M. Sullivan Photography Family

Elf On The Shelf

Last Christmas we received the “Elf on the Shelf” from Mike’s brother’s family.  If you don’t know about the Elf on the Shelf, you can read more here.  The short story is that he is the elf assigned to our family that reports back to Santa regarding the naughtiness or niceness of our children.  We didn’t get a chance to enjoy the tradition with our elf until this year – too bad though, we really could have used him last year.  We took out our Christmas decorations just after Thanksgiving and our elf was ready to get the holidays started.  We found out that our elf’s name is Buddy.  He has been hanging out in our kitchen so far this season, but we are never sure where he may wind up next.  This is where he has been spotted this week.

Up Top Taking In The View

 

Watching From The Wreath

 

Gazing From The Gravy Boat

 

Focusing From The Fridge

 

Spying From Behind The Spatula

 

Stay tuned, we will keep you posted on Buddy’s movements throughout our household and also what kind of mischief he has been reporting back to Santa.

M. Sullivan Photography MCP Project 52

MCP Project 52 ~ Week 48

Week 48 Theme ~ Twinkle Twinkle

I worked on creating bokeh (a Japanese term for the subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of a photographic image) in my photo this week.  It was a bit challenging at first because I am usually trying to get my images perfectly sharp.  The key word here is “trying”.  Instead, I was intentionally blurring my images.  It was a great learning experience.

Twinkle Twinkle

 

Here is the bokeh from the small ceramic tree that Mike’s Mom made and gave to his Grandma Alice many years ago.  It was passed down to our family and each year Sophia is in charge of placing the small plastic bulbs in each hole of the tree.  A single light bulb inside the tree illuminates the individual colored bulbs. 

Christmas Tree Bokeh

 

This bokeh was created by putting a piece of dark paper over my lens with a heart shape cut out in the center and then taking a photo of our Christmas tree.  I may have had better results if I had used a tripod, but I still like the effect. 

Heart-Shaped Bokeh