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Here are my shots for the week...

Took Nugget to McDonald's while Haylee was at a swim party. Shot with the Tokina 16-28 that I was renting...


Avyree's toys...


4 year checkup...


Almost forgot to take a picture this day so I just snapped Eric painting a rack that he is selling for the Jeep...


Issues with my pulled tooth...now on Antibiotics...


Fridge full of food, checking account empty of money...


Giving my Macro lens some love...


Hope everyone had a great week & hope your weekend is even better!

Slave labor ....

Here at the Ziggy house we have a rule...

You get your bike dirty...you clean it! Luckily for the girls, they LOVE to wash the bikes! I broke the rule though because my bike was dirty too! And it was I who crashed and got it dirty. But it was I, who sat and took pictures while the girls cleaned their quads and MY bike! That's how the mom does it!

{all edited with Simple Three from Lilyblue's Simple Set}

And here we go...

Nugget cleaning her quad in her bathing suit and panties {same day I took the back lighting photos in the front yard hence the dirty rag she was holding}...




Concentration...


Oh my...I simply could.not.resist this shot...


Haylee washing her quad which was DIRTY {as you can see in THIS post}


A girls gotta fix her hair...


Now Avyree is washing half of my bike...


Haylee gets the other half...


Nugget drying her bike and looking for little wet spots...well HI Nugget...


And Haylee's quad all clean! She did a great job...


And that's how we do it at the Ziggy house! Dad sprays the bikes down, the kids clean them and mom takes pictures! :)

Avyree's 4 year checkup...

It's that time! Getting ready for Kindergarten! Off to the Doctors for the dreaded shots & TB test! All went well until she realized she was getting shots. She loved the appointment up until then and found it all very fun. The shots were a whole nother story! Not your typical kid freak out. She freaked out so bad that she sounded like she was possessed by the devil, screamed like I've never heard and tried to hurt me to get away! Ha! She freaked out so bad her skin got all red and puffy like Hives and we had to stay an extra 15 minutes just to keep an eye on her and her skin! Sigh...poor Nugget!

Here are the shots I took before all hell broke loose...

In the waiting room {edited with Lilyblue's Soft BW from the Simple Set}...





Weight 40.4 lbs ~ height 42.7 in {edited by hand}...


Hearing test, temperature & blood pressure all good {edited by hand}...


Waiting for the Doctor {edited by hand}...


Some details {edited with Red Leaf Color Vibes}...



Appointment is almost over. Now waiting for the nurse to come back in for shots! She still has NO idea she's getting shots. She was playing she was sad...stinker {edited with Red Leaf Custom Color CS5}...


Silly girl {edited with Red Leaf Custom Color CS5}...


Waiting for shots...almost time {edited with Red Leaf Custom Color CS5}...


And from here it went down hill and my camera stayed in the bag! Lol! After the 15 minutes her skin was looking better but not back to normal yet. She was burning up & I had to put her hair up and fan her to cool her down. By the time we got home she wasn't so stressed out and her skin was back to normal! We went to Rite Aid and got her some makeup then McDonald's for lunch as a treat! Phew...that was rough on both of us. Naptime...

Bobble head fishy shots...

As I said in my previous post, I'm renting the Tokina 16-28. I love distortion and funky shots. I would love to have a fishy lens one day. But have a hard time buying one because I can only shoot fishy. So I thought I'd try the Tokina and see what type of straight wide angle shots and distortion fishy type shots I could get with it. That way I'd have the best of both worlds in one lens. So far so good. It's not exactly like a Fisheye lens, but does a pretty good job when you know how to position yourself, the subject and how to angle the camera. What impresses me the most with this lens is the sharpness & detail. The colors are beautiful and the AF is so fast and accurate! I love the bokeh. It's not a smooth creamy bokeh like a prime. It's more like the Lensbaby bokeh..which I love too. I also love that if you angle the camera just right, you can get a Lensbaby look too. So the lens is like a three in one... great landscape wide angle camera that actually helps prevent distortion for those type shots, great fishy/distortion type shots when up close and with a severe tilt you get a Lensbaby look!

Okay...anywho...here are my fun bobble head/fishy type shots that were done entirely on purpose...

I got a little fishy but wanted more {look at that bokeh, all shot at 16mm @ 2.8}...



So I had Haylee lean in pretty far and...success! Love that Lensbaby'ish bokeh..


Of course Nugget had to get in on the fun. And because she's smaller and I can shoot down on her, the fishy look is more extreme. I'm very happy at this point...


Now I tried a vertical and then the real extreme look came about and that Lensbaby look. If I saw this from someone else and didn't know what they shot it with, I would've assumed it was a Lensbaby with a smaller aperture ring...


So all in all, I think this lens will really fit into the way I shoot and give me so much versatility and it's much cheaper than the 16-35, so that makes me happy! No vignetting and no CA so far! Yay!

McDonald's with Nugget...

Haylee is at a swim party today! So Nugget and I headed out to have some yummies at McDonald's and I tested out the Tokina 16-28 that I'm renting! I love this lens and think it will be added to my bag very soon!

All were shot with the Tokina & my 5D. All edits were done with Lilyblue's Simple Set. My focus isn't as great on these as the ones I took yesterday. I wasn't in the mood to shoot so I wasn't really trying very hard..and it shows. But this lens is SHARP! I'm going to load some fun distortion bobble head fishy type shots I took yesterday and those show the sharpness of the lens much better!

Hi Nugget... {edited with Simple One}



Edited with Rich BW...

The yummies... {2 vertical edited with Simple Three, 3 horizontal edited with Simple One}


The playland... {edited with Simple Three}

Edited with Simple One...


My fav of the day... {edited with Rich BW}

Going to get her sundae all by herself like a big girl {edited with Simple One & used Bokeh 2}



Diet Dr. Pepper is my FAV... {edited with Simple Three}


Yummy Ice Cream & French Fries... {edited with Simple One}



Silly girl... {edited with Simple Three}

In Ice Cream Heaven... {edited with Simple One}



Getting messy... {edited with Simple Three}



Hope you are having a great weekend! :)

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I'm on time...I can't believe it! :) Here are my shots for the week...


Took this while the girls were playing at the park...



BBQ with friends...

Our 16lb fat lazy gorgeous fluffy cat...


Our sweet lazy lovely Lily sleeping in Haylee's bed while she was at school...




Wrigley's Extra gum always comes up with silly things in the gum packets...


Renting for a week...might possibly buy! So far...AMAZING lens! Just need to see if I'll use it enough before I buy...




Daddy came home with a new toy yesterday for the girls! They love it! Shot with the Tokina! This lens is SO SHARP with amazing colors and details. I really love it...




Happy Friday. Hope ya'll have a great weekend! :)