Snapped this one of Levi tonight. I'm pretty proud of how it turned out considering it was just a short "Hey Levi, Turn around and look at me for a sec" shot. Not posed or anything, just bounced the flash off a nearby wall and snapped it. I had to do some photoshop work blacking out the background, but the lighting on Levi is just great.
January 23, 2010
January 16, 2010
Grandpa Wrinkles tells a story
This is wrinkles and he is about 24 years old, probably the oldest toy we have in the house. I think i got him when I was 7 and his clothes were still in style. Josh loves to run up and hug him. It's so cute.
Wrinkles is also my second experience in off camera lighting. I think in this case I bounced it off the ceiling a bit to wrinkles's left.
Wrinkles is also my second experience in off camera lighting. I think in this case I bounced it off the ceiling a bit to wrinkles's left.
My Twin
My first experience with off-camera lighting. It was bounced off a wall to the right. Unfortunately, I played with the settings so much that i don't know what the power was - sorry!
This superhero is made from that dense foam rubber stuff they make stress balls out of. A coworker gave him to me because she said he looked like me. I guess the hair style is similar.
This superhero is made from that dense foam rubber stuff they make stress balls out of. A coworker gave him to me because she said he looked like me. I guess the hair style is similar.
January 15, 2010
January 10, 2010
Rub a Dub Dub, Five kids in a kennel.
We visited Grandma and Grandpa Nielson today and Stacie, Isaac, and Scott were there with their dogs today. Boy was the dog kennel fun!
Grandma said to either eat in the cage or on the hard floor. Dad laughed, but The cookie was yummy and the cage was fun, so I stayed in there.
January 07, 2010
Is the world out to get me, or is it just me?
have you ever had one of those days where you're not sure if the world's out to get you or if the sum total of all of your troubles is just because you've made one mistake after another?
January 04, 2010
When you get the choice to sit it out or dance...DANCE!
I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat
But always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance.
-I hope you dance, Lee Ann Womack
You get your fill to eat
But always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance.
-I hope you dance, Lee Ann Womack
In my daughter's Eyes.
In my daughter's eyes I am a hero
I am strong and wise and I know no fear
But the truth is plain to see
She was sent to rescue me
I see who I wanna be
In my daughter's eyes
In my daughter's eyes everyone is equal.
Darkness turns to light and the
world is at peace
This miracle God gave to me gives me
strength when I am weak
I find reason to believe
In my daughter's eyes
-Martina McBride
I am strong and wise and I know no fear
But the truth is plain to see
She was sent to rescue me
I see who I wanna be
In my daughter's eyes
In my daughter's eyes everyone is equal.
Darkness turns to light and the
world is at peace
This miracle God gave to me gives me
strength when I am weak
I find reason to believe
In my daughter's eyes
-Martina McBride
January 01, 2010
nothing I do
I feel like I need to explain the caption a bit. When I posted this to www.flickr.com, I posted it with the description "To some people it's a religion. To others, It's an excuse. To me, it's a frustration."
The religion comment refers to the philosophy that I see in a lot of religions that says "as long as you X (usually 'proclaim Christ as your savior' or 'Do penance afterward'), you can do whatever you want and you're saved." The Excuse Comment refers to people that have simply given up on whatever it is that was important enough to them that they even tried in the first place. I refuse to give up, but the occasional intense feeling of futility really gets me down sometimes, as I'm sure it does to us all.
The feeling comes and goes. It's a familiar feeling for most parents. We can say "Be nice." "Cleanup when you're done." "Wipe your nose." "Please Stop" and a dozen other things until we're blue in the face but they never seem to sink in.
The futility seems rampant in other parts of life as well (permanent weight loss, for example). Sometimes you can deal with the feeling and it doesn't seem so bad. Other times, it's almost overwhelming.
The religion comment refers to the philosophy that I see in a lot of religions that says "as long as you X (usually 'proclaim Christ as your savior' or 'Do penance afterward'), you can do whatever you want and you're saved." The Excuse Comment refers to people that have simply given up on whatever it is that was important enough to them that they even tried in the first place. I refuse to give up, but the occasional intense feeling of futility really gets me down sometimes, as I'm sure it does to us all.
The feeling comes and goes. It's a familiar feeling for most parents. We can say "Be nice." "Cleanup when you're done." "Wipe your nose." "Please Stop" and a dozen other things until we're blue in the face but they never seem to sink in.
The futility seems rampant in other parts of life as well (permanent weight loss, for example). Sometimes you can deal with the feeling and it doesn't seem so bad. Other times, it's almost overwhelming.
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