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oliver connell | day twelve hundred & five

tcp — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:31:17 +0000

Another set of fun images of Oliver and I goofing around. This time, we were testing a new lens, the Lensbaby Composer with Sweet 35 Optics. It’s a lens that allows you to tilt and shift your perspective to get some pretty crazy blurred edges. It’s a manual focusing lens which also adds an interesting twist, especially when I’ve been shooting with autofocus lenses for quite some time. Some of these images are blurry but to me, they really tell the story of my morning with Oliver.

So, Oliver and I took turns photographing each other. It’s really a lot of fun and so cool to watch him get better and making photographs. I’m definitely a proud papa.

Cheers!
t.

oliver connell | day eleven hundred & seventy-eight

tcp — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:27:18 +0000

It should come as no surprise that Oliver loves technology. He is my son after all. So when he’s looking all cute in his pajamas, watching some Cars 2 shorts on youtube, you’d better believe I pull out my camera and get a few photographs to document the moment. Any proud papa would!

Enjoy!
t.

oliver connell | day eleven hundred & twenty-seven

tcp — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:19:29 +0000

We haven’t had much snow this winter and any that has fallen, it’s pretty much disappeared before our eyes. So when New Years Eve came around and we realized there was enough snow on the ground to get out and make Oliver his first snowman, we jumped at the opportunity. In some ways, Oliver has been looking forward to this for months!

Dana and Oliver made this really cool snowman on the front lawn, and then we went to the back yard where we had a bit of a snowball fight. We were teaching Oliver to throw snowballs, probably something we will regret in the coming years…LOL!

Again, we had a fabulous day together. It’s these kinds of days that I will cherish forever and I’m so glad I’ve got the photographs to remind me of how great this day was.

Cheers!
t.

oliver connell | day eleven hundred & four

tcp — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:21:20 +0000

Every year we’ve taken Oliver to visit Santa at the Bramalea City Centre. When Santa comes there, he is always in a good mood and Oliver really enjoys seeing him. It’s also really fun to have a “family photo” taken with Santa each year. You can see how much we’ve changed over the past three years just by comparing the photos (year one here and year two here). Oliver is really growing up quickly!

Cheers!
t.

oliver connell | day one thousand & ninety-nine

tcp — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:45:17 +0000

Another year has past and another Lacelle family Christmas party is upon us. This year it was a little quieter than previous years, which made it a lot more cozy! Every year, Santa Claus makes a stop in Woodbridge for all the kids. Oliver loves visiting with Santa and this year he brought Oliver a couple new Chuggington Trains. Of course, Oliver thought Santa was bringing him some new cars from Cars 2 but Mum and Daddy knew that Santa was saving those wonderful gifts for Christmas at our house. You’ll see that in an upcoming post.

But for now, please enjoy the photos and if you have time, the six minute video of Oliver’s visit with Santa.

Cheers!
t.

And a video of Santa’s arrival and visit with the Lacelle family:

oliver connell | day one thousand & seventy-nine

tcp — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:01:06 +0000

We’ve been through three Autumns now with Oliver and this year we finally played in the leaves together! In previous years, it has just seemed like Oliver was (a) too young or (b) I was too late and the snow was too early. This year while helping me rake the leaves, Oliver enjoyed jumping, rolling and burying himself in them. What proud Father wouldn’t run and grab his camera?

Cheers!
t.

And no leaves-jumping-day would be complete without a fun video:

oliver connell | day one thousand & sixty-six

tcp — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:32:55 +0000

Hallowe’en 2011. This year we expected Oliver to really “get it” and he didn’t disappoint. Right from the beginnings of October, when asked: “What would you like to be for Hallowe’en Oliver?” He would say: “A Snowman!” Yup, a snowman. Guess he was thinking ahead to Christmas a little early this year. I dunno.

So Mum, the resourceful woman that she is, sourced out the cutest (and I mean cutest) Snowman outfit she could find. Oliver looked awesome in it!

And if you remember from last year, Oliver cried a whole bunch when we went trick-or-treating. Well this year, he bounced around from house to house, enjoying every minute of it. If this is a precursor to Hallowe’ens to come, we are going to have a lot of fun with our wonderful son.

Enjoy the photos and the short video below.

Cheers!
t.

And a short video of the Hallowe’en aftermath…

oliver connell | day one thousand & fifty-two

tcp — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:13:08 +0000

Back in the fall, I shot some promo photos for Dana and her website. Oliver had fun playing while we were trying out some different poses and locations. In between makeup touch-ups and wardrobe changes (LOL), I was able to capture Oliver as well. He looked so cute in his touque and fall jacket. He had fun running up and down the sidewalk, playing with his cars in the dirt, and stepping in when Mum needed some inspiration and a chuckle.

We had a blast and I hope you’ll like the photos too.

Cheers!
t.

oliver connell | day one thousand & thirty

tcp — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 03:01:00 +0000

At the end of September, I shot good friends Janet and Tigh’s engagement photos on Janet’s family farm. Dana, Oliver and I made a day of it and they came along for the ride. After we were done on the farm, we headed over to a local fair to get some more shots. Intermixed with shooting Janet and Tigh, I was able to capture a couple of photos of Oliver having some fun at the fair too. Oliver loved driving his car, riding on the pony and getting behind the wheel of a jeep. He even played his first carnival game: shooting a pop can with an air gun where he also won his very first prize, a “goodnight moon.” As you can see from the photos below, Oliver had a really good time.

Cheers!
t.

oliver connell | day nine hundred & seventy-two

tcp — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:23:09 +0000

Just one for now. But it’s a cute one no?