She gets my weird

Babysitters check.

Locations picked out.

Good weather - bonus!

Time for date night!

To get this shot, I laid on the ground while in line at the The Capital Wheel.  It took me almost 4 minutes to line up the shot on my camera.  During this time, the line was progressing.  I laid there to make sure each of my 6 second exposures got what I wanted.  During this time I was sure to keep the jokes coming about how I was embarrassing my wife.  "What do you mean, you're not going to lay on the ground with me?"  

She was a champ.  Laughed at all of my jokes.  Each one worse than the one previous.  Thanks for making the night special.  Without you, I would have been really weird to those people!

Why I love it

Canon 5d mk III, 50mm at f2.0, 1/500, ISO 100 & ND Filter

I love photography.

I love it because I can capture moments to live again later.

Even now, a few hours after the event, I'm reliving the afternoon.  We raced home from work to get outside in the nice weather.

We had a few moments together playing soccer as a family.  Maddy really likes watching Eli play.

These moments are what I enjoy most in reflection.  The family, the weather, being together... and something else that rhymes.  Thank you photography, with you, I would have to rely on my memory.
I hope you have the time to enjoy your moments with those you love.

Cheers!

Update to my previous post.  http://seeingwherethisgoes.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-fusion.html

Mom likes the fusion of the images.  The art now hangs in her classroom.  ;)

The Fusion

   

    My mom gave me some old prints of some pictures I took.  She wanted them out of the house.  Well, who am I to turn down a challenge.  The challenge, give them back to her so she'll keep them.  How do I do this?  By turning the entire set of prints and the two canvas boards into a collage.


    The fusion, as defined by google, is the combination of two or more things.  With my entrepreneurial  hat on this is also called, Combination Innovation, but more on that later.

    What I've done her is received a stack of prints from my mother.  These prints were of a picture I took a few years ago at the request of my mother.  The longtime readers will recognize that I won't turn down an opportunity to explore the woods for a cool tree.

    With these prints, rather than frame a single print and return, I decided to create a fusion of prints in the collage format.  Cutting up the individual pictures and mounting them on a piece of canvas I created as a kid (it was a super here, you can see his red eye visor in the picture) I tried to extend the feeling of being among the trees.  I then cut up the pictures of the flowers, (another picture of mine from a long time ago) to add to the trees.

I'll post again with the outcome. Stay tuned!