April 2012

April has proven to be hit or miss in Saint John for getting out and taking pics. The days have been looking nice until you go outside and then brrrr its cold. But I was able to get out a couple times. Once with the fam and the second time we had to get the winter tires off and so I brought my camera.

First we took a few hours to go and take pictures at Rockwood Park. We have a 2 year old so he would just love to see the animals. We did the usual and that’s to stop at the Duck Pond. And then drove further in to the stables where they have goats, pony’s and Horses. Here are a few pics of our outing.

 This is along the Duck pond. I really didn't know what I snapped until I got home and dumped them onto my computer. As soon as I seen it I thought "On Your Mark" hehe it fit so perfectly.

What they were doing is as my youngest boy was approaching them they were getting ready to jump into the water to escape him.

 This is a picture of my wife and my youngest. I Love the Black & White setting. I always shoot in colour and then convert it to B&W.

 A Picture of my wife. The setting is very nice for Family pics or individual pics. This is further into the park. Just keep following the road until you get into the Bridge.

Here is a pic of my oldest. I really like this pic. The Background isn't so nice but overall the pic is decent. .

Here is my little boy. He was having a blast here. Especially with the goats. He kept trying to put his head through the fence. I think he even gave one a kiss...I don't know.

The good thing about Digital photography is you can snap and snap away and not worry about film and taking up a small amount of pics. This was one of those snap many photo's pics. 

2 weeks ago I drove to work and my car was sound odd on the rear driver’s side so when I got to work I looked and I had a flat tire. I chalked it up to Friday the 13^th luck. So I left work early to and I had to slowly drive up to the Irving to pump up my tire so I could get home and figure things out. So I got to the Irving and I was so thankful of how they were there for me to help me in my time of need. They Charged me a DOLLAR to turn on the air hose so I could pump up the tire. This of course added to my annoyance.

Anyways I got home and I decided to get the winter tires off. So we drove quite a ways out to Hunter Lake Tire. So I decided to make a morning of it and bring my camera as well. Here are some shots from that outing. 

 This is at Hunter lake in Saint John, NB. While our tires were getting fixed my oldest and I took a walk and snapped a few pics.

 We decided to walk into someone's yard and get to their doc. That is the house hidden on the left. The clouds add so much to the picture.

This one here is my fav pic of the year so far. Large format this looks incredible (Fell free to click on it to see a slightly larger image). This picture has it all. Dramatic clouds, Reflection in the water, Beautiful home. I was so happy with the finished product. 

Well that's it for now. I am starting to see some trees budding so I can't wait to get out and snap a few shots of true spring flowers. Anyways thats it for now. 

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Spring Time Is Here.

Spring time is officially here and I can’t help but get excited for the nice weather. The sad thing is where I live you get Snow storms when you don’t expect them like we did on Sunday. It’s kind of demotivating. After being cooped in the house for song long I can’t wait to get out. I guess I just have to wait a bit longer. Though I did get the Opteka T2 T-Mount Lens Adapter for Canon EOS. That means I can hook up my camera to my Telescope and get some great shots of the moon. I am super excited for that!! I am not sure if I will get this Moon Transition but I will get it soon.

Also I have started noticing the trees budding and getting ready to bloom which makes for amazing pics. I love taking pics of flowers and landscapes. I am still looking for that Elusive Sunflower field but I will be looking out for it.

Saturday I had Pictures with a young family at Rockwood Park. The weather was not too bad but overall it was kind of windy and chilly. Here are a few samples.

 This one here is one of my fav pics of the lot. Only from a Creative sense. This is a HDR pic but not an over dramatic shot.

 I like putting quotes and wording on some of my pictures but sometimes its hard to come up with the right ones. So I did a search for "A Father's Love" and a song by George Straight came up and I used some of the lyrics from it.

 This one is funny because of what you didn't hear. I asked them if they wanted to do some "Smoochy" pose and immediately she backed away haha.

 Overall the baby did great. even though it was a bit Chilly and very windy at times he was a little trooper.

I am very happy that he was looking at me when I got this shot. 

Well that's it for now. I will be posted more on here for sure. I have been neglectful to this blog. But I hope you enjoy what you read and what you see. Please feel free to go to my FaceBook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/John-Paul-Photography/216823158338700 also feel free to leave some comments below.

See ya soon

Thanks for looking at the world through my eyes.