Motivational Pictures and Romantic Music on a Monday

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Bougainnvillea

Capturing your attention with a dash of colour.

Last Monday I wrote about my study partner and how I am learning how to take better shots with my DSLR. Over the weekend while out with the kids at the park I took the opportunity to photograph the flora and fauna around us.

It’s amazing what one can capture and through the different ways of editing the photograph the effect can be drastically different. The same object looks different when it is taken at different angles and after it has been processed differently.

the flowers

Using the different filters one can depict the mood of dreaminess and serenity as seen in the shot above. The blurry background also helps to keep your focus on the flower in the center.

cross processed

Having the colours cross processed and framed in CinemaScope “ages” the photo and gives one a sense of nostalgia.

I’m still learning to mix and match the different filters to give maximum effect to the raw photos which I have snapped. It really makes a great difference to the picture after doing all the editing.

How do you edit your photos to give them maximum visual effect?

This week I am sharing the latest song by Ah Du a local Singaporean singer singing Valentines Day.

July 16, 2012

Climbing Up and other Monday Memes

Dominique Parenting and Kids, Thoughts Monday Music Moves Me, Motivational Mondays

Doggie boy and me

Encouraging Doggie boy from the side as he makes his way up the wall.

During the weekend we brought the boys rock climbing. Pamela, a fellow mom from SMB had kindly arranged for us to have an afternoon rock climbing at Beyond Acadamics. (I’ll do a detailed write up of the place later this week). The boys and I had fun rock climbing. R too did join in and it was a great family activity. It was the first time that R and I tried rock climbing.

I feel that it is important that we show the kids that it is possible to strive for things even though it looks difficult and may seem impossible. I believe that a kid learns better or is more motivated to do things if parents actively participate in it instead of just cheering by the sidelines.

Monkey boy managed to go all way up by himself but Doggie boy decided to call it a day halfway through. Nevertheless it was a good effort on his part to attempt the wall. Good job!! Maybe the next time we try rock climbing he would be able to progress further up the wall.

If you were wondering what Tiger girl was doing while the rest of the family was rock climbing she was busy playing with the kiddy rides which belonged to the kids who lived at that house. She enjoyed herself on both the car and the bike the whole 2.5hrs we were there.

Tiger girl driving around

How do you motivate your kids?

Another piece of motivational news came in today. Dominique’s Desk is now listed on an APP.

We can be found under the Kids and Parenting section of Singtel’s new Newsloop- Singapore News App which was launched last week. You can download the free app from Itunes.