Day 250: Game Face
I’m still experimenting with using a single flash, and this is what you get when you ask for a game face from my ten-year-old. Actually, he gave a lot meaner face earlier, but this is what it looks like when he tones it down a bit.
Day 231: Pretzel Boy
Here’s A-Train doing his daily impersonation of a living pretzel. The boy is bound to get stuck one of these days.
Day 225: 5th-Grade Cook
My oldest was apparently too hungry to wait on Mom or Dad to start supper tonight, so he just did it himself. He actually did a pretty good job, so he better watch out or he’ll find himself doing it more often.
Day 223: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Momma told Alpha Son to help me with the burgers. I may have failed to tell him that sticking his head over a smoking grill is usually not the smartest thing to do.
Day 222: Left Hook
When I told the Alpha son it was his turn for a portrait and he needed to think up a pose, I wasn’t expecting him to start throwing punches at the photographer. He’s a southpaw, so you gotta watch out for his mean left hook. No, I mean it! I’m already down one lens, I can’t afford to lose another one!
Day 220: Frustration
Seeing the frustration on A-Train’s face in this photo makes me sad. I was just looking for another day’s shot when I found him in his room like this. The light from the window was just where I wanted it, so I had to take advantage of the moment before I could try to figure out what was wrong. We got everything worked out, even if I did make him wait for a bit while I took my shot.
Poor kid. Daddy loves ya, buddy.
Day 197: Garage Sale Junior Employee
The kiddo realized he could make some money if he sold some of his video games in the garage sale. He didn’t smile the same when I informed him of the parental sales cut.
Day 192: iSon
I’ve read plenty of photography tips that mention finding natural frames for your subjects. I don’t guess an iPod Touch can be considered a”natural” frame, but I think I got the right idea.
Day 184: Son of Joker
Pixie pulled her face paint kit out and Alpha Son got a variant of the Joker look done to him. I have to admit, the boy is starting to scare me a little bit.
Day 183: Skater Boy
A-Train and his brother decided to see how fast they could ride their skateboards down the driveway. I was taking some shots hoping to capture a nice wipeout. They let me down.
Day 177: A Bloody Cute Smile
A-Train lost his second tooth in a little over a week, and gave me one of his trademark smiles. How can you not just love this kid?
Day 170: Solar Panel Kit
My son got a solar panel robot kit for his birthday, so we spent some of Father’s Day putting it together. It didn’t end up working, but we still had fun building it.
Day 156: Look Into My Eyes
- Aperture: f/4
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
- Focal length: 75 mm
- ISO: 800
- Shutter speed: 1/25 s
Day 155: Water Monkey
- Aperture: f/5.6
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
- Focal length: 200 mm
- ISO: 100
- Shutter speed: 1/250 s
Day 152: Relaxing with a Cold One
- Aperture: f/4.5
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
- Focal length: 200 mm
- ISO: 100
- Shutter speed: 1/1000 s
