Whitesville

A few photos from the recent visit to Whitesville. This was the first visit for the little one to see his great-grandparents and several other relatives.

A little outdoor recreation.

This was the band that played live bluegrass music at the reunion.

First Plane Ride

The little one and I tackled the great adventure of his first plane ride this past weekend. He was such a trooper! He was so charming all weekend, despite sporadic nap and eating schedules. We had a wonderful visit and it was a perfect time to enjoy the northern mid-west.

The little-bit enjoyed mastachioli, gnocchi, pizzels and other Italian fare with Grandpa's family in Minneapolis before heading to Wisconsin for a cousin's wedding. Highlights were Minnehaha Falls with Grandpa and Pro-Nonna, the 'baby cows' on the farm and chasing pets at all the aunties' houses.

Blog watchers

We're working on some new posts right now, but we wondered who are all the people out there watching this blog. Drop us a comment and let us know who you are and how often you look at the blog. We'll get those posts up soon.

Mother photos

Photos of Moms from this past weekend

Tonight's Photos

A few photos from tonight.

Hammock and Driveway Time

Well, it took us two and a half years but we finally put the hammock together. And who's to say we rush into things?! Here's a photo of Annette and her little one hangin' out together. Also, below are a few photos from a quick session we had on the front driveway. The chair in the photo belonged to my grandfather and he always enjoyed sitting out in front of the house to watch whatever was going on. Tonight the "Battle of the Nuk" was going on.

Cheerios

Cheerios are the hardest little buggers to put into your mouth. Here is a series of images where the little one was trying to put the Cheerio into his mouth, but it slipped out and landed between him and his high-chair. He dug around for a little while before more were graciously provided.

A few more photos

For all you PC lovers out there, here's a copy of your wallpaper with the little bit on the right side of the screen. These shots are from a session in the studio this afternoon.

Similar or not?

One of the members of this househould, a.k.a. Annette, thinks these two expressions are similar. What do you think?

Gatlinburg Trip

Here are a few photos from our recent trip to Gatlinburg.

Even more studio photos

We're coming along, but our light is still not 100% where we want it to be.

Get Your Wallpaper Here!

These are hot off the press! After you click on the image, they should be the proper size for desktop wallpaper. Let us know what you think!

More studio photos

Here's a shot from a recent visitor to the studio.

Studio is operational

The studio in our basement is operational. Come and have your photo taken with the little bit!

Whose toy is it?

For those of you keeping score at home, another tooth has come in since this last photo. We were just a little slow posting it onto the blog.

Cousins

Here's a photo of two cousin's in the same place but a generation apart.

Nicknames

Here are a couple of campaign signs that I found. The interesting thing is that each of the candidates has a nickname. So, the question is, are you voting for "Bubby" or "Jaybird"?

Watching Elmo

The little one has discovered the world of Sesame Street. The strange thing is that it hasn't changed much from when we were kids. Here is a photo of Elmo's two newest fans.

Holy Sign Batman!

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this church sign!

Motion Blur

I haven't been able to capture a photo of the little one with motion blurring behind him just yet. I'm working on it though. Also, he's getting closer and closer to crawling. He can get up on all four's now but he hasn't yet figured out how to take those first two steps.

Photos and white balance lesson

This is the original photo

This is the photo after I color-corrected it due to an incorrect white balance.

This photo was converted to grayscale and then cropped so that his eyes would be in the upper left corner. This follows the "rule of thirds" theory about photography.

And this photo was simply converted to grayscale.

Because the white balance wasn't 100% correct, the photo was changed to black and white. EDUCATION: A digital camera uses white balance to determine what is "white" under that lighting condition. The next time you're under flourescent bulbs, look around and see if some appear yellow and others appear blue. That's because they have a different light temperature - the blue ones are "daylight" and the yellow "cool white". The camera converts all the light in the image according to the color temperature. If you perform a custom white balance, than that, in theory, takes all the different temperatures of light falling on your subject and balances them out so that your colors are correct.

Anyway, let me know what you think of both the grayscale images and the cropping.

What do you think?

These are a couple of experimental photos. Do you like one over the other? If so, why?

What's that in front of your face?

Does this look like anyone you know?