Blanket Vampire | Klutch Photography | Vancouver Family photographer

Blanket Vampire; (blankeet Vanpierr)

A child or adult who does not feel well. They tend to hide under blankets while covering most of their face leaving only their eyes exposed. You can find blanket vampires predominantly located on a family sofa and very occasionally in their own beds.

Blanket Vampires are seasonal creatures known to surface primarily from September through April in colder wet climates, in the poor dietary season such as Halloween, Christmas, Valentines and Easter when sugar is a main source of nutrition.

It's strongly recommended to not disturb these creatures as their temperament can be unpredictable causing verbal anger or unreasonable requests. Also, know to moan cries of "why me".

If you have disturbed the Blanket Vampire mistakenly back away slowly, do not make direct eye contact and follow the requests they have made.

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Journal Entry No.36 | Klutch Photography | Vancouver family photography

If I was born in the 70's (which I was) what old school teen song would I be belting out right now? That's fucking correct, I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW  by the one and only goddess of the 80's TIFFANY! 

 I did some alone time with my preteen yesterday and she was pan faced mortified by the whole thing.  I don't blame her tho,  the lack of lyric support on the karaoke track and my chest cold still hanging on (after a three-week unwelcome stay-BOO!) would have made the farm dogs bark if this was still Surrey 15 years ago!

 So there were no Grammy awards handed out here but let be tell ya, that chicken vein was getting w-o-r-k-e-d!

Photo cred : Che'!

I'm pretty sure I wanted to be her at one point!  But really the more concerning part of this image (from the 80's) is the tin foil reflectors, the slathered baby oil body parts and the fact that I was out there for probably 6 hours! well that explains the FINE LINES and the NOT so FINE LINES.

BTW, YOU'RE WELCOME!! Memory lane here you go, I DARE you not to sing along!

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A first for everything | Klutch Photography | Vancouver family photographer

I bought this underwater casing for my Canon 5D mark 11 in July of this year to push my skill set (and apparently to push my fear level as well because I'm the shitest swimmer alive!).  I was nudged to check this brand and style out by a friend and it falls in the middle of the road for pricing, so not cheap and not a "million dollar bills ya'll" either. 

This past week was the first time I got to really test drive it in Mexico (the pool only as the ocean was rough and full of coral, I can't even imagine what a gong show that would have turned into if I even attempted it) 

The learning curve is so/so, if I wasn't so fucking awkward in the water It may have gone smoother or if I wasn't so concerned about looking like a raccoon (because I had my eyebrows on and my mascara on and my eyeliner on.  People don't judge, when your over 40 and you plucked the shit out of your eyebrows in the 90's because thin eyebrows were the style you would understand! it's a fucking slippery slope, you can't have eyebrows on and not have your eye's on...it just doesn't work!). Anyways, I slapped on some goggles, which also are awkward and make you look redic but it's all for a good shot right?! Luckily the pool was not over my head or else I would have had to use a snorkel and my make shift buoyancy belt made from a water noodle and an old strap from a bag (total MacGyver move) - hahahah, that would have been a sight!

I'm glad I finally got to break it in and the results are interesting. Well kids always make everything more interesting in my opinion. I love the "different world look" the underwater images have, there's a a first for everything and I'm pretty sure there will be a second! If I drown in the next year you know what happened!

Here's the underwater gear company link (Outex) btw-

http://www.outex.com/

A real vision!  Here's my underwater selfie, lol! In looking at this image now I'm pretty sure I had my goggles on upside down. That would explain how uncomfortable they were.

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