HAPPY EASTER to all who celebrate it!
We’ve been having a wonderful time with our grand-daughter Mykaela, who delighted in an easter egg hunt in our garden and is sharing some bounty with her mom in the above photo.
With the abundance of chocolate eggs everywhere, I thought I’d share an interesting article that I found at the Chocolate Trading Co, explaining the History of chocolate Easter Eggs. Apparently “Modern symbols of Easter, such as the egg and the bunny, have their origins in paganism. Rabbits were the most potent symbol of fertility and the egg, the start of all life, was often thought to have magical powers”.
So in honour of real eggs, here is an image of a hen’s egg, backlit by a torch and touched by a fingertip. It formed part of a low light, slow shutter speed photo shoot, which explored the senses and offered an unusual perspective on some ‘everyday’ things – one of the pleasures constantly available to us via photography.
FINGER ON EGG
And now for the chocolate lovers among you, here is a studio pic that’s perhaps more to your taste – a basket of easter eggs photographed on our light table (one of the best investments ever for product photography) with the help of two soft-boxes and an additional light from below; all three lights flashing in sync:
EASTER EGGS in a basket - www.ovpstudio.com
Dave was busy with our video cameras during the easter egg hunt, doing a preliminary shoot-out between the Canon XF100 and Canon XF300. These two masterpieces are more than worthy of a dedicated article, which he will be publishing soon, so I’ll be sharing that for anyone interested.
In the meantime, we wish you all a magical day, full of memorable moments, captured for the fun of it with a handy camera 
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What a beautiful little girl!
Happy Easter to you too.
Thank you, Granny! Lovely to hear from you . . . have a special Easter
Just changing my name on your post….I made an oooops there.
My word . . . that’s a HUGE chocolate egg she’s holding!
Loved the photos, Naomi. Have a SWEET day.
THANK YOU, Nancy…hope your day was super sweet too! XO
Adorable young lady – caught in the act of sharing, too.
The back lit egg fascinates me, Naomi. It’s grand that you can explore the world with such creativity through lens and light. Thank you for sharing it.
My Anglican roots have included insights to a few ‘paganistic’ influences that the church may not have completely accepted, but have decided to tolerate. Thank goodness chocolate made it through.
Happy Easter to Dave and you!
Thank you for your lovely comment and wishes, Amy. I’m with you on the chocolate
Hope your Easter was wonderful! XO
You have a beautiful granddaughter, Naomi! And that egg is stunning! Happy Easter to you both…
THANKS, Kate! I hope you and your wonderful family had a fabulous Easter too! XO
Naomi! You are joking right? You look to lekker to be a grandma, I had no idea, you look awesome!
Aw, thank you Freedes, you’re a honey! To be specific, I’m a step-granny, as Mykaela is Dave’s daughter Terri-Lee’s little one…so perhaps you could say I’m cheating
Happy Easter Naomi. I hope it was great!
Thank you, Tammy! It was fabulous, and I hope for you and your family too! XO
Excellent photos!
I appreciate the information on the photos
Thanks a ton, Tok! I’ll be over to your blog soon to catch up on your lovely photo’s
She is a lovely girl. And sharing too, so she is probably as sweet as she is pretty.
You and Dave should enjoy Cool it. I got it from my local video shop, fascinating
Thank you, Melanie, we do enjoy Mykaela
Will have a look for “Cool it”, which sounds well worth watching – thanks for the info.
Great photos! I am sure a lot of people have already enjoyed their Easter holidays and she is a very lovely girl..
Thank you for your lovely comment, Nicca – much appreciated! I hope your Easter was special too
The backlit egg – original. I like it. Nothing trite about it. Lovely granddaughter. Sweet.
Thank you, Jamie
Our grand-daughter turns six in a couple of days…she is growing up so fast!
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