tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-398576016996954182024-02-07T16:00:37.588-08:00mommycanonEktahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289785526515683434noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39857601699695418.post-45510000807531667602012-05-08T22:04:00.000-07:002012-05-08T22:12:36.170-07:00Nerina has a new hat :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Didi let me borrow her new lens and its absolutely stunning, and amazing! No words necessary. This thing is just beautiful (and super heavy). Got to capture Nerina in her new hat for Disneyworld tonight.</div>
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After all this work, I knew this had to be blogged about (mind you I been really bad about blogging). This post has a lot of technical work behind it. First things first --majority of my pictures were on Instagram. I did a bunch of googling and found out a way to export the pictures onto my desktop. The next step was how to post them on here without it being a huge space sucker. Well - I don't know about you, but I absolutely love photo-strips like the one's you get out of a photo-booth. After seeing this <a href="http://www.blogher.com/instagram-photostrips?wrap=blogher-topics%2Fdiy%2Fcrafts&crumb=18" target="_blank">picture</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/ektabathija/" target="_blank">Pinteres</a>t I knew this was the best way and the most thrilling way to post all my food pictures. I'm really having a tough time picking up Photoshop but I am becoming quite savvy with Lightroom (just got Lightroom 4 and its AMAZING)...anyways, I knew there had to be a way to do it. After a lot of trial and error I got the right size and shape for the photostrip. The next task was to put the names of my food on each picture - the hubby was kind enough at night to help me do this in photoshop. I am pleased to share with you my results below :)</div>
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Milana is now 13 months!!!!! Can you believe it - 13 months. Here is a look at her now...<br />
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She has lots of teeth....<br />
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she has learned how to do peek-a-boo which is by far the cutest thing ever....</div>
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she closes her ears so she can't hear me tell her not to TOUCH things...</div>
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and she has the funniest pouty face when she doesn't want to listen...<br />
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First I met Shilpa and her beautiful daughter Anushka...gosh I was sooooo lucky. Such beautiful ladies, the camera loved them :) They were both incredibly sweet and were open to all the ideas I had. I couldn't get enough of this lil girl...<br />
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This beautiful family was soooooo fun for me to photograph. They made me feel so good inside..were appreciative and grateful.... wow, with clients like this I'd be the luckiest girl ever!Ektahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289785526515683434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39857601699695418.post-19320456878919506132012-02-11T07:52:00.001-08:002012-02-11T07:52:58.779-08:00Week 5/52 "Simplicity"<br />
Simplicity...A simple beaded necklace.....a Mangalsutra<br />
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This necklace was given to me by my husband at our wedding to symbolize our marriage. It is "the most revered token of love and respect offered to the bride during the marriage ceremony." The middle part with the diamonds is part of another necklace given to me by his grandmother. It symbolizes family, love, laughter, happiness and unity. It is so simple yet so dear to my heart.<br />
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This is a representation of my family - we may all not be perfect - but at the end of the day we are a FAMILY, that is imperfection at its finest....</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Throughout my life I never knew what was going to be thrown my way or what lines I would have to cross. I went from living in NY, single and dependent to living in California, married, with 2 daughters, responsible and independent. No matter where life took me, I was always surrounded by LOVE. Whether it be friends, family, extended family, I was lucky to have LOVE in my life. I hope my coming years are filled with LOVE as well, while I cross more lines and eat more chocolate.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">50mm, ISO 200, f 2.2, 1/6000 sec</span></div>Ektahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289785526515683434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39857601699695418.post-66403386756508603882011-12-28T09:01:00.000-08:002011-12-28T17:03:46.950-08:00Venturing Out of My Backyard<span style="font-size: x-small;">The hubby and I have been married for 5 years and till today my sister-in-law and I have not had a girls night out. We finally got around to planning one and making it happen and it was a BLAST! We both are really into photography. She helped me to venture out beyond my backyard and capture Oakland & San Francisco. We needed a plan of action and Sarita was on it for sure - she was able to look up the top <a href="http://thomashawk.com/2008/02/top-10-places-for-photography-in-san.html" target="_blank">10 places to photograph in San Francisco. </a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">We started off taking some pictures of Shipping Containers & Crains in Oakland. This was really neat because my father-in-law helped to construct those years back so it was fun to capture his work. Next was Treasure Island, on the island is this tourist spot where you can get a view of the whole city along with the Bay Bridge. After that Sarita was bold enough to drive around random cliffs and hills to find this spot she heard about where you can get the cars moving on the bay bridge. After some roaming around we found the spot and it was sooooooo worth it. The spot was a little dangerous but the perfect picture postcard spot. We were there over 2 hours just playing around with our cameras getting the rear car lights on the bay bridge. We then roamed around some more in the hills and got to capture the front headlights of the cars as well. You really couldn't get us out of this spot - we just wanted to click away. We had to drag ourselves into the car so we could make our way to our original destination San Francisco. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Once we were in San Francisco we wined & dined at <a href="http://palomino.com/" target="_blank">Palamino's</a>. They have the best Mojitos in town and its right along the Embarcadero so its the perfect scenic spot for our "date". We got some yummy tomato basil pizza, chatted photography and enjoyed a wonderful break with no kids, or husbands. Next on our list was the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Apparently they have this great spot on the top floor where you could get a wonderful view of the North Beach area. We snuck in and made our way to the top - but in our dismay there was a big glass screen blocking our fab view. No worries, we took out our phones and made some fun Instagram shots and then moved along. Our next place to capture was the Palace of Fine Arts. At night the lights on the Palace shine down into the water making a beautiful glow. After this we drove to the other side of town to capture the Golden Gate Bridge. I have always seen the Golden Gate bridge from the tourist side but Sarita took me to the west side and I was able to see the Golden Gate bridge in a way I have never seen before. We drove down to Bakers Beach and were able to shoot the whole bridge from a distance. It was breathtaking! The water along the beach the shining Golden Gate bridge in the distance. Just amazing! We hung around here for quite a bit - it was a little challenging with our cameras since it was so dark. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">After Bakers Beach we realized it was time to eat dinner - Finally! We were both starving and ready to head over to the famous bermese restaurant. Sarita and I both make this Samosa Soup which Sarita first tried at <a href="http://www.burmasuperstar.com/" target="_blank">Burma SuperStar</a> in San Francisco. I was super excited to try the original Samosa soup. Burma SuperStar is this whole in the wall place with a 2 hour+ wait. A lot of their dishes have been featured on the Food Network. Luckily that night we were able to get in within 15 minutes. We ordered some wine, the samosa soup, a wonderful tea leaf salad and some yummy string beans. It was a wonderful meal and we had a great time chatting and catching up.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The last place on our list was Twin Peaks. Here we were able to capture the entire city along with the Bay Bridge & Golden Gate Bridge. Unfortunately for me I was having some trouble capturing what I wanted because of the wind. I later realized it was because I never put the camera on a timer. But nevertheless, I did capture a few fun shots. </span><br />
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Below are some highlights from our trip. Enjoy
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<span style="color: red;">Nani was super sweet to buy her this adorable snow globe ornament that has a Santa floating inside with snow...It even has a switch on the bottom to change the colors inside. Its just a beautiful addition to our tree.</span><br />
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Today's Challenge: Something Bright. I know this picture is kinda boring and not that original BUT if you look closely its quite interesting. Having a toddler and infant at home can make things challenging around the holiday time - Nerina really wanted a tree this year but Milana is crawling into everything and anything -- here is what I came up with to make both girls happy!</div>
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I'm back!!!!!!!!! I recently stumbled upon a few photography challenges online, this one seem to be right up my alley. I wanted something to capture the girls during the holidays as well as practice my photography skills. Lately, time is very limited so a 10 day challenge is just what I needed (even though its during the busiest time of this month).</div>
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10 Day Challenge: Day 1 - Red & White - by <a href="http://fluxfoto.com/2011/12/10-day-photo-challenge-santa/">Flux Foto</a></div>
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When I think Red & White during the holidays - first thing that comes to mind is CANDY CANES! I absolutely love candy canes - I could eat them all year round if they were available. Its also the only time of year that Red nailpolish is extremely suitable :)</div>
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This is the first year Nerina is really loving the holidays. The trees, decorations, candy canes, lights - she just loves it all. I started this journey to take more pictures of them, here are a few red & white ones of her.</div>
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s.Ektahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289785526515683434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39857601699695418.post-68147995579707488212011-10-11T13:15:00.000-07:002011-10-12T21:39:58.559-07:00A day in the life of my two crazies...Hey Everyone,<br />
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It's been quite some time since I have used my camera or blogged. I was with my parents in NJ for a month with the girls. Since we've been back its just been crazy trying to get Nerina & Milana on some type of schedule so the hubby and I can have some time to ourselves. I think I am finally caught up(well not completely, just enough to start clicking).<br />
The past few months have been challenging for me in regards to photography. Seeing all these great pictures, photographers on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr & more can be so inspiring and sometimes be so discouraging. I wonder if I will ever get to where they are. :(<br />
A recent post by Drew from Mom*tog just put me back where I needed to be. She had this post on her blog titled "<a href="http://www.momtog.com/2011/10/who-do-you-shoot-for/">What Do You Shoot for</a>?". Extremely motivational if I must say. In her post she talks about how we should all keep shooting, we each have our own stories, and our own vision. That's when I realized that regardless if my pictures come out good or bad, I started this journey to capture my daughters. By sulking, I have already missed out on the past two months. They have grown so much and I can't even begin to cover the sillyness & crazyiness that goes on in our house.<br />
This post is perfect to continue where I left off...its a day in the life of my two crazies..you definetly want to tune into this one..ENJOY!!!!<br />
PS. Its long!<br />
PPS. Keep it in my mind, our house is the worst with lighting, so I had to revert to 1600, 3200+ iso's.<br />
PPPS. And full of laughter, crazyiness and most of all LOVE!<br />
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Our day starts off with Milana drinking her milk in OUR BED! I don't know what it is with kids loving their parents beds (although, i vageuly remember me loving my mom & dads bed). Nerina did the same thing by the way...<br />
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Look whose AWAKE! Nerina - oh mommy, pictures already, NOOO!!! Rubbing eyes and giving me such cute smiles, only to see the picture on the camera after...<br />
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Where's Neku? That's right - she is jumping, leaping, climbing over,me,Nerina and the hubby just to get to the REMOTE. This by far is the funniest thing that happens every morning.<br />
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Okay trouble maker you are going back into your crib...<br />
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"Peek-a-boo, I see you!!!"<br />
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"Get me outta HERE!!!!"<br />
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WAIT! Where you guys going? What about me?<br />
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"Phewf, they remembered to bring me into the family room too!!!!"<br />
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And of course as always, she spits up on the carpet...<br />
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Its only been a few wks since we took away Nerina's sippy cup. She is doing pretty well, except the continues compliments we have to give her to FINISH THE WHOLE THING." Great job, wow, your almost done, so proud of you...."<br />
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After milk time always comes Cereal. Nerina loves Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Its her absolute favorite. Lately she wants it without any milk, can you blame her? :)<br />
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Nerina likes to dig into her toychest in her room once in awhile, and of course baby sister always wants to be involved :) They always manage to pull some stuffed animals down from above to join in their fun.<br />
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Did I mention we love to make trains in this house, any shape or form...<br />
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It's Rice Cereal Time!!!!! and someone gets excited to see her food on the table...<br />
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and then crazy play time in the "TENT"...aka Sister Bonding Time!<br />
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OOOO..someone needed a nap...<br />
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and someone else needed to shower....<br />
Nerina is all fresh and ready...<br />
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When babysister sleeps, that means Nerina time!<br />
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and then we rest (so mommy can eat lunch & check emails)<br />
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and after all that the naughtiness and playing continues...and the toy room begings to fill up...<br />
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and sister bonding continues...well I don't know if you would consider trying to get Milana to drink Soda & pushing her by her butt as "bonding"...<br />
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and crawl into spaces we shouldn't....<br />
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Talk to Nani....<br />
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Believe it or not this is only till around 4pm after this, the cycle you just saw starts ALL over again...feeding, eating, playing followed by Daddy coming home, then feeding, eating, playing with him and then bed time routine and FINALLY in bed by on a good day 9:00pm (7:30pm for the little one). I was hoping to take the evening pictures but it was repetitive and the girls were glued to mommy and by then sick of the camera.<br />
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Thank you for taking a peak into our lives. Until next time, happy shooting :)<br />
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<br />Ektahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289785526515683434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39857601699695418.post-88939553157134172312011-08-11T11:44:00.000-07:002011-08-11T11:46:33.600-07:00I scream you scream we all scream for icecreamYesterday, Nerina was getting homesick and started to miss her Daddy. We are visiting my family for 3-4 wks before Daddy comes and joins us at the end of the trip. I decided to take Nerina over to Coldstone ice cream for some mouth-watering strawberry ice cream topped with colorful sprinkles. We sat outside, enjoyed the hot Jersey weather, and dug into our big bowl of fun...I took some "Fill the Frame" shots. I was part of a photography challenge for awhile and have been slacking majorly. Our trip to Coldstones gave me some inspiration to dig in again. This weeks topic was "<a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/weeklyinspiration/discuss/72157627262185293/">Fill the frame</a>",which requires you to zoom in on your subject, and bring as much of it into your photograph as you can. Here are some pictures in which I was trying to achieve just that...<br />
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The coffee shop next door had this fun blue chair...Nerina just had to sit on it...<br />
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Ektahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289785526515683434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39857601699695418.post-57257130751225401072011-08-10T16:04:00.000-07:002011-08-10T16:05:59.712-07:00Uncles are special...Nerina loves my brother...all kids love their uncles, after all uncles spoil them with wonderful goodies and presents. They are sweet, kind and so fun to be around...they do those silly things us parents don't get a chance to do...<br />
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Ektahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289785526515683434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39857601699695418.post-39075244897067465252011-08-10T14:31:00.000-07:002011-08-10T14:31:39.859-07:00Yeungling....One thing I love about going home to visit the family on the east coast is the taste of a nice cold Yeungling beer...<br />
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Ektahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289785526515683434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39857601699695418.post-82554669163674704002011-08-10T14:25:00.000-07:002011-08-10T14:25:59.946-07:00Family Visits..My Father-in-laws brother was in town recently and Nerina got so attached to him and vice-versa. We had some fun taking pictures the day he left to go back home....<br />
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Grandma with my lil one..<br />
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Ektahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289785526515683434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39857601699695418.post-81611653504303971792011-08-10T14:23:00.000-07:002011-08-10T14:23:22.782-07:00Red Sunglassesthe cutest thing is to see a toddler or baby with Over-sized sunglasses..like these fun red ones I picked up to play with from Target!<br />
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