Oskar's 3 month checkup

Oskar turned 3 months on friday and yesterday he had his 3 month check up. He's now all of 6 kg which means he's doubled his lowest weight and he is just a snippet under 61 cm long! Time flies by so fast. What happened to my tiny baby? He's dissapeared and turned into a cute little boy! He's making such big steps at the moment and his daily tummy time has turned into something he now enjoys and is quite a master a holding up his own head!... the small things we mothers find achievements are quite silly really when I think back to the time before Oskar!

Wedding of Hanna and Ingemar

Today I had the pleasure to assist Juliana Wiklund of morethanwords.se to shoot a wedding. Something I haven't done since last Summer! What a great day!

Today is the day to make the big step into marriage for Ingemar and Hanna. Although they themselves said that it felt like a natural step and was really not a big deal! They are two very cool cucumbers, very much in love. And today is Ingemar's birthday so it's double congratulations!

Today was also a big step for me... I went somewhere without Oskar for the first time! I left him at home with his dad and my mum. I cried for about 10 minutes after I left home but as soon as I got busy at the shoot I was fine...although I was extra emotional and was brought to tears on more than one occasion!

Here are some shots taken during the portrait session. I made today an extra challenge for myself...1 camera and 1 lens! I of course took my new D700 and my 50 mm f1.4. It was a real challenge of composition to work without a zoom lens but I really enjoyed it and think the results speak for themselves. More shots will follow later in the week of shots taken during the ceremony and out in the snow!..yes Hanna was brave and ventured out into the blustery cold snow!

Mormor and Oskar

My mum arrived from Spain at the crack of dawn and has spent the day teaching Oskar to read!...he's only 3 months old TODAY... be he loved every second of it as you can see.

Oskars tummy time

Baby Linn 3 months old

Today I got the chance to take a few quick snaps of lovely Linn with my new camera and lens. She is the daughter of a new friend, actually the granddaughter of my neighour. Linn was born the same week as our Oskar so I guess she's going to be one of Oskars friends!

Just because...

... I can't resist sharing 1 more snap of Oskar taken today with my new camera but an old lens!

Finally.. the D700!

So I took the plunge and bought the Nikon D700 and a new lens too..the 50mmm f1.4. Here's one of my very first images...of Oskar of course, taken indoors with no extra light source, far from any window using ISO 1250, f3.2, 1/50s.

Oskar is such a cutie when he pulls his lips tight like this!

I'm so thrilled that I can raise the ISO so high without losing image quality...what a difference!... and the colours... wonderful! Loving it! I can't wait to test this at a wedding this weekend!

Published RSF Årsbok 2009 - a moment caught

I entered this photo in a competition last year and it was selected for the RIFO 2009 digital forum (digitalsolongen) exhibition. Now, this weekend I discovered that the photo was selected amoungst the best 90 photos taken by RSF members during the year and is now published in the 2009 year book! how thrilled am I! I'm now awaiting for my copy of the book to arrive...

Oddly enough this bride contacted me again before Christmas asking for a high res version of this shot so that she could print it for her mother and grandmother as a christmas present!...seems it was an all round appreciated photo.

It's interesting to look back at old photos and see how I've developed as a photographer. The moment in this shot is what's important but had I seen it now I think I might have composed the shot a little differently and I'd certainly have edited it differently. But that doesn't matter, the photo was a sucess and everybody is happy.