A little while ago we were asked to provide a recent photograph of ourselves. It was supposed to be taken out of doors (it was cold at the time!) and to show some context, with Steven's workshop in the barn. We tried different places that we thought might work but nothing seemed ideal, so in the end we decided that the doorway to the workshop would be the best location. We set up the camera on the tripod and discussed how we thought we should be standing. I didn't want to be bundled up in a winter coat, tempting though that was, so settled on a light jacket. Steven wanted Joni in the photograph and asked me to hold her while he set the camera timer and ran back to his place in the scene. Joni really did not want to stand still and was squirming so much that I was forced to let her go as the shutter clicked leaving two blurred figures out of three.
Take Two
"Forget Joni", Steven said and so we prepared again and he ran back. As he did so I called her name once. She ran straight up to me and sat as you see her. As the shutter clicked she had just begun to turn her head toward the camera, but at least she is shown here as part of the family and not blurred. The Kennard family at home!
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Nice couple
wow beautiful and happy
Nice couple
Thanks +Judy Wangui !
Thank you +Adrian Fleitas
+sonu Kumar – I think he is too. 😀
Hi! Ellie Good Morning. Your Husband is very Handsome.
beautiful photography Ellie!
A love tha couple
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+Judy Wangui thank you
A love ur lyf
+Gary Whitehouse thanks!
+Massimo Marengo​ we think so, but all dogs are special to their owners who love them and who have seen into their hearts.
Joni is a real beauty!
Very nice
No worries +Ellie Kennard ~ am seeing some inconsistencies here, too! 🙂
+Alex James thanks a lot! I don't know why, but you mentioned me perfectly but this didn't come into my Mentions tab so I only saw it now! (Grrr Google)
Thanks very much +Leonardo Hervacio – regards to you! Enjoy your weekend, Leonardo.
Thank you +Beena R – it was just a little fun, I'm glad you enjoyed it and like the photo.
Great family photo and lovely reading about the whole activity 🙂
Beautiful family friend. Regards!
A great family portrait, Ellie! 🙂
+Ellie Kennard
Thanks +pradeep priyantha 😀
Handsome /Pretty /Cute.
Thanks a lot +Yasin Azizi
Such photos can bring back such happy (I hope) memories, if we have had dogs in the past! I'm glad to have reminded you of your Mike, +Dale Ricks . You must have grown up in a wonderful place.
Thanks Joyce. I know you had seen the photo… and the place +Joyce Fay
+maria lacasa gracias!
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its a lovely photo.
My dog was called Mike and he was all orange!
Joni looks like my boyhood dog's father
Also in the middle of winter! I to grew up in a very cold place! Teton County IDAHO. By Yellowstone National Park, WY
Great photo of a family and their faithful hound!!!!!
Vare nice
Trust me +Rajalekshmi A – it's an illusion! But thank you. 😀
U are looking so as a young lady
Thank you +Valerie Liney – although my hands look pretty tense! 😉 (Cold I suspect)
Such a lovely photo. You look relaxed and natural.
Such a lovely relaxed photo, Ellie 🙂 I envy you ‘casual Canadians’ – how do you manage to look so good, even Joni? It’s got to be a trick of the light… we Brits never photograph like that, LOL
Thanks a lot Prue! But Steve looks good too and he’s a Brit! 😀 So I guess it’s just Canadian light.
+Ellie Kennard Many thanks, Ellie! 🙂
+Jasbir S. Randhawa they have to be moved one at a time, but can be done gradually as you have time. I did all mine, one post at a time. It's a quick move using the top right drop down box, not a repost.
+Ellie Kennard Is there a simple way to move my earlier posts (there are thousands) to Collections, or do I have to move them one at a time, which would take forever?!
+Alex Lapidus thanks a lot!
Thank you +Jasbir S. Randhawa​! Glad to see you're still around. I wish you had your posts of your bird photography in collections! They would be sure to be featured.
+Ellie Kennard +Steven Kennard Such a delightful portrait! 🙂
Terrific shot of the family!
+Ellie Kennard so do i
+Linda Jess thanks! We seem to share a family member some of the time.
+Giselle Savoie​ thank you!
Thanks Sumit, +Sumit Sen​
Thank you +debi scott.​ In the end it wasn't used, but I liked it anyway.
What a handsome couple you two make. Was this for Google create?
Great image 🙂
Fantastic shot, looking all of you!
lol Ellie! =0)
Took a few tries but very well done of all three.
Thanks a lot +Janet Patterson 🙂
Thank you +Marie, LMB – she is so obedient that I'm not sure who was tricked? Her? Or us? LOL
Thanks so much +Ursula Klepper – I should, but probably won't happen. But I'm glad you like it.
It is so nice to see this wonderful image again! (You now, I have saved it lately in my folder called "friends") You should frame it and put it somewhere on a nice place! xo
+Ellie Kennard Superb shot of you and your family Ellie and what a tricky way to get Joni in the shot. =0)
The perfect family, in my view, +*****​
+Angela Migliore thanks so much! (I guess it was really the camera that took the photo!)
Thanks +Christina Lihani – it was funny at the time, I was proud of her. 🙂
Thank you +Armen Aliraqy
Thanks a lot +Alan Mason – as Steven says, we were wondering that. We don't hear anything… Can't be good.
Wow, really great photograph of you two! Well done +Ellie Kennard​!
It's lovely +Ellie Kennard and +Steven Kennard! I think you chose the best spot in terms of hinting at context. And I smiled at the Joni part of the story.
I love this shot of you three…it was worth the effort. Hope you are all finally feeling better!
Thanks a lot Sandra! Yes, it was worth the effort (and the frozen fingers). We are getting better, thank you. Just a little tired from it still. Thanks for asking.
Nice my friend
+Alan Mason thanks very much.
I haven't heard a thing about Joni in a long while, we were only talking about that a couple of days ago.
This one that now includes Joni and the anniversary photo are the best to-date +Ellie Kennard + +Steven Kennard – :).
I wonder how Joni Mitchell is doing these days as I heard that she was rather ill?
Definitely did not do it on purpose, but well spotted, +Hugo Burnham! I'm glad you like it, thanks. (Love seeing your comments again, Hugo.)
+Magy Duarte – I think you are right! 😀 She (named for Joni Mitchel) is always full of fun.
You probably didn't do this on purpose (or maybe you did) but I love the way your knees seem to pointing toward where Joni is looking. You both have your left knees bent slightly at the same time and it provides a lovely line with Joni's sight-line. Awesomeness indeed!!
Joni wanted to come out in the picture, he was just playing around…lol
Very nice picture ♡ :))
Gorgeous family!
It was, +John Getchel! Thanks, John.
Serendipitous portrait! 🙂
Thanks +Jean Leelee !
+Lynn David Newton you can tell can you? LOL! I'm not surprised, it was freezing! Thanks a lot, Lynn!
Thanks a lot, don't you just +Susan Gabriel? 😀
Very nice picture, and Joni looks fine. +Ellie Kennard, it's obvious you're cold!
Nice looking couple!
Awesomeness!
Love when it works! ♡