Congratulations Trent & Mae
September 20, 2019
Shadows and Light
September 19, 2019I 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.
Croquet
August 26, 2019This 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.
Best Friends
August 21, 2019These 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.
Morning
August 20, 2019There’s just something about this picture. A happy kid, the leaking sunlight… I just love this one.
Ice Cream in the Hot Tub
August 15, 2019Work was having a summer party and rented a bunch of fun yard things for the kids to play at – including a soft-serve ice cream machine. After lots of running and jumping on the blow-up water play area Emmett and Elle grabbed an ice cream cone and chilled in the “hot tub” as Emmett called it.
The Milky Way, Finally
August 1, 2019Third time is the charm! Finally, no clouds getting in the way of a full stretch for my lens. We’re staying at a vacation rental right alongside a fairway at a golf course in McCall, Idaho, and I just meandered 100 feet from the house on to said fairway and pointed my camera upwards. It’s dark enough around here that I didn’t need to go far at all from civilization.
Making His Wish
August 1, 2019My little boy turned 6 years old yesterday. We’re on vacation with some friends up in McCall Idaho so having a get-together was easy. We hauled up all his LEGO and had all the kids make cars to race, you can see his on the table. He requested vanilla cupcakes with chocolate frosting, and 6 candles. We told him to make sure and make his wish before blowing out the candles and he sat here like this for several seconds. Made my daddy heart melt. I sure love this little boy.
Shoshone Falls
July 31, 2019We’re up in McCall Idaho for a fun getaway. On the way up we took a short detour to check out Shoshone falls, it was really cool. You could really feel how powerful the water was as it fell.
