Christmas Pictures in Holmdel Park

Meet two of my dear little friends.



We went down to Holmdel Park for some Christmas card pictures recently.



The leaves were really pretty that day.



And the lake was still.



She was such a great little model! LOVE the hat and scarf!



Don’t they look like they just jumped out of a JCrew catalog or something? I love how their clothes coordinate, but don’t match.



This one cracks me up!



Love this one too!



And the composition on this one is really interesting. These kids are NATURALS in front of the camera!



Here’s another one with interesting composition. I love how the lake reflects dark trees at the top, echoed by the dark bushes at the bottom left. Likewise, the light reflections echo each other at the opposite corners. I also love how the red of the burning bush picks up the color of my model’s sweater.



These kids aren’t actual models. But wow, I LOVE this one! I love how she shaded her eyes from the sun in such an interesting pose. Like I said, NATURAL models! Love the blue sky reflected in the lake too.



Her brother’s pose is different, yet equally interesting. And the colors are amazing!



I’ve been working hard lately to capture images that would make nice large canvas gallery wraps. I got a lot of those in this shoot! My canvas company ROCKS. The prints that are coming in take my breath away!

Thanks for a fun afternoon! Their slide show is private, but if you know them, send them an e-mail and I’m sure they’ll give you the link!

TODAY’S CONTEST QUESTION

To win this family a free 8×10 print, and lots of blog praise for yourself, be the first person to guess the current estimate of the number of trees in the arboretum at Holmdel Park, and tell us what types of trees were first planted there. Have fun and thanks for checking out the blog!

This entry was posted on Sunday, November 25th, 2007 at 9:24 pm and is filed under child, contest, family, julie's trees, what to wear and tagged with children, family, holmdel park. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

5 Responses to “Christmas Pictures in Holmdel Park”

1. Emma says:

   June 22, 2011 at 11:20 pm

   Great shots of the family, Julie. What camera did you use for these?

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   • Julie Walton Shaver says:

     June 23, 2011 at 3:08 pm

     I was using a Nikon D200 at the time. Great camera for outdoor shooting; not so great for indoor.

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2. jules says:

   November 28, 2007 at 9:12 am

   Brad’s BAAAAAAAACK!

   K: be sure to thank Brad next time you see him at church for your 8×10 print!

   

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3. Brad says:

   November 26, 2007 at 4:20 pm

   According to Wikipedia:

   “It now contains nearly 3,000 trees and shrubs, representing hundreds of species, cultivars, and varieties, including the Jane Kluis Memorial Dwarf Conifer Garden, a collection of true cedars (Cedrus) in honor of David Rossheim, and a variety of other plantings such as weeping Atlas cedar, cherry trees, Amur cork tree, crabapples, bald cypress, dogwoods, fir, weeping Ginkgo, hawthorns, holly, linden, osmanthus, weeping pagoda tree, pine, spruce, etc. A map at the entrance identifies the major plant collections.”

   According to http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/fletcher/programs/nursery/metria/metria1/m13.pdf :

   “By the end of the fall, 1963 planting season, many flowering cherries and crabapples were donated. … American hollies were highly recommended. … the next few years were spent planting cultivars of crabapples, plums, almonds and cherries. …”

   Enough for them to win?

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4. Netti says:

   November 25, 2007 at 10:47 pm

   awww very cute. like the last one especially. My AOL blog was private, and doesn’t seem to work with Mac anymore, so I started a new public one on blogger if you want to check it out

   http://jerseygirlphotosllc.blogspot.com/

   Greetings from the Jersey Shore!

   Netti

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