9/365

Is that a lightbulb in your mouth or are you just happy to see me?

Well actually both! Thanks for stopping by to check out my photos! I am full of electricity today. As you can see, enough to light a lightbulb! Today was a decent day, except all day I was thinking and thinking of what my photo was going to be of. After dinner, I still had no idea what I was going to shoot. Day 9 and I am already out of ideas? What is this? Actually, I am full of ideas, it just took some time to realize that. This idea came to my head just after dinner.....Can I light a lightbulb in my mouth without post edit work, all done in the shoot without electrocuting myself? Well it turns out yes I can. And if you remember from a couple days back I tried a new lighting technique trying to get the white paper background to turn grey. Well look at the white paper now in this photo. Its more grey then the day I was trying the technique and it was on accident today! Now I know a better way to get it grey.

On another note, apparently the baby has been moving around quite a bit in my wife's tummy tonight! I wish I could feel the baby, but soon enough I am sure I will. Anyways here is the photo...

8/365

I have felt so tired lately. Not only tired, but stress and emotions have taken over somewhat. As you have read over the past couple of days about what's going on with my wife and her pregnancy, it has gotten both of us a bit worried about how things are going to turn out. We have hope though that things will work out ok. If you missed what's going on, she is at 18 weeks along in her pregnancy and has had some complications. Her water broke at 15 weeks, and without enough fluid the baby's lungs wont develop. But we met with a high risk Dr. on monday and she was very optimistic about there being enough fluid in there for the baby. Time will tell. We go back in two and a half weeks and will be able to see if the lungs have developed. If they have, at 24 weeks becuase of what has happened, my wife will be put in the hospital until the baby is born. They are planning on the baby to be born early, possibly up to 16 weeks early. Its amazing that babies can be saved that early. But anytime before 24 weeks they cant save a baby. So we are hoping everything turns out for the better. But it sure is wearing us thin. Here is day 8 pic

7/365

Well, since we found out its a boy, my wife has been looking over many names trying to narrow it down to the ones she likes. I have been having a more hard time deciding on names I like. I mean, come on! A book that has 100,001+ names in it, how do they expect a guy to narrow it down? Its not only a book with names in it but its got the "best baby names" in it. So with all of these great names, how will I ever contribute a list of what I like? Man, I am so confused.

Well my wife is doing good. She is 18 weeks along, and from the Dr. appointment on monday, the baby is developing well so far. We are still very worried though because at 15 weeks her water broke and now there is limited fluid in there. Without fluid the lungs will not develop. But the Dr seemed very optimistic about it. There is fluid in there, enough for the baby to move around, we just need to wait a few more weeks to make sure the lungs develop. If they do then at 24 weeks she will be admitted to the hospital for the remainder of her pregnancy, which they think she will deliver early. So since monday we are more hopeful that things are going to turn out just fine. The baby might just be born as early as 24 weeks. Well, heres to choosing a name!

6/365

Today was a very long day. I have been really tired lately. I think its about to get worse too because school starts next week. But that is life sometimes right? I love the weekends mostly because I can somewhat catch up on sleep. But if you know me you know whats been going on lately in my life. My wife is 18 weeks along in her pregnancy, and we just found out that we are having a boy. She has had some complications though and has been on bed rest for 10 weeks now. The doctor seemed very hopeful when we met with her on monday, but if my wife makes it to 24 weeks, she will have to be admitted to the hospital till she has the baby. What a emotionally draining pregnancy this has been, but it will all be worth it when our boy is born. Until then keep checking back here day to day to see my daily picture! And if you need a photographer for anything, contact me!

5/365

Do you ever get those days where your ideas just dont work? I went outside to take a portrait, but the pictures just were not turning out how I wanted them to turn out. It was also cold and getting dark. So I decided to leave the outside portraits to maybe when it gets warmer and another day where my ideas may actually turn out alright. So I brought it inside and went down in the basement to my "studio". I purchased a pure white 53"x12yds seamless paper backdrop today. I decided to try to make the white look grey (without editing in photoshop or a similar program). I didnt know really how to do this, though I had an idea. As you can see in the picture the background is indeed grey. So here is my 5th day photo. I am holding a snoot pointed at my eye lit from the key light which has a beauty dish on it, doing this just for fun. It sure bothered me that nothing looked good to me outside today. It was just one of those days I guess. But there are other days right? Well 360 to be exact! We will get more creative as it warms outside hopefully. This picture was more of an exercise to me to try to see if I can do this type of picture. For the first time trying, its not so bad, but I will practice more as the days and months go on. Hope tomorrow will be a bit better for me and the photo. Thanks for reading! Follow, comment if you like, or if you have something to add or say! Thanks for reading. Here is the photo:

4/365

My inner child is ready to get out! Well not really, but its a good thing there is not three of me, or three of me playing a video game against each other. I would most likely throw the controller at myself. As you can see in the picture, one of me is enjoying winning, the other thinks its very unfair, and the last one of me is scared because one of me is mad thinking its unfair! A complex brain I have huh? Ha not really. But anyways here is the picture for day 4. Hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed shooting and editing it! Comment and follow!

3/365

Not only is it 2010 but starting tomorrow normal work weeks begin again. Time flies sometimes when I sure dont want it too. I love long weekends, and there have been two in a row. School also picks up again next week. So life gets back to its busy bustle of craziness. At least I will have one more week before my time is completely taken. I also bet this week will fly by. Oh well. I will try to make the best of it though. Here is day three!

2/365

I have a dilemma..... I hate facial hair, but yet I hate shaving. Its a lose lose situation. So I usually grow it out for a week, bite the bullet and then shave. Rinse and repeat. Every now and then I also need a haircut. My wife went to school for that, so she is the lucky one to cut my hair. Though as you can see, I don't have too much hair left. Kinda a sad thing but oh well. Today I had to bite the bullet. It was a twofer day. Had to do both shave and get a haircut. Its done now and my wife loves the smooth face!

1/365 day project

With the beginning of the new year, brings the beginning of a new project. The 365 day project. I first stumbled upon the idea of the project from a very creative photographer, Stephen Poff. He started doing this a few years back and the idea caught on with many others. You can go here to see many photos of his, especially his 365 day project photos from years back.
The main idea behind the project is to take one photo a day for a year of yourself, a self portrait, and write something like a daily journal. I decided to give this idea a try and see what kind of creative pictures I can come up with this year on a day to day basis. Though this will not be too much of a walk in the park, it will be fun to look back in 364 days at what the year brought. So stop on by day to day to see the 365 picture of the day.
Today brought this picture below, a kinda "What did I take on?" picture. Thats what I feel like with this project anyways. But a commitment like this, I believe, will help me get some ideas to stay creative, and also help me grow as a photographer and an artist. Life is busy as it is, but this will be fun. So lets see what each day brings! I will continue to talk about my other photography ventures on this blog also, so click that follow blog button and come back every day! Leave a comment! Have a question? Send me a message.

Busy, busy...

Wow, I cant believe that the year is almost gone! Its probably due to how busy life can get (one reason the blog has not been updated for a couple of weeks). Time seems to fly by when life is busy. Along with taking care of my pregnant wife, I have done a few photo shoots, amongst editing these photos and going to class this past few weeks. Among one of the shoots was this past weekend. My sister was a bit late on having her "Happy Holidays" card picture taken. She had asked me if I could shoot her and her husband this weekend. I must say it got cold very quick as the day got later. The shoot took place a bit after 4:30 pm, and the cold was creeping in. But we ended up with some very good shots. Among them is this fine beauty! Awesome lighting! and awesome color! Even though it was cold outside, it was so worth it! Here is to a happy holidays! Merry Christmas everyone! Have a wonderful holiday!