Saturday, December 19, 2009

Holiday Bokeh

Mom has been playing with her camera again...what's new? ;) I don't mind being her model as long as she keeps the treats coming! She was trying to get the bokeh effect. Bokeh refers to the quality of the out of focus or blurred background areas in a photo and the way the lens renders these points of light. It means you have a shallow depth of field. At least that is Mom's understanding. :) Anyway, she has been hearing/seeing this term alot lately, and she kind of likes the word. :) In this case, our Christmas tree lights provide the background. Mom discovered that the further she was away from the light source, the bigger and more eye pleasing bokeh she could obtain.

This is one of our Christmas ornaments that Dad got last year. The dog is supposed to be a Ridgeback like me but it clearly has hair that is too long to belong to a Ridgeback. :) Still cute though, and we love it!


This little guy tops our tiny "dog" tree. That's right, we have a dog tree that has my ornaments, as well as, Dad's Husky football ornaments. Mom says we are getting too many ornaments though and next year we may need a Husky tree and a Nala tree. :)


And finally, Mom wanted to see the bokeh effect in black and white. We like the color ones the best but this photo lended itself better to black and white due to the fact that I was not as sharp as Mom would have liked in the color version.

Happy Holiday Photo Taking! :)

Love,
Nala


Thursday, December 17, 2009

POW

That's right, I have been a Prisoner Of War for the last month. I am talking about the war between my Mom, school, and the holidays. Somehow I got caught up in the battle and have been unable to get my paws on the keyboard. Mom says in about a month though she should have more time. In a month she will be finished with her long term sub position and will just be a regular sub so she will be able to focus more on ME and my blog correspondence! I don't know if I can wait that long but what choice do I have really? Anyway, my point is that I miss ALL my blog buddies terribly but hopefully I will catch up before a whole month has passed. :(

As for me, I have been holding down the fort, barking at UPS guys that deliver packages, supervising the tree decoration, and enjoying some romping in our first true snow of the season! I am looking forward to Mom's school vacation as she promises me there are sandy beaches in my future and a visit with my Nanny and Grampi!! WOOHOO! My Grampi is doing well, by the way. His heart is getting stronger everyday! :) Lots of kisses to all my blog buddies! Hope you are having a pawesome December. Miss you and I hope to bark at you soon!


Love,
Nala