Man do I love my son...he is so darn cute!!! My perspective in photography has completely changed over the last three weeks. Prior to his birth it was not uncommon for me to tell my wife that I was going out for an hour or two to shoot...whether it was my favorite subject, The Santa Monica Pier, or a late night walk in Downtown Los Angeles I just liked to get out and shoot different things. Well, with a newborn I have been finding my self shooting my little man every chance I get. As a matter of fact I have made it into a daily ritual and joined the flickr group Project 365 Kids.
The good thing about this project is that shooting an infant, although he is cute, could become stale fast. Sure there are great moment to capture especially when his mom is giving him kisses after a bath...or he has some cute look on his face (constantly!!!). Taking pictures of him every day has ignited a bit of creativity and hopefully I can keep it going...
To keep up with my project, and Jack's growth you can visit my Project 365 flickr set.
The wife and I took our (almost three weeks old) son for a walk this early evening...of course camera was in tow! I captured this shot which is similar to a shot I captured over a year ago....
Jack is 18 days old and sleeping like a champ. Eat, sleep and poop...just like his dad :) I am loving the new Canon 24-105 L...I am getting much sharper pictures and the colors are more vibrant than my trusty old 28-135.
Well...it was bond to happen...either lose or damage some expensive camera equipment. Being the over zealous new father that I am the latter had happened yesterday.
I had my tripod setup so that the front two legs were fully retracted and positioned on our bed, and the rear leg was fully extended. I was setup so that I was over my sleeping wife and son. It was a beautiful scene, and damnit I was certain I would capture it for prosperity...when all of a sudden the phone rang. My wife got very little sleep the night before and I did not want to wake her so I bolted for the ringing phone...about three steps into it my wife moved and the tripod fell over damaging my lens and Opteka Battery Grip.
The grip looks as though I can fix it myself with an eyeglass screwdriver and some hope...the lens...well at least I straightened out the barrel but it will not retract below 70mm and it should go down to 28mm.
Oh well...expensive lesson learned :(
Well...he is here! He has been here since 1:05 PM March 10th, 2007. He is absolutley fantastic!!! I think we will keep him ;)
After taking sunset pictures and having dinner on Friday (3/9) my wife and I were at the hospital at 12AM only to be sent home by 1:45AM. Well we were back by 3:45AM to stay and it wasn't until 1:05PM that little Jack finally made his grand entrance. He weighed 7lbs 11oz and was 20 inches long.
Life has become so much greater in the past week...more photos to come! Stay tuned.
This evening me and my wife decided to finally get out and take some pregnancy shots now that she is nine months pregnant and due in a week. Well...she started having contractions and my guess is the next time I post an entry it will be of our newborn child :)
Yes...this past Saturday marks one year that I have started my photo blog! A lot of things have happened over the past year, but two things take a front seat to everything else. One, my wife is pregnant and due within a week!!! We still don;t know the sex but the wait is almost over...YAY!!!! We also have a new nephew named Justin who was born Super Bowl Sunday...we have only seen pictures and can't wait until we are able to travel to NY (with his cousin) to meet him.
The photo pictured is from a walk my wife and I took Saturday night on Main Street in Culver City, California. There was a full moon passing over the hotel and I thought that it looked "HOT".
