a.k.a. a blog by Jeffrey
family, photography, & soccer
Mia has had her room taped off for over a month. She recently added the orange tape, but the sign has warned people to stay out for quite some time. It reads,
Knock First!
You need an I.D. to come into Mia's room and she needs to accept it and says you can come in before you come in.
Yes, the orange tape is right in the middle of the door, requiring Mia (and anyone else) to duck in order to enter or leave the room.
Such a fun kid.
Mash-up (noun) "a mixture or fusion of disparate elements"
With it being a snow day, Jennifer decided cookies were in order, so Mia and I took on the task. As Mia is refining her cooking/baking skills and has made these cookies many times at her grandma's house, she took the lead and really did most of the work.
As is usual, I decided to overboard and pull out the SLR and flash. A simple snap from my phone just wasn't going to be enough. My original desire was to get a cool image of a freshly baked cookie. (What do you think?) Instead of simply sitting, pretending to supervise, and waiting for a finished product Mia and I mashed-up baking and photography.
Naturally I did most of the photography and Mia did most of baking, but she did let me participate a little and she took a number of photos.
We hope you like what we made. A lot more are uploaded in a Baking Cookies gallery.
Nothing special, except getting to go on a walk with my daughter. That's special to me.
Just outside of St. Louis is Lone Elk Park, a wildlife management area, with bison, wild turkey, waterfowl, elk and deer. Today I took my daughter (and camera) to see what we could see.
The great advice I got was to go about an hour before sunset. It paid off with elk so close to the road you could almost reach out and touch them.
If you are near St. Louis check it out.
More photos are uploaded in two galleries, one of the girls playing and one of the animals we saw.
This weekend I connected with a good friend for a family photography session. Group portraits are not my strength so I was fairly nervous about the whole thing. I find it incredibly difficult to set up a group pose that looks natural and interesting.
I still haven't found a great method for posing groups, but this weekend I was fortunate to be photographing a beautiful family and that makes getting a good photo a lot easier.
After the formal seating and posing I was able to just shoot the kids hanging out in the yard. Individual portraits are much easier for me and I am pretty happy with what I got.
If you want to see more, check out the Martin Family Gallery.
