I haven’t posted many photos of winter lately. For a couple of reasons. 1. I hate winter now with every fibre of my being. Therefore, I have no incentive to photograph it. 2. Although I’ve wanted to take photos to show you how horrendous this winter has been and just how much snow we’ve had...
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Following the example of his super fly music biz daddy, Benjy is sporting some RAD shades these days. Unfortunately, they were so small that they smushed his eyelashes against the lenses. Nevermind. He was still soooooooooo cool.
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Friday, February 26, 2010
Do you know what a diptych is? It’s when you put two similar pictures together to tell a story. I do it pretty often. I’ve done it here and here and here. And I’m going to do it again right here in this post. To tell the story of Benjy’s first walk in the snow....
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
In the latest care package from the States, my parents lovingly included this: And not a moment too soon, let me tell you. Because the colds have hit the Frechette-Honkkila house and we’re constantly reaching for these nose-saving, lotion packed, soft as silk tissues. Of course we have the horrible Finnish, scratchy, nose abusing tissues...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Remember the Christmas Tree we had to unearth after one of the first snow storms? Well, we brought it in, decorated it for Christmas on Christmas Eve and then promptly un-decorated it the day after Christmas and took it outside to prevent dear, sweet, curious Benjamin from eating the whole thing. And outside it still...
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
It’s not just me- Olli’s over it, too. Totally over winter. Olli has recently revealed, however, that he has a coping mechanism. To keep from going crazy with the insanity that can only be caused by 14 metres of snow, Olli mentally retreats to his happy place- the balcony from our Mexican vacation. Three and...
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It’s so stinkin’ cold here. SO SO SO COLD. Today it was a balmy -14C/7F, but yesterday it was down to a whopping -17C/0F. And I’m pretty much over it. I’m freezing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It’s beautiful. Whatever. Sure, it’s better than having tons of rain. Okay. But I’m still freezing. The snow is up...
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
I’m kind of obsessed with taking these snow flake pictures right now. They’re so magical. And so frosty. And so easy. ISO 200 (YES!! 200! I haven’t been able to shoot at 200 in who knows how long??!) F- 2.5 Shutter- 1/2000 50mm lens
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Some friends of mine were talking about how difficult it is to take photos of the snow- photos that reflect how OUTRAGEOUSLY beautiful it is in Helsinki right now. Honestly, there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t say out loud, “Wow. It is really beautiful.” But then when we go to photograph...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
You know those gorgeous rock crystal sugar stirrer thingys that come in all those lovely flavors? You know- you put them in your coffee or tea and they dissolve and sweeten your beverage? No idea what I’m talking about? Okay, I stole this photo off the internet. Walking through the beautiful winter wonderland that surrounds...
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