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![OUR FIRST PHOTOGRAPHY RETREAT – FROM AUTOMATIC TO MANUAL [MY WEEKEND OFF]](https://keep-up-with-the-jones-family.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/myweekendoffadvertlyoto.jpg)
Bloggers know that first impressions count. For your readers, clients – and your brand. If you own a DSLR and capture photographs in automatic mode, it can be so frustrating when they aren’t what you hoped for or envisaged. You know your style, but you don’t know how to produce exposures to match your expectations….
Ever since Barry the Biscuit Boy graced our screens, the chances of another kind of milk making it over the threshold of our home was slim to none. Our boys have been loyal to Cravendale – or “Mr. Biscuit Head”‘s milk and with the amount they consume daily, I probably should have bought a Cravendale…
![A NOISY HALLOWE’EN NIGHT [2015]](https://keep-up-with-the-jones-family.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/threeboyshween.jpg)
This Hallowe’en my camera decided to lend testament to the need for an upgrade. High ISO means NOISY, grainy photos with poor old Bert [my camera]. In any case, I decided to post them anyway because they’re our family memories and we had a fantastic night. Hero’s second Hallowe’en. Last year he sat at home…
This time of year it’s so difficult to avoid filling the boys with sweets and treats – Hallowe’en, Bonfire Night….Advent – it seems never-ending and although I confess to being one of those moms who loves seeing my cookie monsters happy with their snacks, what does worry me is that when I turn to…
It’s drawing nearer to wintertime and gleefully for me, star shaped items are appearing everywhere. Here are a few of my favourite little sparkles that I’ve seen this week. Notice the large, sparkly necklace in the middle by the House of Fraser? *Cough* I said…[Gavin]…NOTICE THE BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF JEWELLERY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE…
Although I adore Hallowe’en, I’m equally as excited about the event that follows it; Bonfire Night. Arguably we’re approaching one of the most dangerous times of the year – and with three boys under five I’m alert to many of the dangers I never considered when I was a child, having fun “oooh”ing and “ahhh”ing…