you capture: depth of field

This past week I had the pleasure of taking photos of my sister-in law B and her friends before going to prom. They thought I was a little crazy taking photos of things with them in the background.

B and her mask....it was a masquerade prom

and B's bff and her date with her beautiful corsage.


And I feel a little crazy because I started a page on facebook just for my photography. Are regular people like me allowed to just start up little photography businesses because we feel like it? I don't know, but the voice in my head is telling me to be bold. If you want to see the sham that is my photography "business" (even though no one pays me) there is a link on the left hand side of my blog. And the rest of the prom pics are there too. I would love any feedback you guys can give me. I'm all for constructive criticism as long as it's tactful. :-) ooh and i like compliments too.

you capture: spring

This week we took the Little One to the Japanese Spring Festival at the local botanic gardens. I thought it was a perfect opportunity to take some photos for the You Capture challenge this week. I meant to include some photos of the Little One herself but the internet that I mooch from my sister in law (thank you April!) is being super slow.

As you can tell I've been playing around with my little photography logo and name. I figure that I can do that since I'm not a professional and have no clue what I'm doing anyway. Just don't tell anyone that.




Be sure to check out everyone else's Spring pictures out by visiting I Should Be Folding Laundry 

Traditional British Pudding

The April 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Esther of The Lilac Kitchen. She challenged everyone to make a traditional British pudding using, if possible, a very traditional British ingredient: suet. I did not use suet as it is an animal product. I used a steamed chocolate pudding recipe from www.puddingclub.com. I made four baby puddings instead of one larger one. They weren't great plain but they were pretty great topped with some french vanilla ice cream and some chocolate sauce. The strawberries didn't hurt either. here is the converted recipe:

Steamed Chocolate Pudding

1/2 C Butter

1/2 C Castor (Powdered)Sugar

1/2 Self Rising Flour

2 Tbs Cocoa

2 Eggs

1/4 C Chocolate Chips

Cream the butter & sugar together until light and fluffy. Sift the flour and sugar together and add a little at a time along with the egg. Stir in half the chocolate chips. Place the remaining chocolate chips on the base of your greased (1.1 litre) pudding bowl. Add the dough. Steam for 1 1/2 hours. Turn out and serve with chocolate sauce, custard, or extra thick (whatever that is!).

See steaming method below...

Here are my ramekins wrapped in aluminum foil and secured with rubber bands. I steamed them in a large pot with a steamer basket but you could easily use a crock pot. I used tongs to remove them when they were done as they were very hot. I cooked them for the full hour and a half even though they were smaller.

you capture: comfort

This week's challenge was ...well challenging. My daughter is my favorite subject (as you can probably tell) so I decided to go with something (other than myself) that she finds comfort in. Her kitty.

Hope that you all are having a great week!