271/365 Lily of the Valley

It stopped raining for a few minutes today and that is when I ventured out to the cold wet back yard and got this shot.
It is shots like this that really make me pine for a macro lens for my new Canon. I have one in mind, but am still recovering from the last purchases and the switch to Canon.
However my Olympus gear is now up on Kijiji and what a steal of a deal that is going for. If you are interested in a slightly used Olympus E-30 with four lenses (a perfect semi-professional kit)- two of which are top notch lenses - then send an e-mail my way.
Back to the non macro lens macro shot.... AKA a lot of cropping...

270/365 Morning LIght

269/365 Chocolate Zen!

Imagine having family traveling through your city, stopping in for a visit and arrriving at your door with this....

 

Chocolate Zen Bakery is a local Winnipeg bakery that specializes in a modern European style of baking.
Absolutely deee.....liscious!

268/365 Rain, rain, rain

Is anybody else here in Saskatoon sick of the rain? And the wind? And the cold?
Are we in for a repeat of last summer?
Are we having trouble taking global warming seriously yet?

Are your rain gutters overflowing too?

267/365 After Eight

And how appropriate that I am posting this after eight.
Yes there is more chocolate around here and people just keep bringing it out. I am choosing to photograph it rather then eat it.

Okay...I had one. But just one.

266/365 Off the program!

Man am I off the program. I have been skipping the 5:30 am gym visit for two weeks now opting for sleep after staying up way too late working on THIS. Add to that potato chips which I NEVER eat! And tonight these chocolate covered almonds calling out to me.
It's sad I tell ya - very sad.
It had better pass soon!

265/365 juliecortensphotography.com

Only one hundred photos away from completing my year. Actually 100 seems like a lot of photos.
But tonight's photo is very special.
It represents all my evenings for the past two weeks, sometimes until 2am and most of my weekends.
I finally have my own web site with my own domain name.

sigh.... I have learned a lot and it has taken this old brain of mine a lot of time to figure it out - not to mention countless e-mails with domain sites and web hosts and pulling out that visa a few times.

But here is the photo of the day -  a screen shot of my home page.

I have kept it simple - very simple. I don't want words on this site, just good solid photography.


It offers private password protected galleries for all my customers.
You can also purchase photos and if you really want one on a t-shirt - I can do that too.
or perhaps you want a large canvas of the South Saskatchewan River.

If you find a photo you want to share on facebook - just click on the facebook icon and it will load to your facebook after you sign in.
Or just sit back and enjoy. 

The wonderful feaure is that bride and families can share their gallery on facebook and give friends their password - this way their gallery is shared with their facebook pals.

So, please visit.
Please leave me a comment.

Feel free to contact me for photo shoots - so much better then trying to get me on my yahoo account.

Blessings!
Julie

264/365 Baby Robin

They are in the cedar hedge next to the house. Tonight I got a glimpse of one of them.

263/365 Heintzman

Just when I was sure I had run out of things to photograph indoors on miserable weather days.....

262/365 Rain

...and wind....and cold....
The plan was to take a photo of some fireworks my son brought home the other night. However the rain, wind and cold would not let up this evening. It just seemed to become worse actually. So here is all I managed for a photo today. It is taken from the warmth of the kitchen. The furnace went on twice today!
As a child I always remember the Victoria Day long weekend as hot, sunny and likely involving a sunburn. As a teenager it meant going camping. And as a young mom it meant planting the garden and the planters.
But for the past several years it has been cold and rainy. If it is anything like last year, it could be the middle of June before things get planted. Let's hope it is nothing like last year!