What do you think??

 Our weekend whizzed by us in a blur and I actually can't believe that it's Monday morning already.  Friday night was spent over a delicious meal and lots of sherry (that time of year again) at my folks.  We ended up staying over, which is always a novelty for Jake.  I had a very good friend's sister's funeral on Saturday morning, which was really tough and completely draining.  The funeral was followed by a braai with friends, followed by a 70th birthday party.  Yesterday we had church, then joined friends for ice-cream/mini doughnuts on the beach.  I did house work and washing and we had an early evening braai with my parents and sister, which was a great way to end our busy weekend.

As you know, my photography assignment for the week was to take photos of anything, using manual settings.  I need to print 3 photos of the same subject, taken from different angles.  It's tougher than it sounds and if they'd given us a specific theme, I'm sure it would've been far easier.  Anyway, on Friday evening, the light was catching my mom's orchid in the most beautiful way, so that became my subject.  The tough part is choosing 3 of my favourites to print.  The above and below pictures were taken indoors...

 And this one was taken in the full evening sunshine on the stoep outside...

 But then we had a braai and the kids are so much cuter than the flowers!!  They're more difficult to take snaps of, especially Bi, because they just don't sit still...

 Bi only likes the camera when she's in the right mood.  She loves seeing her picture on the monitor after I've taken her snap.  But, while Bi's very cute, I don't think either of these pictures are particularly impressive...

 I love this one of her, but I need 3 prints, not just one...

 My "little" sausage, is getting too big for words.  It feels like yesterday that he was as little as Bi, but look at him!!  He's quite self-conscious in photos at the moment, so that's also not great for what I need right now.  Hopefully I will get some great ones of him soon enough.  Again, all about getting the right mood...

 I did manage to get a smile and I do love this photo of him very much...

 And this one - grubby face and all.  He still loves to braai...

 Corky stole the show though.  He was on top form and full of smiles and actions for the camera.  Just what I needed!!  So now, the really tough part is choosing 3 photos that I think are great enough to justify printing and taking in to my lecture to be criticised.

1. This one of Corky is great, I like his pose, but I'd also like to crop it.  Might work for sure...

 2. In this picture, he was cross because Bi was stealing his thunder.  I like that you can see he's not happy about sharing his limelight...

3. There's him climbing a tree with a big smile...

4. This one might be a little over-exposed, I think, but I do love it...

5. This one is my absolute favourite - it shows just what a happy boy Corky really is...

6. This one is overexposed, I know, but I still like it... I like it a bit washed out.  Still, the purpose of the exercise was to get the light right and it's not in this picture...

 Anyway, I will be sending them off for printing around 12:30 today, so if you pop past, drop me a quick note to tell me which ones you really like.  I need help deciding and I love your input, so please let me know what you think.  I think I like pictures 1, 2 and 5 of Corky.  Pictures 3 and 4 are also up there and the last one I know I won't print, but I like it anyway, so just sharing...

Sending love,

Sue XXX