12 Months of Jasper: September - The budding artist

This was my Submission for September. I had a vision of how I wanted this photo to be, but I'm not sure that I was able to capture it fully. Overall, I'm pretty happy with it, and Jasper was a perfect model and an artist! On a side note, I really want to get back to doing some traditional artwork...

"Here's Jasper and his altered self-portrait. He tells me his inspirations were Picasso and Margaret Keane. :)"

52 Weeks of Misty 2015: 39/52 - apple harvest...sort of

Since moving to the Northwest, we are constantly amazed by all the natural beauty that surrounds us, and we've been enjoying all the interesting flowers and plants everywhere, some which are new to us. We spotted these cute little miniature "apples" on one of our walks this week and we had to do something with them! Since posting on Flickr, I've learned that these are crabapples--usually not harvested for consumption due to their sour/bitter taste and the trees are ornamental, producing beautiful white/pink flowers in the Spring...something to look forward to!

they look just like regular apples, except for the tiny size!

Submission for 52 Weeks of Misty: 39/52

Perfect for my miniature wheelbarrow! 

12 Months of Misty & Jasper: September - "Hold my paw, I'm scared of the dark!"

My submission for the 12 months group. This was a tough shoot--trying to keep the headlamps on the dogs while balancing the ambient light and the headlamp light for the right exposure proved to be more difficult than I initially thought. At the end though, I was able to salvage a couple of photos which I really liked, especially the one of the two of them with their touching paws.

On a side note, we really like these headlamps and I promise to do a review post soon!

"One of the adjustments to a city life is having to walk the dogs three times a day, rain or shine, and now in darkness as daylight gets shorter and shorter. Safety trumps vanity, and headlamps are now our new favorite gadget! :)"

touching paws...so sweet :)

submission for 52 Weeks: 38/52 - "I can see you~"

52 Weeks of Misty 2015: 37/52 - strike a pose

Submission for 34/52:

"As New York Fashion Week gets underway, Misty complains, "I have nothing to wear!"

Misty looking like a diva!

9.10.2015: trying my hand at instagram

Still playing catch-up, but making good headway...I'm now caught up to June. Yay! So, in my last post, I briefly hinted at toying with the idea of branching out into other social media platforms. Well, since then, I have started an Instagram account. Actually, it's an old account which I never did much with, so I'm sort of reviving it.

Since Instagram's first inception back in 2010, I've always loved the app, but never quite figured out how to incorporate it into my photography needs. I already had a Flickr account since 2009, so to me it almost seemed redundant. Besides, Instagram seemed too "informal" and more fitting for those casual snapshots taken with your low resolution camera phone...back then, I owned the iPhone 3G. I balked at the idea of uploading photos taken with my DSLR camera, and cropping them to fit a square format when that wasn't the original intent.

Well, fast forward 5 years and here we are today...camera phones have steadily improved and can now match the quality and resolution of a stand alone camera...I now own (and love!) the LG G4, and Instagram has recently lifted their square-only format rule! For these reasons, I have decided that perhaps it's a good time for me to hop on the Instagram bandwagon...or at least give it a try. If nothing else, it'll be a good outlet for my "phonetography", and it'll also serve as a place for me to post all my old photos. I think it'll be fun...for those interested, you can follow me @yookyland. Here are some of the photos I've posted so far:

cold morning walk on the beach

cozy...

"whatcha doin'?"

the art of relaxation

last bit of summer...

pondering...

Jasper's paw

what was once Misty's favorite toy...

why we love summer...

52 Weeks of Misty 2015: 36/52 - "what is this?"

Yay, looks like I'm just about caught up to date on all my posts! I still have some old stuff which I hope to revisit and include, but at least I'm caught up on syncing my Flickr group photos. Hopefully from this point on, I can be more on top of things and devote more time to some new stuff. Anyways, here's my Submission for 36/52:

"We see these tomato-like vegetation growing happily everywhere in our neighborhood--I have yet to taste one, but Misty is not too curious either way."

Since posting the picture on Flickr, some of the members of my group have identified the mystery fruit as rose hip and I have also since learned that there are many beneficial uses for these. According to Wikipedia, rose hips are very high in vitamin C, and are used for herbal tea and jam and syrup, to name a few. Ha, who knew?! It looks just like a miniature tomato to me!