A Day in the Life

A Photoblog by Joel

A walk in Texas

November 2, 2019

This weekend I ventured back down to Texas with my company to meet with Optometrists to chat with them about websites. (We were there last October as well) It was a fun event and we did well down there. The weather was fantastic and it was nice to head outside into the sun several times.

We stayed at the Omni Mandalay in Irving just outside Dallas. There’s a really nice walk around a lake and a canal that we ventured around a few times while there. Of course I had to take my camera along.

Halloween 2019

October 31, 2019
Elle wanted to be Elsa, and Emmett was Batman. He also had to pee.

FHE

October 28, 2019

Hi!

October 19, 2019

A rather long phone call

October 17, 2019

Today when I left work I was added in to a conference call. It takes me about 20 minutes to get home. When I arrived I was still on the call, but mostly as the quiet third-wheel. I decided to grab my camera and take a very, very short photowalk around my yard and continue to experiment with high-ISO B&W photography.

All photos shot ISO 12,800 on Acros Simulation, 85mm 1.8 @ 1.8-2.5.

Moonshot

October 16, 2019

Fall is here, days are short, and sometimes the moon is big and bright well into the morning.

Grain

October 16, 2019

I stumbled across a fellow Fuji photographer’s blog today that has spent a lot of time creating in-camera film “recipes” for classic film stock. Did that make sense? Probably not. Fuji cameras create amazing JPG’s, and give you a ton of creative choices to output in many different styles. Here is my attempt at Ilford HP5 Plus 400 B&W according to this recipe.

Elle sitting in a chair watching TV in Black and White
ISO 51,200, Acros Y, Fuji X-T20 // 23 1.4 @ 1.4

Growing Up

October 10, 2019

Time passes too quickly, and these little people seem to be staying little but the data suggests otherwise. Both are over an inch taller since April. It’s not fair, it’s just not fair!

Sunday Portraits

October 6, 2019

Goal!

October 2, 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.