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bath time!

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Squeaky clean Kitara, having fun at bath time. Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II 50 mm · 1/125 s · f/3.5 · ISO 200 Strobist: Sigma EF 530 DG Super, 1/8 power, 3′ above/left, umbrella difussed, remote triggered Long had I planned to shoot our nightly ritual of bath time. When I finally set up the …

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small car

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Like, really small car. Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 10 mm · 1/6 s · f/3.5 · ISO 400 Best part about this photo? Totally pre-set for me. I didn’t stage this at all. I just came into the parkade one day and laaaaaa! There it was, in all its tiny plastic glory: an itty-bitty pedal …

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boing

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Kairi FLY! Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 17 mm · 1/200 s · f/7.1 · ISO 200 Strobist: Sigma EF 530 DG Super, 1/2 power, 1′ Kairi left, remote triggered On Friday, this airborne baby will be one year old, and what a year it’s been. She walks, she dances, she sticks her fingers in people’s …

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sun kissed

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Naomi and her curls bathe in the sun. Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 300 mm · 1/320 s · f/6.4 · ISO 400 This photo was actually taken the day before this wee ninja showed up. It was taken in a somewhat-hidden little courtyard on the grounds of the Empress Hotel, where we were all relaxing after …

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lightning lizard

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Behold, the 3″ lightning lizard. Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II 50 mm · 1/200 s · f/4 · ISO 200 Strobist: onboard flash, full power And holy CRAP, this little guy was fast. I spent a good twenty minutes chasing him inside stacks of cinder blocks, under burnt logs and through grass, and this is …

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like Papa . . .

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. . . like dumpling. Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II 50 mm · 1/50 s · f/2 · ISO 400 Guest photographer: Mama. The expensive-but-totally-worth-it-’cause-of-all-the-NUMMY-goodies afternoon tea at the Empress Hotel has become something of a Christmas-ish (and March-ish, and summer-ish) tradition for us and, now, with offspring in our midst, it’s becoming both better …