Sunday Portraits
October 6, 2019

Emmet really enjoyed the first half of his soccer season. They’re on break until the spring now. In his last game he scored his 3rd goal and was so excited. He also spent the entire game chewing on that string from the waistband of his shorts.
Elle’s birthday is coming up in just a few days, and yesterday she wanted to spend some of her birthday money that she got from Grandma. Alicia took her shopping and let her pick out a few lovely fashion accessories. ❤️
I recently bought the Rokinon 85mm 1.8 lens for Fuji X. I’ve been missing this focal length ever since I sold off my Canon gear and parted with my 135 F2L. On the Fuji systems 85mm becomes the equivalent of 135 so it’s exactly what I’ve been wanting. One caveat to this though is this lens is completely manual – aperture and focus. Thankfully on mirrorless cameras like my Fuji you get some fantastic digital peaking in the viewfinder that shows you exactly what will be in focus so it’s not too difficult. Moving targets are a little hard to keep up with but stationary/posing is super easy. Tonight I managed to get several good shots of the kids with the evening light in the playroom and out on a walk.
This fun was short lived as the kids weren’t very good at it, but the lighting sure was nice and I couldn’t pass up a chance to snap some pictures.
These two are such good little friends and it makes my dad heart very happy. Emmett is an extremely loving little boy with a big heart and really no ill-intent. Elle is… she’s 3 years old. 🙂 She’s adorable and cuddly but man, stubborn! She knows how to push Emmett’s buttons and does so quite often but he loves her just the same and likes playing with her and sharing a room with her. I’ve got some good kids.
There’s just something about this picture. A happy kid, the leaking sunlight… I just love this one.