Mini pumpkins

I got a new camera!  AHH!!  This was my first official session using it with my lights.  I really really really like my camera.  I am still learning how to utilize it to the best of its abilities.  I did also have a bit of trouble with the triggers for the lights working correctly.  I need to spend more time investigating that.

Anyways, I was so happy that Nenya decided to pose well for a picture.  I am also super obsessed with her whiskers.  She has like a whole lot of them.  Haha!

Narya was a perfect angel as always.  She happily ate the food provided and stood there waiting for me to take more pictures.  She's so cute!

For once, Vilya also was an angel!  He also happily ate his food and waiting while I took more pictures.  What a sweetheart!

Grey Chair

It took me a bit, but I finally got some good pictures of Nenya!  Isn't she adorable??!!

Narya suddenly seemed really interested in the food and ended up filling her little cheeks.  Doesn't she look darling??!!

Vilya was a bit hard to control, especially because I ran out of treats and therefore he was interested in exploring.  But then he climbed onto the arm of this chair and posed for me.  

Gold Chair

Is anyone else shocked that it's already October!  I sure am!  This year is FLYING by!  Anyways, I thought this gold chair captures the beautiful colors we are soon going to see from the leaves outside.  I love watching them change color!

Nenya is cute, but sometimes her love of exploring wins over her love of food, so she can be hard to photograph.  I did manage to get a couple good pictures though!

I know I always post Narya's pictures second out of the three, but I generally actually take her pictures last.  Narya is so much easier to photograph than the other two, so I like to end my sessions on a high note.  :)

Vilya was definitely looking for a way to escape.  I think he figured he blends in with the chair so he could easily sneak away without me noticing.

Couch

I used a lot of food for this series of photos because the hamsters were in open spaces and the only way to make sure they stood in the right spot for the best lighting was with food.  Overall I think it worked pretty well!  

Narya sat still while she took her time to eat the cucumber, just like her dad had done.  They clearly like the same foods.  :)  Also, she's amazing at posing for pictures.

I think by this point Vilya knew this involved food so his mission became to just stuff his cheeks as quickly as possible to get the next treat.  Haha!

EBooks!

I know it has been a while since I have posted about Tarcil, but today is the day I celebrate as his birthday, and I miss him so much!  He was such a great hamster!  I did want to remind you all that if you miss him like I do, you can get these eBooks of Tarcil in his adorable costumes or the extra special eBook of Tarcil with his best friend Penny.  

Tarcil currently has a few eBooks that you can buy!   Each eBook is filled with colorful photographs and stories of Tarcil as he portrays a variety of fun characters!  You can purchase these eBooks on Amazon!

Tales of Tarcil: Costume Edition

This was published in early April 2015 in a printed form.  It is now available as a eBook for $2.99 on Amazon! :)  This is a full color book of Tarcil in various costumes and includes a little description of each!

Tales of Tarcil: Costume Edition 2

This eBook was published in February 2016!  You don't want to miss the sequel to the original costume book!  This eBook is even better than the first with 40 pages of Tarcil in adorable handmade costumes!  Read the stories of each character he dressed up as!  You can purchase this eBook for $2.99 on Amazon!  :)

Tales of Tarcil: Tarcil and Penny

This eBook is brand new!  Inside you will find exclusive pictures of Tarcil and Penny together that aren't posted anywhere else!  The interesting story of them meeting and their crazy friendship is written among numerous photographs of them together.  This eBook is over 50 pages and is now available for $3.49 on Amazon!  :)

Tales of Tarcil: Costume Edition 3

This eBook was published in April 2017! You don't want to miss the final costume book! This eBook is 60 pages of Tarcil in adorable handmade costumes! Read the stories of each character he dressed up as! You can purchase this eBook for $2.99 on Amazon! :)

Thank you all for your support!

Love seat

I finally took more pictures again!  This series of pictures were all done on the furniture we have in our living room.  I actually really like that our furniture doesn't match which you'll see as this series progresses over the next month.  I like the various textures and colors that we have in each separate piece.  These pictures were all taken on our love seat.  We've had this love seat since we got married.  

Nenya is such a sweet ham.  Well, as least as long as you don't smell like food.  If you do smell like food, she might try to eat your fingers.  She loves attention and being out of her cage.

I think Narya looks like a mouse in this pictures.  Her face looks so narrow, and she's thin and long.  She's really quite cute and so good at posing for pictures!

Vilya was so happy to get some cucumber.  He nibbled on it for a bit before deciding to explore the love seat.  I didn't let him spend too long looking around because he has gotten inside of this love seat before.  Haha!

Bear Mug

This bear mug became the only non-gem souvenir (other than food) that we bought on our vacation.  I love mugs so much which naturally means I have a lot.  I don't know where this one will be stored... I might need to purge some mugs to make space.  I bought this mug from the Knoxville Zoo because of all the animals we saw on our trip, both at the zoo and in the wild, the bears were the most prominent.  I lost count of how many we saw, but it was a lot!  Many of the bears we saw in the wild were moms with their baby cubs.

Nenya can be hard to photograph with strobes because she washes out so easily being all white.  I also was rushing at this point because I could tell that all the hams were basically ready to be done.  So, I while I don't love all of these pictures, I decided to go ahead and share them and make this a learning experience that you really can't rush with little hams modeling for you, especially when you have run out of treats to bribe them.  :)

Okay full disclosure, I think the only reason I actually decided to post these pictures is because I actually loved the way Narya's turned out!  She just looks SO good with all these rich browns!  And the way she is peering over the edge in the second picture just melts my heart!

So you know how I am obsessed with Narya's picture of her peering over the edge?  Well, Vilya did it too!  The similarities between them are too much!  They are both so amazingly cute!!