I know I can be very one sided with my photo shoots, so it was time to rectify that!! On Camerons birthday I dragged him outside, with a few extra kids in tow and took some pictures.
So here we go.... Cameron, love it when he smiles naturally and not the "fake smile" I often get from him!
Don't be fooled by this pensive looking Cameron! This boy is ALWAYS full of energy, this must have been a very rare moment! One thing that he insisted on was that I take some pictures of him in the tree at the front or our home. The boys all love climbing this tree!
I actually quite like the different perspective it gives to the shot with him looking down at me.
Cam with his baby brother! He adores his baby brother. It is such a sweet moment, but you can tell from Cams pointed finger he was trying desperately to get Ashton to look at the camera!!
This was my favourite shot I took of Ashton! How adorable is that face!! He rarely looks at me when I have a camera pointed in his direction. More often than not he will look the other way, so I find it hard to get really good pics of him.
See, not one single shot of him looking at me!!!!
Then their is the eldest of the brood! He also is becoming increasingly difficult to photograph. He doesn't object to his photo being taken, but he puts on a very very FAKE smile and I prefer to catch him in a more natural way. When he was younger, he had the most photogenic face, so I hope we can work past the "fake" smile!
Love this last shot of Lachlan.
Then there is Ethan! He LOVES having photos taken of himself. Makes him feel special and it is a guaranteed way to get attention in this house!
Then he managed to get in some shots with Cameron in the tree as well!
Finally Miss K joined the photos, but not on her own, just with her brother Ethan!! The moment this girl gets near a camera she has a remarkable ability to steal the show and even with Ethan in all the shots below, she just manages to captivate you with her character!!
Even that tiny little bit of her face captures your attention in this shot! I actually love the way you just know she is aiming him up to plant a big kiss on him!
She made her mark!!!
Nothing like a good strangle to strengthen the family bond of love!!
How about this totally adorable shot! I can not wait to scrap this picture!! Actually I can not wait to scrap quite a few of these shots! Might even manage a few boy pages! MIGHT! LOL!
Onto scrappy stuff.... I have layouts to share! I feel like I have once again been scrapping like a woman posessed trying to knock down all my deadlines. I really do like feeling as if I am on top of things. So here are a couple of Prima pages I have not put up on my blog yet.
On this page I used the new Candy Gems by Prima. Got to love those gorgeous little candies! To create the elongated felt gate that is underneath my photo, I cut the gate in half and then carefully cut out a couple of the swirls from the centre of the gate (where I knew they would be covered by the photograph) and then carefully positioned them to fill the gap under and above my photo. I love the way it looks like I had a really large felt gate! But no it was just a normal sized one, stretched!
I also created a layout using the new Cinderella vines. These are so lovely to use as well, just add such a gorgeous texture and feel to the page.
Loads and loads of layers on this layout. Once I had it designed it actually took me over 2 hours just to stick it all down!! Things never go back exactly the same way you design them either! LOL! I also have to say that this release of laces by Prima is by far my favourite ever! There are so so so many gorgeous designs that I just love.
Thanks to all of you who participated in the Color Room Blog Hop last week! Because of all of you, the hop was an amazing success. It did take me FOREVER to do myself, so I know many of you spent quite some time hopping as well, but it was really worth it for all the fabulous pages! Once again thanks for stopping by and sharing a little of my corner of the world with me.
those photos are just too gorgeous!! I finally got my camera back from Canon so as soon as the weather comes right i'll be dragging my boys out into the jungle for some pics too :)
Love the layouts as always too, clever chickie! x
Posted by: Louise Williams | March 26, 2011 at 01:36 PM
love those photos!!! and i laughed :) "other 4 children" :) Look at that flowery page, SO SO SO amazing!!! she is so cute!! :)
Posted by: Jing-Jing Nickel | March 26, 2011 at 02:01 PM
Your children are so cute!!!! Love your layouts!! Yasmina
Posted by: Mina974 | March 26, 2011 at 02:58 PM
Beautiful photos Janine and can't wait to see what you do with them!!
Posted by: Phillipa | March 26, 2011 at 05:01 PM
Absolutely gorgeous pics Janine, so fantastic to see those boys of yours:):) Makes me want to get out the camera and take some of my boys....thanks! Beautiful layouts as always xo
Posted by: Stacey Young | March 26, 2011 at 05:25 PM
Stunning photography Janine and some beautiful Prima pages too...
Posted by: Lindy G | March 26, 2011 at 07:39 PM
Oh wow, great photos from your boys and girl! I adore the way you catch their light in the photos...you're just one of the best photographers I know. And you're definitely one of the most amazing scrapbook artists too...goodness, those pages are just filled with all possible gorgeousness. Such fantastic work! I adore the beautiful things that you added and the way you made the photos stand out.
Posted by: Romy | March 26, 2011 at 07:49 PM
I always love your pics of your kids!! You are a really good photographer!!
And so beautiful kids!!!
Have a great weekend!
Hugs!
Posted by: HegeAL | March 27, 2011 at 02:40 AM
Janine your photos are just magical and your layouts - well I am speechless and spellbound at the same time.
Posted by: Trudi | March 27, 2011 at 07:02 PM
Beautiful beautiful photos.... oh and Lachlan is a heartbreaker, seriously gorgeous ...... look out mum trouble coming your way. lol. I love that photo of K with her tounge poking out. What a crack up. Absolute classics, but the B&W ones are def. favs. Gorgeous layouts too sweets, would expect nothing less. Talk soon xo
Posted by: steph devlinq | March 27, 2011 at 08:14 PM
I know I commented all over these photographs in Facebook, but these photos are just so delicious, it was gorgeous to look at them all again. I love the actions you've put on some of them, and the way you have captured the moments with those kiss plants! I also love the ones up the tree. Your photography just keeps getting better and better.
And I'm so glad you finally updated! I've missed you here! xx
Posted by: Kym Piez | March 29, 2011 at 09:41 PM
Fantastic photos! Looks like youall had fun! Can not wait to see them again - done...:)
Regards,
http://bellaideascrapology.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Bellaidea | March 30, 2011 at 10:34 PM
Stunning layouts and your photo's are so wonderful. Love the light. Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Mieke Nagtegaal | April 01, 2011 at 05:36 AM
Amazing pics hoping to see all of them on gorgeous layouts soon ;)
And i adore your prima projects to beautiful for words wonderwoman ;)
Have a great weekend sweetie!!
Posted by: Malin | April 02, 2011 at 04:43 AM