Monday night was an eventful time around here. Kayla was so excited to finally lose her first tooth and then a couple of hours later, Nathan was jumping on his bed before bedtime and ended up with a broken elbow. Amy took him to the local minor emergency clinic first. They did x-rays and thought it was dislocated. They tried popping it back into place (which in hindsight wasn’t necessary and caused him more pain) and eventually...

Don’t let the first photo fool you… …because hiding behind that lower lip – something is...

Let’s see… in the last 2 weeks we’ve had FIVE Birthday parties!! Family only parties (just the four of us) for Nathan, Amy and Kayla. A bigger family party for all three of them with Amy’s parents, my parents and my brother and his girlfriend. And finally today was a party at Kids in Action for both Kayla and Nathan and some of their friends. Here are a few from Nathan’s party. Be sure to click on them for a...

Like the “5 minute family photo shoot” post earlier, these were taken in front of the back sliding glass door. This time, I had a chance to be a little more precise and I added a reflector to the left of the camera so the shadow side of the kiddos faces isn’t so dark. I should clarify from an earlier post about Nathan. When we are trying to do a family shoot with more than just him, he’s a stinker and...

Recently, I’ve had a chance to start shooting some local sporting events for an area newspaper. So far it’s only been basketball which I quickly found out is pretty difficult to shoot. With arms and legs flying everywhere and with the speed of the game, getting a good shot is a challenge. I’m finding that I’m keeping less than 10% of the photos as most of them are out of focus or poorly composed – again both...

Well, we were all dressed nice for Church so I decided 5 minutes before we left to take advantage of it. It sorta worked out. Rather than taking the time and trouble to set up lights, a big north facing window will do the trick. In our house, that’s the back sliding glass door. Nathan just does not like to participate in “formal” photo sessions – even the 5 minute rushed variety. We couldn’t even get him...

As I mentioned in a previous post, Nathan’s favorite Christmas present was his new bike (or motorcycle as he calls it – actually in his language, it’s his “mowerhihul”) Since we’ve been so sick over the last month and now it’s been raining a bunch, we haven’t had much of an opportunity to get outside. We finally had a good day to get out and he went right for his bike. When I wanted him to...