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This is one of the views I remember from my childhood…recaptured tonight as I walked my parents’ dog. The sunsets always were incredible here.
We still have one more week of travel ahead of us. I think another trip to the beach is in order!
I have challenged the members of my learning blog to a weekly creative assignment, this time with the theme of Blue. Here is my submission. I do hope they remember to do theirs as well!
This was taken with my old uber scratched up Kodak Duaflex camera and 100 mm macro lens.
Brooke Lowther: Where can I find your learning blog?
katelyn: hey there. did you take this through the viewfinder or is this a print you got back from the lab with a black border? silly question, i know
dena: Hello. Yes, this shot is taken through the viewfinder. The learning blog is at denarobles.com/eyecandy.
Katelyn: why thank you!
**UPDATE:
We are having A LOT of fun with these sessions! I have opened up one more appointment to squeeze in on Saturday afternoon, 11th April. Email me as soon as possible if you want to get in on these sessions.**
Periodically I get the chance to test out new cameras and lenses or other photography equipment. I have need of models for these test sessions and the next one is coming up in April. There will be 4 choices for location: Beach, Country, Home, or Urban (Sundays only.) Sessions will last from 30-60 minutes. All the details follow…
I expect these 8 spots to book up quickly so send me an email right away if you are interested. UPDATE: There are only 3 appointments left, email me ASAP to book yours. If you miss out on this round there may be another opportunity for 4 additional spots in May or June. Looking forward to hearing from you!
Frederique Starmans-Rossollin: Oh how I wish there wasn't any Northe Sea between us!!!! I'd so wish some portraits of my kids from you...One day one day.... I will get back to you on how to make these coasters....Very easy! They are a big hit with everyone and what a coaal coaster to have when one matches perfectly your set of mugs!!!! Your new website is PER-FEC-TION!!!! Just stunning Dena.
Frederique Starmans-Rossollin: Sorry for the typos....sigh...
dena: Yes Frederique! One day... I will give you more notice next time AND see if we can coordinate with school holidays.
allie: What FUN! Sounds like a fabulous opportunity for some incredible shots!
Tiffany Baxter: These beautiful flowers totally epitomise spring - bring it on! Stunning photo's Dena!
Reb: Just what I needed on a dreary day in Chapel Hill. Gorgeous colors, gorgeous images!
Shellie: Your color is so lovely! I can't wait for spring now either!
Patti: Ooooh, me too... thanks for sharing! :)
Kristie Chadwick: I love the flowers! We still have snow here in Colorado....
“Friendship isn’t a big thing…it’s a million little things.” ~ author unknown
I do love care packages! Being beautifully wrapped and arriving at the perfect moment makes it all even better.
Can you see all that chocolate? What more could a girl want? Chocolate goodies for me and an empty box and wrappings for him. Lucky us! Do you think I can send him over the ocean as a little thank you??
Thank you Reb! smooches.
“A good friend is cheaper than therapy.” ~ author unknown.
Reb: Awwww ... I'm glad everything made it over safely. Let me guess: you'll be having Annie's for dinner and chocolate chip cookies for dessert tonight? Enjoy! And YES!!! Send Taz over, he'll blend right in with all my crazy monkeys. xoxo
Lisa Kelly: aww, that is really sweet. I love the saying "a good friend walks through the door when everyone else is walking out". Good friends truly are priceless.
Shellie: Oh how wonderful!
Frederique Starmans-Rossollin: Oh your new blog is just beautiful. Love the pictures! So fun. And yes who wouldn't get such lovely packaging!
Double the Fun | Dena Robles | More Than Words | London Baby Photographer: [...] news to share! You really can’t read my blog without hearing about Rebecca, for example here or there or here or a bazillion other places on my blog. Well the good news is that for the last [...]
mmmmmmmmmmmm Valentine’s Day is so0000 close and my mind is hopelessly obsessed on the sweeties and chocolates and flowers.
Cue in FancyNancy !! I have been working with Juliet Sear, owner and creative baker-extraordinaire of Fancy Nancy Cakes. You might remember some of my previous blog posts of her here and here. I am always excited to support local businesses and to witness their growth and popularity. Fancy Nancy is about to move to a classy bigger studio and open a storefront and I can’t wait to watch the future of the business…and of course sample some new goodies along the way. I can only hope that a gym will open up across the street too. LOL. Exciting times ahead! Here are a few sample of what we photographed last week. Kiss cookies and the Pastel Rose Wedding cake. I do believe those lovely roses are handmade of white chocolate…yum.
allie: Oh. My. Goodness. These look just exquisite!!! How wonderful to support (and ENJOY) this amazing business!
Reb: Wow. She is so talented, and so are you! How lucky you both are to have found each other. p.s. just how yummy are those cookies and that cake? I'm dying to know!
ali: Wow! Amazing! Gorgeous!
Brenda: I think I gained 5 pounds just looking at these! YUMMMMM!!!
Michelle Calhoun: This is making my mouth water just looking at that cake.... But what a work of art!!! AMAZING!
Shellie: Oh my word! This looks so delish!!!!
Julie: Those look DIVINE! So beautiful (the photography AND the baking!)
Tina Arutyunyan: your style is amazing - so simple and so beautiful...and these look so beautiful to eat.
Stacy W.: LOVE the new look! And yummy re the cake - send some here please!!
Anna-Karin: wow that is some impressive piece of art, both the baked goods and the photography. I cant imagine the time it must have taken to create all those little flowers for the colorful and beautiful cake.
Siobhan Cowell: Oh YUM _ I want one NOW!! Beautiful photography Dena you did them justice!!
Dawn: OH my. That cake is TO DIE FOR! Beautiful.
Joyce: Beautiful and YUM!! Also, I am just in love with your new site and branding. Perfection!
Kim: beautiful!!
These are two lovely sisters that I adore working with. This shot was taken at the end of a commercial session as a gift for their mum and has become one of my recent favorites. Aren’t they just so dreamy?
Jessica: They are simply gorgeous, as is the photograph. Such dreamy tones, I love it!
monyeen: beautiful!
Lisa Kelly: Oh yes, they are simply beautiful. I love the light in this image.
Ruth Williams: Beautiful! The light is ethereal!
Michelle Haley: Dena what a gorgeous portrait of these two~ you did a wonderful job...that backlighting just makes this picture!
Daveen: This is breathtakingly lovely! Beautiful, beautiful portrait and sisters!
corey civetta: absolutely beautiful - the sisters and the image itself!
Nina Pomeroy: Beautiful tones and smooth skin..gorgeous girls!
juliet: Wow Dena, what an amazing photo.........you are a true artist!! Of course I have to take credit for the fabulous genes, as does Simon!! Thanks so much, and I love your new website!!
PamN: If these were my girls I would get this in the biggest canvas you ever saw!!!
Reb: These two are unbelievably gorgeous and you've captured them well. Very, very lovely.
Cristina Barton: *gasp* that is just amazingly soulful. wow.
Dawn Roberts: Mom is going to LOVE this. So beautiful.
Ruby | Leigh-on-Sea Photographer | Dena Robles | More Than Words | London Baby Photographer: [...] okay okay, Ruby. RUBY! She is the youngest of one of my favorite local families. You’ve seen her before, you will definitely see her again. She photographs wonderfully and has a lot of fun while doing [...]
The kids were thrilled today to hear school was cancelled due to snow! I admit I had a bit of a laugh at school being cancelled on account of 2 inches, but whatever. Britons could never survive a Boston winter. Supposedly Bostonians could never survive a Canadian winter either, or so I was reminded often by Canadian friends in Boston. Either way, it is a hot cocoa with marshmallows kinda day, curled up under blankets watching movies munching on popcorn kind of day. We’ll take that once in awhile. Who really wants to go to school or work anyway??
Rebecca: Ooooh! I've been wondering how you've survived the snow. I've been hearing about it on the BBC World News all morning. Looks like you had fun! Enjoy the hot cocoa and marshmallows and give the kids a nice warm hug for me. xoxo
sheila buhr: WOW these are stunning. As I sit here with minus thirty windchill. I think a pot of chili for supper sounds good!
Michelle Haley: I LOVE these...my gosh that pouty lip one is adorable!
lauri: I heard it's because they don't have snowplows in London. Plus the kids need the day off so you can create all these fun photos! Looks like they had a blast.
Anna-Karin: Looks like you had a great snowday. Love all these captures and the snowman is just icing on the cake!
Dawn Roberts: Ohhh I wish we had snow. These are great, love the snowflakes in the hair.
Michelle Miller: Looks like tons of fun! Thanks for sharing!
PamN: Awesome color! Such great memories for them, too!
Tara: What a great way to capture fun in the snow. That is the cutest snowman I've seen.
Jessica: Oh what a fun day! We are having one of those today, now I am inspired to go grab my camera when we go out:)
Patsy Dunn: I absolutely LOVE that close up of Cameron. Looks like lots of fun. I brought winter clothes to Utah and it is very warm here, so I am too warm.
kristina: LOVE these images! And I'm soooo jealous of all that beautiful snow!
Merryn Gomez: what cute expressions! Love it! I want to shoot snow! Its 45 degrees celsius in South Australia!!
Kelli: So, cute. Love them...they make me cold!
The kids and I have been ‘dog dreaming’ for weeks. We are so ready to have a dog in our life again. Aidan and India are always sure to point out that Cameron is being ‘left out’ since he is not growing up with a dog and they did. They are also quick with the promises of walking, training, feeding, grooming and cleaning up. Of course I believe them. yeah right. In our heads we have picked out, studied and discussed several breeds, colors, temperaments, genders and names, yes, even names. Are we getting a dog? I doubt anytime soon. But we are still dreaming and wishing. It doesn’t help that the puppies on Nintendogs are so dang cute. It doesn’t help that we still talk about our Marley dog almost daily. And it doesn’t help when I see photographs I have taken of other beloved dogs.
Here’s Lola, isn’t she just beautiful?
So as much as the children and I are ready to have a dog again, there is one other person we need to convince…
I wonder if having a dog would encourage this family to stop camping out on our doorstep?
I think we have some good arguments here. Wouldn’t you agree?
Until then I will just keep photographing the dogs of others…and dreaming.
Rebecca: Lola is beautiful! I don't share your need for a dog (although Joshua would like six of them) but I'm diggin the photographs. Especially the one of the fox - he/she's gorgeous!
Patsy Dunn: Lola is beautiful, but you didn't get her to smile. lol
JVP and Tiff: Tiff and I love the pics of our girl! She's happy to be back in Cali and is smiling now. Dena, we would like to purchase a pic or two if that's ok? Let us know and talk to you soon, John and Tiff XX
jennifer: aww, too cute, love the curled up shots! Nice blog too!
Anna-Karin: Lola is a sweetie! I can not believe you have a fox coming that close to your house. Amazing capture!
Pammy: Sweet. I know what you mean about being ready to have a dog in your life....you should take the plunge
Happy New Year! So you have found me on my fresh new blog. I am still testing out a few little quiggles here and there, bear with me. I hope to soon have everything in perfect working order and then I can concentrate on keeping the posts rolling. Also new this year is my shiny updated website. Please note that the name has changed! StudioSol Photography. com has evolved into Dena Robles | Photographer as I aim to start bringing more of my personal vision into my work. I am quite excited about all the changes here and those still forthcoming…
Speaking of fresh new beginnings (and my excitement) I must share with you my lovely friend Rebecca with her fresh new itty bitty baby Owen and wonderful big brother Noah. We spent Christmas together this year and here is a little sneak peek from my camera.
Many more photographs to come very soon. Miss you guys!
Dena
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Rebecca: Oooh, love at the three of us! Thanks for braving the bathtub shots with me ... I can't wait to see the rest of what you shot. Big hugs and congrats on the new blog! Reb
Rebecca: Ooops, meant to say LOOK at the three of us. Guess that's what happens when you get about 3 hours of sleep a night. ;)
Patsy Dunn: I found you. Looks great! We just spent 3 days with your little front page girl. What a fun time we had. She is such a little mother and still somewhat labor intensive and such a joy. I had to go to a meeting for an hour so I told her to take care of grandpa. She took this job very seriously and even put him asleep while watching Scooby Doo lol
Nina Pomeroy: I love that shot! What a beautiful expression on big brother.
Tara: Simply lovely!
Christine: Lovely flare... I love nature shots like these! :)
Sherr W: Absolutely breathtaking! Sigh!
Kristie Chadwick: Beautiful!
Cindy: I love how the golden hues blanket the field. The entire image speaks warmth and welcome to me.
ally breazeale: it's an amazing thing to capture a memory like this ~ gorgeous.
Stacie: That is so gorgeous.
Patsy Dunn: I think that it is amazing how the sun around here can turn EVERYTHING pink or gold. Definitely something that I love about this area. Great photo.