San Diego Weddings and Unique Portraits

Welcome to my archived blog space for Papaya Sky Photography. I ran Papaya Sky Photography part time in addition to my day job from the end of 2009 to 2012. After my son turned a few months old I decided to retire the business in order to focus more of my time on my two young kids and my day job.

For more information about what I'm doing now, please visit my current online portfolio website at www.motionjen.com.
~Jennifer Gaughran

Monday, January 23, 2012

Photo-a-Day 2012: Week 3, Black and White

Black and white week!

Monday: Dice on the D&D table
Tuesday: Steve with a cat pillow on his head
Wednesday: My birthday! I did not get a chance to take a regular pic since I was having too much fun. ;) So all I have is a cell phone pic of Steve at the Old Spaghetti Factory for dinner. They sell gluten free pasta, yay!!!
Thursday: Gwinna kindly posed for me by some doors downtown
Friday: Pirate Duck!!!
Saturday: Gwinna all bundled on a rainy day. We took a short walk when the rain stopped and she played in puddles. :)
Sunday: Piano Keys

Monday, January 16, 2012

Photo-a-Day 2012: Week 2, food!

I decided to take food shots this week. :) All of the food pictured here is gluten/dairy-free since Steve is on a special diet.

Monday: Fish breaded with rice chex and fried, with marinara sauce served with Jasmine rice. Or you can do chicken, of course.
Tuesday: Chili with lime
Wednesday: Rice crackers with dairy-free cream-cheese spread, smoked salmon and capers
Thursday: Pasta with heirloom tomatoes, mushrooms, red and yellow bell peppers, seasoned tofu puree (instead of ricotta cheese) and ground turkey sauce
Friday: Leftover night, so I took pictures of grapes. :)
Saturday: My dad made this delicious stuffed chicken on the grill (stuffing: artichoke hearts, sundried tomatoes and goat cheese), which you can leave the goat cheese out to make it dairy free.
Sunday: Sausage, onions and peppers with white rice

Monday, January 9, 2012

Photo-a-Day 2012


Once again, I will be attempting the photo-a-day project. :) Hopefully I will get a bit farther this year, if nothing else to continue taking pictures of all of the new arrivals appearing in 2012. My lovely sister will be having her first child sometime this month and Steve and I will be expecting another child in June. It will certainly be an exciting year!

This first week are all photos taken with my 85mm lens (on my 50D crop body camera) @ f1.8.


Monday: Ornaments on the tree

Tuesday: Giant dice, though without anything next to them for reference they look regular size. You can see the narrow depth of focus best in this picture.
Wednesday: Top of a trophy
Thursday: Gwinna, about to make mischief
Friday: Dragon candle holder
Saturday: Candles
Sunday: Gwinna and Steve, I just love the light and wind in her hair.