Yule Photo-shoot & Recital

2019-12-17Píanó, Us Standard

[Photos taken 17 December 2019, posted online 01 June 2020. It’s Whit-Monday, a public holiday, cloudy but calm outside, riots abroad.]

Out of pure stubbornness (my defining characteristic), I still take photos of the kids every year, for the annual photo-calendar. (The rule of the calendar is that every month has photos from the same month of the previous year.)

This year I was running out of time as usual, so a random Tuesday was my day of choice. It coincided with Emma’s first yule-tide music school recital, which was more stressful for her than I’d realized. Next year I’ll try to avoid such a basic scheduling mistake, but it all worked out ok in the end. (20-ish photos)

Tuesday 17 December 2019

The three kiddos.
Anna is forever stuck being my test subject while I try to get the lights set up correctly.
Being a good sport!
Adjusting one of the lights. It’s just two Canon flashes directed at white umbrellas, and then I have the third flash on the camera. Getting the umbrellas to point in the right direction is the key to getting everything to work, and since I only do this once per year, I have to re-learn how to do it every year.
Getting there!
Putting on a show. I probably should have increased the shutter speed there.
Next up, adding a face, and hoping the light is ok.
These two play off each other a lot.
Emma returned from football practice and asked for a photo in uniform.
She was about to go play the piano at her yuletide recital at music school, so she was feeling quite serious.
The sisters.
Emma’s growing up fast.
Three in one photo!
A bit of solo Bjarki.
The kid’s growing up!
After her recital, Emma was in a much happier mood!
Finger-hearts are in fashion!
Last one, and then it was bedtime!
Earlier that evening, Emma waiting her turn to play the piano.
Her song of choice was Óskasteinar. It’s not quite yule-tide but did the job.
Playing her song. She started taking lessons in September.