micklyn

Featured in Children - the Power of Raw Emotion - June 09 - thanks so much! Placed in the Top Ten in the challenge Portrait Collaborations in the Collaborations Group - June 09 This is a portrait of "Julia's" beautiful daughter which she has kindly let me work on ( : Please go and have a look at her work - it's awesome!!!

was kind enough to allow me to work on one of her lovely portraits (none of which she's posted yet!! hopefully she will share her wonderful work with us soon!!) This is a portrait she did of a friend of hers. Thanks, Moniquita ( :

Featured in The Good News group - June 09 - thank you so much! Featured in ! Hairstyles ! - June 09 - Thank you so much to the hosts!! Featured in the Good News group - July 09 - Thank you! A simple portrait of my joyous daughter, Grace, 6. Canon 400D, pp in photoshop, natural light

Featured in the group Light in the Darkness - June 2009 - thanks so much to the hosts! This is a collaboration with the talented "Caroline Gorka":http://www.redbubble.com/people/carolineg who kindly allowed me to work on her image

Finished second in a 'sinful' challenge in the Woman Photographer Group - July 09 - thank you to those who voted! Been feeling like I wish there was more narrative in my work... not sure how I ended up here though, as, in retrospect, this is not a narrative that plays itself out in my life in any way or form, goodness knows where it came from. You guys can go ahead and psychoanalyse me, I'll shut up now... ( : Canon 400D, natural light, pp in photoshop CS2

My daughter, Perrin (13), models for me (again!) If anybody has an idea for a more interesting title, I'd love to hear it! I'm all out of ideas. ( :

This portrait of Mila (2) was taken in the back garden. Her older sister, Perrin, ran around behind her holding a black cloth to act as a 'backdrop' for me. In true 2 year old style, she decided today was the day that she would NOT smile, and as for looking at the camera... you can forget it. Keeping still was also not an option. So this is the end result of a frustrating shoot, but maybe the more interesting for it.

This is Joshua on his 14th birthday. (12 June 09) What a wonderful boy! Talented, smart, kind AND beautiful... what more could a mother ask for in a son?

Featured in Still Life ~ Food Photography and Still life Paintings - July 09 - thanks very much to the hosts! Taken for a 'smell' comp on inspi.re, this was fun, but frustrating as I'm supposed to be dieting. Don't know why I did that to myself!! Luckily my kids were around to save me from myself and rapidly consumed all the available chocolate without complaining. (It's a tough job, but someone's gotta do it.)

The plan was to shoot some fun shots of Perrin (13) in the socks, but while we were busy, Hudson (4) decided he needed to join in the fun. When he plonked himself down in the middle of the shot, I saw an opportunity I couldn't resist. ( :

Featured in the Canon DSLR group - June 09 - thank you so much to the hosts!! Tane (8) and Grace (6) get an unconventional dose of vitamins... ( : (And yes, once again, we had fun. Plus, I paid them with chocolate and strawberries, in case anyone out there is wondering how my long-suffering kids put up with me and my camera.)

Featured in Candid Photographs of Friends and Family - June 09 - thank you so much!! More playing with my kids (it's my job, and I like it fine!) Grace, 6, blowing bubbles. The hardest part of this one was keeping all the little ones out of the frame... they kept running in the way at the crucial moment, trying to catch the bubbles. When I was done they went off into the garden to blow and catch bubbles in peace. ( : Canon 400D, pp in photoshop CS2

They say the camera never lies... personally I'm not sure it ever does anything else. ( : Here's my self portrait

It was a really windy and freezing day when we shot this... I'd had this idea of using milk to contrast with Johnny's beautiful hands. Poor thing, it must have been freezing! In most of the shots the milk was flying all over the place because of the wind, and we were working outside because it was too dark to shoot inside. Johnny is a star. Destined for great things, I'm sure.

This is the newest member of our family - Belle. She's a fox terrier X jack russell and very very cute and probably the most spoilt person in the house. ( : Canon 400D, shutter speed 1/160, aperture 5.6, ISO 400 Finished in the Top Ten in a challenge 'Dog Breeds' in the Paws n Claws group - July 09 - thank you for the votes!! ( :

Featured in Pixelations - the art of Photoshop - July 09 - thanks very much! Me and Jacob (15) been playing!! we're having an ongoing debate in our house regarding how Jacob should wear his hair... Dad wants an afro, lol, but I'm not so sure. (Jacob wants cornrows of some sort.) We thought we would play around and see how it looks. (This kind of work is definitely not my strong suit, but I had fun!!)

Featured in Lips - August 09 - thank you! Featured in Love and Romance - October 09 - thank you very much! Camera Model Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/200 Av( Aperture Value ) 2.8 ISO Speed 100 Lens EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Focal Length 100.0 mm

I've been buying these beauties at the weekly Bloemfontein Farmers' Market, decided they would last longer if I immortalised them like this ( : This is the first in a series of four. Canon 400D, f4 @ 1/250, ISO 100, EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

I’ve been buying these beauties at the weekly Bloemfontein Farmers’ Market, decided they would last longer if I immortalised them like this ( : This is the second in a series of four. Canon 400D, f4 @ 1/250, ISO 100, EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

Featured in Accentuate the Eyes - July 09 - thank you! Featured in Cats and Dogs - July 09 - thanks so much! Forgive me for all the recent puppy pictures, but they are only small once and I don't plan on getting another puppy anytime soon ( : This is Tane (8) with Belle. Belle is actually Tane's pet, although everybody loves her to bits.

Featured in Multiracial Beauty - July 09 - thank you so much! Featured in Unity - July 09 - Thank you! This is Jacob (15) and Reilly at about 6 weeks old, I reckon Reilly was hungry which is possibly why he was attempting to eat Jacob alive. ( : Canon 400D

This is Mila (2) showing off that classic two year-old attitude that we all know and love.... Camera Model Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL Shooting Mode Manual Exposure

Featured in the Focus and Lighting Group - August 09 - thank you! Featured in the Art of Glass Group - August 09 - thank you so much!! Finished in the Top Ten in a Challenge in the Woman Photographer group - Glass Half Full - August 09 Nothing like a lovely glass of wine at the end of a long day - cheers!

I’ve been buying these beauties at the weekly Bloemfontein Farmers’ Market, decided they would last longer if I immortalised them like this ( : This is the last in a series of four. Canon 400D, f4 @ 1/200, ISO 100, EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

Featured in Canon DSLR group - July 09 - thank you very much!! Featured in In The Pink - July 09 - thank you!! Featured in the Globes, Spheres and Curves group - July 09 - thank you! I’ve been buying these beauties at the weekly Bloemfontein Farmers’ Market, decided they would last longer if I immortalised them like this ( :

Featured on the Homepage 29th August 2009! Featured in For the Love of Canon - July 09 - thank you! Featured in Canon DSLR - July 09 - thanks so much! Another shot of Belle the puppy, this time with her boy, Hudson. Actually she is supposed to belong to my daughter, Tane, but everybody is just enjoying her so much. ( :

Featured in The Sisterhood - August 09 - thank you so much! I wanted to do one portrait shot of my daughter, Perrin (13), WITH her braces before they get taken off (soon!) Thought I'd make it a fun one. She is so fantastic. ( :

My daughter Mila (2) and I were messing around with my camera while she took her bath. Actually, I was kind of experimenting with ISO 1600 and Topaz, seeing as they claim that if you buy their Topaz DeNoise filter you can save yourself thousands because you won't need a better camera or lens, you can just take noisy pictures and run them throught the DeNoise filter. I've been longing for a Canon 5D MkII, but have settled for the DeNoise filter in the meantime... _definitely_ not the same, but also definitely much cheaper!!

Featured in Multi-racial Beauty - August 09 Featured in Capturing Emotion - August 09 - thank you so much to the hosts of those groups!! This image demonstrates the wonders of paracetamol and Johnny (11). Reilly (8 months) is so sick today with a nasty flu but still managed to radiate joy after being given a good dose of meds and big brother love. And I happen to think that Johnny has one of the most beautiful smiles ever. (I may be biased!) Taken using a Canon 400D, natural light.

When I was little I'd spend hours looking at marbles and marvelling at their beautiful intricacies and stunning designs. Their shape, their weight, their endless colours and differences, their shininess and the pleasure of ownership that is the essence of the game of marbles... as an adult I find them no less appealing. ( : Camera Model Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL

Things are seldom what they seem, skim milk masquerades as cream Ups and Downs by micklyn U

Reilly (8 months) and Hudson (4) making my day with this delightful pose. Of course, Reilly was actually about to pinch Hudson's face really hard and then try and bite his cheek, because Hudson is one more toy that he can stuff in his mouth (or try to, anyway.) But it looks kind of cute and affectionate, doesn't it?? ( :

Mila (2) standing on one of the beaches of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, in the wonderful winter sunshine. Camera Model Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/100 Av( Aperture Value ) 11.0 ISO Speed 100 Lens EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Focal Length 24.0 mm

In my three year old's perfect world, all ducklings would be pink. (Actually, EVERYTHING would be pink.) Mila has been going on and on (and on) about wanting a pink duck shirt so eventually I caved and spent hours designing her this one, which has subsequently met with her Majesty's approval and which she will hopefully wear until it is all worn out. ( :

Another milk and spoons image, the mono version. Camera Model Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL Shooting Mode Manual Exposure

Featured in Candid Photographs of Friends and Family - August 09 - thank you so much! Taken a couple of years ago, my wonderful husband and my son, Hudson, then 2. Camera Model Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/1000 Av( Aperture Value ) 8.0 ISO Speed 400