random life related stuff

when the power was out, b decided we needed to build a fire for cooking. keep in mind we live in the city.
fortunately (maybe not for him) it came back on monday night, so we didnt get any parking lot campfire cooked veggies or anything, but he still insisted on making a campfire in the parking lot next to our house, the result...

they made s'mores. i kept hearing fire sirens, and i just KNEW someone called the authorities and we were going to get in deep trouble for building a camp fire in the parking lot, but they never showed up.

im digging through pictures, trying to decide on what 4 i want millers to edit and print free to show me how awesome they are, so im weeding through old stuff.

this is a (fake) ttv of andis first day of kindergarten, she tends to dress so awesome a lot of the time. her hair had the rockinest haircut ever too, and i did it. :D i think ill try to mimic it on myself. wish me luck!

a with the cousins. theyre all distanced now. i just love their expressions in this one.

featured photographer

uh oh, a post without pictures!

i am the "featured photographer" on a local "collective" that has over 200 members.

so i wanted to share... click me!

ttv

i learned a new technique, well, sorta. basically you shoot your camera, through the viewfinder of an old camera (preferably tlr) and it comes out looking a lot like this...


of course, i own not a tlr (though i did see one at the thrift store the other day that im attempted to go back and hunt for) and well, emulating in photoshop just sounds more appealing at this point in time. so, expect more images of this nature in the future, as im quite fond of the look. (i think ill also get more into emulating various other "vintage effects" if you will.

a can ride a bike!

ike remnants

we just moved to kentucky, from eastern/coastal north carolina just over a month ago, and being that its hurrican season, i regularly think/thought of what my friends and family back in nc could potentially deal with, i had no idea that wed get hit worse than them (to date, this season) but out of nowhere ike pays US a visit.

in a city of over 500k, more than 400k lost power. the following images are merely from the city block that we live on.

this is just a pretty tree. :)

d swings

 

 

signed

here are a couple with my new "logo".

 

 

oldies

im delighted to recall that picasa has a ... connection to blogger?
so, for now ill update with some oldies. this being one of my all time favorite shoots. and to think it was completely unexpected, both in occurance and in turn out. a found a caterpillar, i whipped out the camera to pass the time. and voila!

 

 

 

 

for the sake of showing my favorites

in regards to family and children that is.

this should sustain anyone interested until i get the site up to par (which i hope will be much sooner than later.)