Plowing through winter into spring

There hasn't been much that happened between winter and spring, so really my photographs weren't ... inspired. Mostly I just took my camera and if something catches my eye, I snap. If nothing caught my eye, I just force my eye to look for something! I guess in the midst of the tedium of work and the bam-bam-bam rhythm of having three kids at home, I just wanted to kindle that photographic spark and not let it peter out.

I tried to join a few photo projects over one of my favorite forums seriouscompacts.com, and one of those was capturing an image for a favorite album. Of course the first album that comes to mind is Amy Winehouse's Back to Black (I think my iPod classic finally died just because of how much I played that album), and here's my attempt:

As you can see, it's pretty much still inside the house. Ugh.

Once, I even had to ask my kids to think of something silly that we haven't tried before. We experimented with lots of poses, and my phone quickly filled up with silly faces. All very funny (and I kept them all - maybe to show during their wedding? Haha!) but nothing new. Until we came up with this:

Once it warmed up I tried to revisit parts of my adopted city during breaks, and took a few snaps with my X100s.

I was just happy to be out at that time. Though, Boston being Boston, the sun shines just enough to thaw you out, and then hides again for a few days.

So it is no surprise I was positively giddy when a few of my long-time friends way back from college decided to converge in Boston. Will write about it next time.

Snow, Day 2

So finally New England got a dose of “normal” snowfall and accumulation. And there’s just something about snow and kids – so off the two kiddos went, and really enjoyed their share of snow.

I posted a few pictures yesterday of my eldest, and the next two below is my youngest.

And this is one of my favorites from this afternoon’s “session”:

Finally snow

Winter’s been really mild here in New England. I’m not complaining – it’s just that playing with a little bit of snow is one of the few things we look forward to in winter.

So finally we’ve had some overnight accumulation, may 2 or 3 inches? As soon as Justine woke up and saw the snow, she went out and played. And of course, off I went and grabbed my camera.

(All shot with XSi and 50mm.)

 

 

 

Beacon Hill

I’ve lived in the Boston area for the last 6 years, but I’ve never really had a chance to soak in the city. I haven’t even taken the Swan Boat, nor seen Make Way for the Ducklings. Shameful, I know.
So, last Saturday, I took the initial step to correct this. I signed up for one of Saba’s PhotoWalks, and our destination was Beacon Hill. I took this tour together with a few members of the forum mu-43.
Hope you enjoy these pictures, and I hope they might even convince you to come visit our city! (Images after the jump.)

Iconic

Over at SeriousCompacts, there is currently an interesting weekly challenge. You are supposed to interpret the word “Iconic”. I’ve tried being a regular contributor to their weekly challenges, because I know it will only help me become better at capturing images.
But, being usually stuck at home and not much time to go around walking, these weekly assignments are usually a challenge for me. So, what’s around the house that’s truly iconic? After several frustrating efforts – and, just when I was about to quit came Nik Silver Efex Pro to the rescue – here is the image I submitted:

The more I look at it, the more I realize I like the image. What do you think?

Six Flags

As soon as we got a summer-y weekend, my family hied off to Six Flags New England in Agawam, MA. I expected there will be a lot of people, but not that many! The space in front of the entrance was literally packed with people, and it took as 30 minutes at least before we got through. Anyway, as usual, we had fun in spit of the heat and the prices.

Rockin’ the broom

Yay, it’s a sweep!! Series taken by the Celtics 4-0 !!!

Next round, Miami. Oooohhhh, James must be quaking in his boot(ie)s right now. Hahaha!

And, we’re watching the Bruins as they try to clinch the series against the Habs, they’re up 3-2.

And, we’re watching the baseball world right itself, with the Red Sox winning 8 of their last 9.

I love this town.