Allison Waken Photography Photo a Day

Moving...

2007-09-14T08:51:00.000-07:00

I will be continuing this blog on my main business blog www.awakenphotography.blogspot.com

There's no reason to keep up both! LOL This one will still be up for the pictures though. :)

Fishing with Dad

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Old Firetruck

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Keep Out

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My Jailbirds

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Gorgeous Day

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View

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Tractor

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A chest

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Just playing

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Why are dogs always licking their noses?

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Apples

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Another

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Another shot I had

Camera

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Lighthouse

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from vacation still.

Happy 3rd Birthday baby boy!

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#4

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A Koi fish in a Koi pond.

#3

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#2

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Recent vacation

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I'll have some fun pictures for the next couple of days from our recent vacation. Here's #1

Forgot to post this guy on here.

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Chicken

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Sitting in traffic

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Not again Mom!

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Reading

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Wish I had a macro lens

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The boys and I went on a "naturre walk" today and they found some pine cones and requested a picture. I also wanted to take some shots of the flowers my boys got me last week before they died.

Pickles!

2007-04-30T22:06:00.000-07:00

I realized that I hadn't updated in a while and I knew I just had to take these pictures. All the cacti are blooming and my kids call the buds on the sajuaro catcus pickles. They love pointing out pickles when we are out because it makes me laugh.

A few from today

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Killdeer

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These cute little birds made a nest in our backyard and 2 babies hatched yesterday or last night sometime. They are so fun to watch and are the only birds of their kind we've seen around here. (I'm sure there are others we just haven't seen them) The boys and I love watching them so I had to get pictures of the babies before they left. Here's some snaps! The first is the Mom or Dad and the second is 1 of the 2 babies!

Some info on Killdeer http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/killdeer.htm

Wish

2007-04-03T20:17:00.000-07:00

Had to get out

2007-04-03T19:20:00.000-07:00

I haven't taken pictures for this blog in a while so I asked the boys if I could take a quick picture of them. Only one let me, but he is cute. Food on his face and all. They were happy we went outside though because we found a nest in our tree. We knew there was one up there because the dad is guarding it from the ground. I'll try to get a picture of him tomorrow.

My canvas came today!

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And it's as every bit as gorgeous as I thought It'd be. I also added 2 of my little guy whose just starting to get over his 2nd bout of pneumonia. Poor baby.

Fun with bubbles

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Quitting Photo a Day

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I know (my family especially) loves coming here to see pictures that I took, but I don't want to take pictures of something just to take a picture. I want to take a photograph because I like it, it inspires me or my children, or because I'm capturing something (or someone) important.

So, I will continue to keep up this blog, but I won't promise to make it every day. I will still check others' blogs though! Keep up the great work.

Stumps

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Zoo

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I was told my my kids that I wasn't allowed to take pictures of them unless they asked. This was the only one they asked for. It was the middle of the day so not good for nature shots, but the pink flower thing was cool. The flamingos are my favorite I think, and the monkey cause he's cute

Nothing new today, just revisiting an old shot

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Cool dude

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I never thought something I created would make me cry

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but this 24x36 canvas I just ordered for my room did. I don't want to know how I'll react when it comes in!

And what my youngest wanted to do the whole time I was trying to get him to have fun.

Feet and a dog

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Playing in the backyard

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Candle

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A new candle and holder my oldest helped me pick out today.

Branch

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More Cacti

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Quick snap

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Trying to get used to using my flash for snapshots of the family. I hate the pop up flash look. Here is a friend and my boys reading this evening.

Playing with a shop light in the garage

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Cactus

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Testing out new 50mm 1.4

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at 1.6

A pot's view of my kitchen

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and "the photographer's child look" even from my dog.

I live in Arizona Mom!

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I'm not sure what I was doing on the 2nd one. It was a complete fluke, if I was really trying I would have lowered the ISO waaay down LOL

Humidifier

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Cupcakes!

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The boys made cupcakes tonight.

Taxes

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Sorry about the lack of pictures yesterday. I was spending much needed time with family and then stayed up very very late working on taxes! I will post one this evening though.

Outdoor fun

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It was 83 degrees and gorgeous today!

Fun night at the park

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First 2 are of my favorite little baby, Daddy and my boy on the swing, and the last makes me laugh. My husband and his friend being kids. LOL

Happy Valentine's Day!

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The first is the view out our big sliding glass door while we were eating dinner. The rest are from dessert. We took the boys out for a special Valentine's treat.

Didn't know what to take a picture of today

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so I asked my 4 year old. He told me to take a picture of the light in the bathroom, so here it is.

Here we go

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#1 is my new little travel mug for tea in the morning
#2 is the part of my coffee table that I hate the most because I always stub my toe on it.
#3 is something red
#4&5 is the boys reading books in bed.

Sorry

2007-02-12T07:24:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, sorry I didn't post this weekend. We celebrated Valentine's Day on Saturday and I had a session far away on Sunday and our weekend was pretty packed. I'll post pictures tonight though!

Trying to play with flash

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and this was the only willing participant. He's an elephant my father in law brought back for the boys from India.

Just one of my little guy

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Trains

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All were at ISO 3200 Yikes!

Not inspired today

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I'm still putting laundry away and the boys aren't interested in getting their picture taken. They were driving their Daddy crazy too by throwing these leaves up in the air when he was trying to clean them all up. Oh yes, for all of you with super cold temps I should tell you that it was 80 degrees F today.

I missed a day

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I did miss yesterday, but if you had seen the mountain of laundry that used to be my dining room table you'd understand why. I worked all day and them came home to a huge mountain of laundry.

Something I've never photographed before

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anything macro. I'll try to do it again this week because this was just a quick shot. It's the inside of one of those beautiful tulips.

Lots today!

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The first is me trying out bouncing a flash, the second is an old fence, and then the last series is of my mom and her new car!

Tulips

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My husband sent me these gorgeous tulips for our anniversary. I love them! I'm so jealous of anyone who gets to live near where these grow.

Just messing around

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These are both from an arragement I have in the living room. The first one I just messed around a lot with some actions that I have and never use. Just wanted to see what they did. The second is just a bump in curves. :)

My bed

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The swirls on my headboard.

I've been tagged

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I was tagged by Robyn and
amy (3peas)

6 wierd things about me:

1. I have a really good sense of smell.
2. I love eating peanut butter on my pancakes
3. I like to put milk over my jello (thanks for teaching me that mom!)
4. We've had probably 100 snakes in our house at one time (breeding them)
5. I can hold snakes no problem, but don't EVER ask me to hold a mouse or rat.
6. I know too much about the breeding of reptiles. LOL

I think most people have been tagged, but I'm still checking!

Hearts

2007-01-30T16:51:00.000-08:00

Apparently someone doesn't like the orange and green ones because that's almost all that was left. LOL

My boys

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Here are 2 of my handsome boys!

Another museum

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We went to another museum today. Nothing special, just a snap of my son putting organs together. LOL

Dinosaurs

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Snow

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Yes we do get snow in AZ!

Words

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Sometimes you don't need words to describe the feeling in a picture. Even if the picture isn't technically perfect. :)

My workspace

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I was working on organizing my work area ALL evening. So this is my picture of the day, the finished product. I only wish I took a "before" picture. It was way worse than this!

Toys

2007-01-23T18:46:00.000-08:00

Not very good, but it is 7:30 and I forgot to take a picture today. Saw these on the counter and threw them on a white piece of paper. LOL

The second one I thought was funny because you can see the entire tv in his eye. Excuse the noise this was ISO 1600.

My Puppy

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Well, she's not a puppy anymore. She's 8 years old. We love her to death!

A fun day for me!

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The first is a film print I took yesterday, just sharpened for web. The next ones are from today, took my 4yo with me to get some shots of something. We were just out looking and he was sad that he forgot his Fisher Price digital camera and I had my film Rebel in the car so I let him use that. He kept saying "Thank you Mommy for letting me use your old camera, I just love it!"

The best pics for last. The last 3 bw are the ones that my boy took. I didn't do any cropping or anything just posting them here for you all to enjoy.

Darts

2007-01-20T17:21:00.000-08:00

This is the magnetic dart board that our kids got from some friends for Christmas. We took down a picture to hang it in the dining room above the table and it's still there. :lol:

The other is the first pic I took with my 85mm I can't beieve I haven't tried it out yet. I'm going to have lots of fun with this lens!

Wanted to share some SOOC

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That's straight out of the camera for my family who reads :)

The color is still showing up desaturated, but I really love the in camera vignetting.

And today's pictures

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We played in the rain for all of 2 minutes and the boys were done. They don't like being wet AT ALL.

Still working on that color issue. I think I've figured it out but I'll play with it tomorrow and see if I can get those to post right.

Skate Boarding

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Almost forgot "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" why do some people say Itsy Bitsy and some say Eensy Weensy?

I didn't miss yesterday

2007-01-19T06:52:00.000-08:00

I did take pictures, just haven't had time to upload them yet and since I'm working today I won't have time until this evening.

The 5d is awesome though! I'm having so much fun with it and am going to be very very sad when I have to pack it up and send it back.

Oh and I rented it at www.lensprotogo.com Their customer service is great and if you've ever looked into renting a 5d locally you'll know his price is great too!

Rented the 5d

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And with every picture I took (a total of 4 so far) is in focus and exposure perfect, it makes my want to throw my 20D in the trash. I never ever should have rented the 5d. I can't give it back. :sigh: Well I have a week with it anyway. Not sure if I'll have any more from today to share, but you better believe I took a pic as soon as I took it out of the box. This was my only willing participant as long as I didn't interrupt him watching tv.

Does anyone know why pictures get desaturated when you post them to the web?

Playing with Daddy

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My failed attempt at a self portrait

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It didn't work so well. I tried the timer, couldn't get the focus and I tried the mirror thing and couldn't get the focus. LOL

The last one is a gorgeous canvas that I made using a template I purchased from Jessica Dittmer Designs http://www.jessicadittmerdesigns.com/

Everyone comments on it when they come over because the depth and detail in it is just gorgeous! Just thought I'd share. :)

P.S. even though it looks like it, I don't have roots showing. I've only dyed my hair once, it is naturally blonde. :P

M&M

2007-01-14T20:00:00.000-08:00

Another crazy day today, so just took a quick snap of this little guy on the counter. LOL Oh and ap was at 1.4, just playing with it that wide open.

Palm tree for Melissa

2007-01-13T23:28:00.000-08:00

Well, I really wanted to get a good shot of these cool wavy trunk palm trees, but the boys did NOT want to be there (it was super cold here today) so I took what I got. We have so many different kinds of palm trees that I wanted to take a picture of different kinds, but we just didn't have time. It is 12:34 AM on Sunday and it is the first time I've been home since 10am on Sat!

Guess

2007-01-12T20:40:00.000-08:00

Sorry not too exciting today, I ran out of time. But, I'll have some fun with it. :) If you can guess correctly what this is, you can choose what will be the subject of my next photo. :)

Melissa already won! Melissa you get to choose the subject of my next photo, just can't be snow since I'm in AZ :P

Sunset Silhouettes

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My boy playing in the back of Daddy's truck and a tree in our front yard.

Thank you for all the comments! I really enjoy reading everyone's blogs as well.

My BW action

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I've gotten a few comments on my BW action so I thought I'd share which one I use. It's free too!

You can find it at http://www.atncentral.com/

It is Aly's BW

Enjoy and please share what you get with it!

Sometimes I do things with the image before running this action, but if I don't I usually do delete the last flatten command and play with the curves and levels.

Another sick sleeping boy

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Both boys are sick, this one not as bad, but this is what my life revolves around right now. Sick boys.

Bikes!

2007-01-09T11:52:00.000-08:00

Just messing around trying to cheer up my 2yo with pneumonia. He LOVES dirtbikes. All extreme sports really, but especially dirt bikes and supercross. He truly is his dad's son.

The Rose

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I've never taken a picture of a flower before.

Playing with my boy

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Sleeping Baby

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When can you get a photo of a toddler in focus with a shutter speed of 1 second?

When they are asleep of course!

Clouds

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My picture for today is clouds. I'm really really hoping it rains and rains good. All the junk in the air is getting to the whole family. I couldn't wait to get home and take my contacts out today!

Welcome to my photo a day blog!

2007-01-05T07:25:00.000-08:00

So I don't bog down my business blogs with 361 pictures, I'll post them here!
Here is my first one from 1.4.07