Making memories ice-cream at Strand beach (Leica M8, 50mm Voigtlander Color Skopar)

First we have Liam eating his ice-cream - that's the way it should be eaten! Face full of chocolate!

Next it is my beautiful wife Megan and our special little girl Courtney. If you look carefully you can see that Megan is standing on her 'tip-toes' to try and look taller than Courts! Ha ha! Beautiful!

Last up is Courts and I. Megan took this photograph - she is so great with the rangefinder focus on the Leica M8.

I just love the way this camera and lens give 'warm' colours. The bokeh in the background is fantastic when compared to the sharpness of the in focus scenes. Beautiful. Taking pictures with this camera is fun! Tweaking the aperture, changing the shutter speed and ISO to see how each shot differs. I love it! I have noticed a 'hair' on my pictures (top left corner when shooting at higher F stops). I need to get the camera cleaned.

Here's a challenge for Pretoria weather... Zeta park se *&%

My friend Wessel posted a great picture of his son playing at one of my favourite places in the Pretoria area, Zeta Park. I remember spending quite a few winters days there lying on a blanked trying to get some reading done for my then incomplete doctorate while little Courtney played on the slides, jungle gyms and swings... Wessel is quite right. Pretoria does truly have the BEST weather out there! See Wessel's post here for more details: http://wesselsplace.blogspot.com/2008/07/fun-at-zita-park-and-update-on-bertie.html

BUT

Wes, this is my hangout... It's a little bit sandy, and it can be a bit wet... There are no swings or jungle gyms... BUT, it is Cape Town ;-)

I miss you my friend! Blessings,

Dion

Liam on the beach.

Courtney, my beach princess (Heck, she is growing up WAY too fast!)

That's me in the nappy... Not really, it's Liam and Megie. Oh and Charlene, here are some more photos of the kiddies!