With today being Memorial Day, I had originally planned to find something that would be suitable for such an important day to honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country. As often the case, life doesn’t always follow the plans you lay out. I never intended this picture to be public with the [...]

Jen and I took the kids out for a shoot one sunny, Sunday morning last month to get some updated photos. Overall, it went well although I need to add a reflector to my equipment list or at the very least, some white tag board. I like this one of Isaac just hanging out on [...]

Last week, my wife decided to paint our daughter’s toes for the first time. I had time for three shots before my model bailed to go play. They grow up too fast… Exposure: 1/60 sec, Aperture: f/2.0, Focal Length: 50mm, ISO 200

This last Sunday, the weather was the nicest it has been since last fall with temperatures right around 60 degrees. Samantha has been wanting to go on the swings all winter and this was her lucky day. I haven’t done much with continuous shooting lately but I did this day in order to catch those [...]

I’ve been shooting a bit more lately as part of plan/vision/practice and was able to get my trusty sidekick, Isaac to sit there and look cute while I rattled off a few shots using my flash from different angles and different power (while I can before he starts crawling). This ended up being one of [...]

We took the kids to the Sherburne County Fair last month to see some animals and eat some fair food. Samantha had a good time watching the animals (and eating mini-donuts). I took some pictures of Jennifer and Samantha watching the horses. This at the time was an “oops” picture but after uploading to Lightroom, [...]

Isaac came home with us on Monday wearing a moose (or rather an outfit with a moose on it). I overexposed by one stop to keep the contrast between his outfit and the white blanket he was laying on. Exposure: 1/80 sec, Aperture: f/3.5, Focal Length: 28 mm, ISO 800

Finally had a few minutes to peruse the seemingly millions of pictures we took over the weekend with the birth of our son Isaac. He was born on April 11th at 5:18 pm and weighted 8.4 lbs and was 21 inches in length. Other than the first night, things have gone fairly smoothly with much [...]

I was taking some pictures of Samantha for her 18-month picture and decided to go with my 50mm f/1.8 in order to get the focus on her face and make as much around her blurred out. When I uploaded to Lightroom, there were six images that I had taken from this vantage point and none [...]

Yes, around here, everybody pitches in…although it remains to be seen just how much she can get done. Also, what is the proper white balance setting for dirty ice? Exposure: 1/800 sec, Aperture: f/6.3, Focal Length: 28 mm, ISO 200.