grandma’s house – Ruth E. Hendricks

The grandkids came out to the porch, one at a time, and let me photograph them. Willingly.

I told them I was practicing. The ambient light was nice as it was late in the day, after supper.

They look to be enjoying their vacation at Grandma’s house.

They didn’t mind helping me check out my replacement 24-70mm lens. We went over to the playground afterwards since the rain stopped and the sun appeared.

I’m photographing a wedding on Saturday and wanted to get the feel of the weight of the lens. It’s lighter than the 70-200mm of course, but heavier than the 50mm I’ve had on this particular camera. This is my favorite lens. It was a year ago, almost to the day, that my lens fell and broke into smithereens.

Maura

Jack

Michael

Jack playing with his sub in a container of water on the front porch. I liked the light on the shirt wrinkles.

June 19, 2014 by Ruth Categories: Childhood, Family, PhotographyTags: 24-70mm lens, available light, Canon 5D Mark ii, front porch, grandchildren, grandma's house, kids portraits, photographing kids, portraits, postaday, summer vacation 9 Comments

The family came to Grandma’s house today.

The highlight of my summer!

And Anna likes to check things out around the place. We found a tarnished, dented silver rattle of her father’s from 1976. It was badly tarnished.

I asked her if she’d like to learn how to remove the tarnish, talked about oxidation, and how to polish silver. We found a few old baby cups that were up high on a kitchen shelf and seemed a bit fuzzy. We got a ramekin and she poured the baking soda in and then the littlest bit of water to make a nice paste. I found an old washcloth to rub the metal. We added an apron for her and she polished away.

I have lots more tarnished silver if she wants to dig in.

And here is what she said to me as she polished away…..

“Your dad would like that I am doing this.”

and I got a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes and thought, she is exactly right.

Anna at the sink with her father’s old rattle after she polished it! WIsh we had taken the BEFORE shot with the old iPhone first!

Baby cups on my mom’s old hammered aluminum tray, awaiting polishing.

August 14, 2013 by Ruth Categories: Childhood, FamilyTags: baby rattle, childhood, grandma's house, household chores, memories, photography, polish, postaday, silver, tarnish, travel, vintage 11 Comments

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Practicing Portraits on the Front Porch

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