Model for Hire

Cost: 1 (large) box of Reese's Pieces candy/hr.

Crystal Cove

I pulled this from the California batch of photos. I like his little gangsta pant leg!



ISO 100, F/4.0, 1/2000 SEC

Portrait Project #16

#16: Divide the Picture Space

Valentines

We celebrated Valentines Day at the cabin. BreAna made little treats for me and the boys, and we lounged around with friends.

Portrait Project #14

#14: Use Unusual Crops and Exclude the Face

Avatar Bre

I created this using a process I found in Photoshop User Magazine. I didn't execute it as well as they did, but it was a good way to burn an hour.

The Candid Frame

For those looking for inspiration and education from other photographers, I highly recommend The Candid Frame.

It is a blog/podcast presented by Ibarionex R. Perello, in which he interviews photographers from all disciplines. The list of names is impressive, and includes photographers such as Chase Jarvis, Douglas Kirkland, Dan Winters, and Greg Gorman, to name just a few.

The interviews are posted every two weeks and average about 45 minutes each.

Enjoy!

Portrait Project #13

#13: Shoot at a Slant

Disneyland: Day 10

It all started here, where I pulled over to take this picture on our detour to Zion's National Park...
(It's worth clicking the pics to enlarge them.)



You'd be amazed at how slippery that red mud is. My truck literally slid sideways all the way down the shoulder. After a nice man stopped to pull me out, it looked like this...



After realizing that I missed a turn and our 45 minute drive turned into 2.5 hours, we ended up at Zion's, here...



Only to be informed that there had been an avalanche and we couldn't get through. We'd have to wait an hour...



So, we pulled over to change the baby here, where we found out that a 20 month old child can indeed pull a vehicle out of park. I was forced to dive in the passenger side door and hand operate the foot brake, which was still muddy from the aforementioned truck-stuck event.



After eating a bad buffalo burger meal (never feel comfortable if the person at a restaurant says they are operating on limited supplies and a tight budget) we finally got through...



And it was worth the wait!


Finally home after a LONG day...

Disneyland: Day 9

Disneyland: Day 8

Rain at Disneyland. NOT the happiest place on on earth.

Disneyland: Day 7

Sea World yielded some decent photos, but this was my favorite of the day.

Disneyland: Day 6

Disneyland: Day 5

I couldn't resist.

Disneyland: Day 4

San Diego Zoo rocks! This place was huge, and had a lot of really cool places for good pictures that were unobstructed by glass or cages. i did have to shoot the little guy below from behind the ugly green zoo glass, but the family of gorillas was by far my favorite part of the zoo, so I thought I'd include him anyway.

Disneyland: Day 3

We made it to the Magic Kingdom. Overall the kids did really well and enjoyed most of the attractions. London was very apprehensive (loud screaming) about the Haunted Mansion, and Logan refused to crawl through a couple dark tunnels in the faux rock inside the Indian Jones ride, despite my best persuasive logic. "Dad, stop trying to get me to break the rules!" I explained there were no signs prohibiting the activity, but the caves were dark and ominous, so I had that working against me. Liam slept for a couple of the hours, but enjoyed the Winnie the Pooh and Buzz Lightyear rides. He screamed when the line proceed past the animatronic buzz inside the ride. Mom was an unstoppable force of Disney Delight.

Disneyland: Day 2

Day two consisted of making our way from St. George to Newport Beach. This is right after a Super 8 continental breakfast. We tried letting the kids burn off as much of the Fruit Loops sugar as we could before we loaded up for the haul.