Three Reasons …

November 9, 2015

… why we will not be able to sell our 70-200mm heavy duty lens. Every time (not frequent) I carry this lens in the bag – I’m almost ready to sell it on ebay and buy something lighter. In the evening – ready to take decision …. until I unload the pictures then I tell myself we can keep it a bit more 🙂

Below are pictures from last week-end, lovely Baptism of Maeve and Norah in Dublin – obviously not published here are many other reasons, but kids and privacy will mean only three will be published here. One would have been enough.

Reason Nb1 – Boys and Guns. Olivier riding a huge canon in Dun Laoghaire.

Reason Nb2 and also why I carry the camera and lens to hand it over to Sab.

Reason Nb3 – In church, Chiara natural, not-trying-to-smile for the camera.

Chiara’s Photo of the Year

November 3, 2015

iPhone 6 - Chiara just after falling down from her bike by nighfall after trying a few tricks.

Chiara just after falling down from her bike by nightfall after trying a few tricks (iPhone 6)

Yes I know it’s not year end yet – but this picture means so much to us, to me, to Chiara that it will no doubt be for her the picture of the year.

Rewinding back a few month – during summer – she was seeing all her friends (mostly boys) who have been riding bikes since the age of 3, she did try – it was not working. No pre-disposition, no confidence, frustration – we were moving backward …

September comes – we buy this bike on ebay and temporary swap it for Hugo’s one for a few weeks – go to the park – one hour, Chiara fell maybe 20 times – bruises all over, crying, tears – she persists, same thing the following Saturday, she will no let this go – I won’t either. This was early September …

One week after, she is riding around the park a bit hesitantly, the following one she can ride on the pavements confidently on her own, the following WE, she learns to brake. Two weeks after she learns to ride on a road (with me running next to her) – the one before she was with her friend Hugo for a 2h ride in a park. The following one we are doing tricks with the helmet in the board park. She can’t spend a day without asking for her bike.

This day – end of October – only two months after she was able to stand for the first time on her bike – she is trying tricks on a foggy/cold day late evening – practicing. She fell, rolled over and started laughing on her back. Now my tears are coming, picture of the year.

Le Moulin Jaune

October 16, 2015

The “Moulin Jaune” carries its name pretty well

In early June (long time ;-)) we were off to visit “Le Moulin Jaune“, all dressed in white with Olivier and Nolwenn. Beautiful day and perfect setting. All the pictures of this post were taken with a Canon 70D with a 17-55mm – and the results are pretty decent ! Kids were happy and had lots of fun, even a few scares at times …

The house and gardens belong to a clown, not this one – a real one.

Olivier and Nolwenn vs giant rabbit.

Daisy is completely lost on the roulotte

Olivier afraid of the giant white horses

I’m pretty sure they put the tree on the boat and the boat in the middle of the river on purpose for photographers.

This was actually a non-trivial shot as we were on a balancing table moving back and forth, which made them laugh but also was moving too much for a sharp photograph.

The giant horses – Olivier’s nightmare

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