

I recently upgraded my camera to a Canon 7D. I've had my Lumix for a while and then I got given a kit lens for a Canon. So, what's a girl to do?! I had to get a Canon to make use of my new lens! I got a really good deal through DigitalRev and was not disappointed with their service! I got the camera in record time, 2 days and got a really good deal on a 50mm 1.8 lens too! Over the moon goes a little way to describing my excitement at my new toy! So above is the very first shot taken with my camera and making full use of my lovely new aperture settings! 

Some beautiful lilies I was also brought for my birthday and the cake my lovely mummy made me (I know, I am a very lucky lady). 

The reason I bought this lens; to practise my portraits and I'm pretty proud of this one!

LOVING the depth of field this lens offers me! And nice to see a lovely bumble bee!

Millie's 1st Birthday

Decided to practise my portraits, kinda, by capturing my gorgeous niece's first birthday party. I'm definitely more of a 'documentary' photographer in that sense but I'm getting used to asking people to pose for me! Baby steps all the way, for me and for Millie! 

Food photos first!

Birthday girl in her gorgeous outfit and pushing her pram from Pops and Gaga!

Girls playing hide and seek

 

Stick a fork in me, I'm done! ;)

Millie and Mummy!

Daddy and cuddles with Opa

 

Millie enjoyed being pushed in her pram rather than pushing it herself! 

A select few out of the very many I took but I was able to put some of my newly learnt photography skills to the test. Like the 'Sunny F/16 Rule', which I'll cover in a post in a few weeks time (when there has been some more sun again!). 

Playing with Christmas Food!

Well with Christmas just around the corner I had thought about making my own Christmas cards, both for me to use and possibly to sell. So I got to thinking about what I might like my Christmas cards to be like. Food, obviously! I made tonnes of cookies and then literally platted with my food all night. Don't worry, I had clean hands throughout when handling the food and I wasn't planning on sharing them with anyone anyway.

Hehehe, love this one! Nothing like a proper bit of experimenting! Not sure this would work as a Christmas card but it's certainly interesting.

 

 

Unfortunately I was a bit late thinking about getting these done to sell as Christmas cards but it's a lesson well learnt for next year, I shall buy stock in early. And now I have some ready made designs to play around with so next years job is already half done. So, late this year, super early for next year! Bear me in mind for you cards next year please! :)

My sisters baby shower cakes

We recently held a 'Mum-To-Be-Tea' for my expectant big sister and once again I was able to combine two of my favourite things; photography and cake! I love the vibrant colours you get from food photography and it also gave me the chance to experiment with my 45-200mm lens which I recently bought. Mmmmmmm, making my mouth water just looking at these photos again! I made the pram cookies and my other sister, Emily, made the rest of the amazing cakes on offer for us. You can visit her blog and order her cupcakes to help raise money for her charity bike ride around India for Amnesty International you can go to her blog by clicking these links: www.emcupcakescharitycycle.blogspot.com and www.facebook.com/pages/Emcupcakes-Makes-Bakes

Actually, this is marshmallow, not cake  and these were shop bought but they still looked great alongside the homemade stuff!