Mother's Day Adventures

Yesterday we all went on, as Winnie the Pooh puts it, an EXPOTITION, and of course I brought my camera along to capture Johnny's face as he rode on a train for the first time in his life.  Another first was Belmont's Farmers' Market - after eight months we finally got organized enough to visit it.  

It was a wonderfully warm but fresh Sunday, and we had a great time despite that Johnny fell and scraped his chin in the first ten minutes, and that a 15 minute-wait for the Caltrain seemed like an hour due to his incessant figeting.  

This might sound immodest yet I can't help but feel proud of the way my photography work is developing lately.  I shot about 70 images and I'm posting 45 here, which means that, without counting the photos I chose not to share, there were very little outtakes or unsuccessful shots.  It feels reassuring to be good, and it feels good to have such confidence.  I am looking forward to photographing my new son in less than 3 months, to new travels and new EXPOTITIONS.  

Hope you guys had a great weekend, too!

P.S. One of my favorite moments was when I noticed that this girl on the train was watching Game of Thrones on her laptop.  And that Burlingame is exactly 16 3/10 of a mile away from San Francisco.  And the way Johnny was stuffing his face with fruit samples at the market :)

Happy Birthday, Mom!

My Mom had her birthday a couple of days ago, and we celebrated with two cakes, a lot of laughter, and the exchange of small gifts.  I gave her a gardening tool for planting tulip bulbs, a coffee thermos and a mug (with blue tulips), and she made some yummy traditional Bulgarian dishes. Such good times!

P.S. I really like the light on our faces under the grape vines, though it would have otherwise be considered as a technical photographic defect.

The Big One

This weekend we celebrated Johnny's first birthday.  It was a beautiful moment of light, smiles, and sweet stuff!

Macaroons!

I was bored today, so macaroons.

Buying a Nikon doesn't make you a photographer. It makes you a Nikon owner.

~ Author unknown.

I agree.  It's all about keeping your eyes open for the world.

At Angeli Caffe

I don't particularly like Los Angeles, so every time I find myself there I try to make my experience as positive as possible, and we all know that instant gratification of the senses is most easily achieved through food.  

During our trip down South last September, my sister, my husband, and I found ourselves at Angeli Caffe - an unpretentious gourmet Italian place where we had a spectacular artichoke pizza, apple and cheese salad, and seafood pasta.  The light was just right in the late afternoon and the olive oil bottles on each table made a great prop for these shots.  Also, Angeli had the most delicious fresh baked bread I've had since my childhood in Bulgaria.