Day 9

The moon looked pretty cool tonight, and I wanted to see how close my lens would zoom in on it. I did a little adjusting for the B&W effect in PS, but I think this turned out pretty cool!

Day 8

10.17.2010

This picture may not look like much, but it's an image I see every day. Shara and I have very different work schedules. Hers requires her to wake up at insane hours of the morning, which also require her to go to bed at very early hours during the day. It sounds weird to other people, but because of that we sleep in separate rooms. Our marriage is great, don't get me wrong I love that girl, but sleeping in the same bed during the work week just isn't in the cards for us. So I tend to see this door to our Master Bedroom closed during the weeknights, and this is as close as I get to seeing my wife most nights as well. We really are just roommates during these times. So this closed door is more than just a closed door you see. It is a wall...

Day 7

10.16.2010

Today was the first of the baby showers family & friends are throwing us. It amazes me how gracious, thoughtful and kind people in our lives our. We received some absolutely incredible things from people to help us out in our new chapter of life. Because frankly, we don't have much. It really does take a village to raise a child, and there are more showers to come, so thank you in advance as well. We could not do it without you. There is no way we could have purchased all the things we need to raise a baby without going into some serious debt. We love everyone and everything!

This is a photo of my Mom demonstrating how tiny newborn diapers are. I was shocked as well!

Day 6

10.14.2010

Candle, candle. (Inside joke only my Mom & Shara will get)
Pumpkin Spice candles are awesomely rad during the fall, in case you were wondering.

Day 5

10.14.2010
We are in the process of finishing our basement. It's a long process, longer than I thought, but it's good to have it started. This is a shot of our family room, towards the back where you can see a framed door will be another bedroom. Overall the basement will have 3 bedrooms, 1 family room & 1 bathroom. Lucky for us, the bathroom is already finished. Framing, electrical, and heating & cooling are done. All we have left is sheet rock, paint, finish carpentry and carpet. Still sounds like a lot...
The mess in the middle is a little embarrassing to me (food storage, boxes and boxes of old stuff and empty boxes that we have yet to go through really) but we had to start condensing to make room for the being.

Day 4

10.13.2010

There will probably be many pictures of this guy until our baby comes. For those of you who don't know him, his name is Stanley. He likes to sleep in random places, including places where he could get stepped on. I found him sleeping here tonight.

Day 3

10.12.2010

Christmas of 2005 Shara gave me a year long subscription to Rolling Stone magazine, and has continued to every year since. It's definitely one of my favorite gifts she has given me. Ever since then I have kept every issue and keep a collection of them in our bookshelves. October of 2008 they changed their print format and produce a smaller magazine than what they once did. I found the older and bigger style of magazine more interesting to shoot because of the used look, staples and texture of the paper. I love that a new magazine shows up faithfully every 2 weeks, and gives me something to read in the bathroom.

Day 2

10.10.2010


Strangely I have 4 of these controllers that I have somehow collected over the years. In my opinion no other gaming console will ever be as cool as the original NES was. Sure gaming, controllers, and everything overall has become more advanced, and graphics are so much more superior than this little guy ever thought of. But in it's prime, I think the original NES had much more hype and attention than anything else since then.
(I am infatuated right now with super tight close-up shots. I love the blurring effect, and the textures you can see.)

A Picture a Day

Hello again! My, my, my it has been a while. It seems for the past year and half or so my posts have only been solely about music and a couple of cool stories my wife has done on KSL. A lot has happened over that time and rather than try to catch up, I've decided to just start from scratch again.... For starters, Shara is pregnant, which seemed like a perfect time to save up and purchase a semi-professional Digital SLR camera. We found a great deal on a Canon EOS Rebel XS with a bunch of different features including 2 lenses. I decided I need A TON of practice, and what better way to do that than to just start taking pictures and researching how to make them look cool/interesting/professional. Anyway, my friend Melanie Swanson does this "Picture a day" blog that I think is such a creative idea and a perfect way to capture every day moments that might otherwise go unnoticed. So I've decided to adopt the same philosophy. From here on out, I'm going to take at least 1 picture a day in hopes of increasing my photography skills, and also to eventually capture the moments our little baby will bring into our home. We are really excited and honestly I'm getting to the point where becoming a dad is all I'm thinking about during my days at work.

So, I bring to you another hobby that I hope to be somewhat good at, but mainly just want to copy and mimic some of the incredible photographers I have as friends that have inspired me to want to take photos myself. Please bear with me as I learn how to make my pictures the best they can be, and I would love any advice or tips you budding photographers have learned along the way. Enjoy!

Day 1. 10.10.2010

Sometimes I tackle a ton of laundry and run out of room to hang in our laundry room. Thus I need to find interesting places to air dry extra shirts that I don't like to put in the dryer. These are the majority of dress shirts I wear on a daily basis.

Cochlear implants allow baby to hear mother's voice for the first time

Video Courtesy of KSL.com