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Sunday, November 25, 2007

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!

posted by Julie Walton Shaver at 9:24 pm  

3 Comments »

  1. 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

    Comment by Netti — November 25, 2007 @ 10:47 pm

  2. 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 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?

    Comment by Brad — November 26, 2007 @ 4:20 pm

  3. Brad’s BAAAAAAAACK!

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

    :D

    Comment by jules — November 28, 2007 @ 9:12 am

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