http://www.leicaguy.com/blog capture the moment Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:45:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Before Tony was born Nilsa found this great little hat. It's the kind of hat you can put a baby in because, well you can. We liked it so much we decided that when he came home from the hospital he would wear it. Somehow I never ... http://www.leicaguy.com/blog/2008/06/28/that-hat/ Tony started on "solid" food a few weeks ago. It's a new chapter in his life an a new series of photo opportunities. He grabbed for the spoon almost immediately to feed himself. He's trying to be independent. Tony took to bananas right away. Leica MPLeica 50mm Summilux ASPHKodak ... http://www.leicaguy.com/blog/2008/06/28/going-bananas/ It's taken me weeks to get around to posting this, but life has been way too busy. June is almost over! We took Tony to his first backyard barbeque on Memorial Day (26 May 2008) and of course I have photos to prove it. As he gets ... http://www.leicaguy.com/blog/2008/06/27/memorial-day-barbacue/ Here's a couple of contrasty images I shot this past weekend. At the time I took these photos I knew that without a flash to fill in the shadows, I'd blow out the highlights and leave deep shadows by metering on the mid-tones (Zone V). In other words, ... http://www.leicaguy.com/blog/2008/06/10/snuggles/ This Mother's Day was very special. Last year Nilsa was a mother to be. This year she has officially joined the club. We spent the Mother's Day weekend visiting my folks and her folks, going to church, and letting Nilsa sleep in late! She keeps ... http://www.leicaguy.com/blog/2008/05/30/mothers-day/ Charlotte celebrated her seventh birthday late last month with a small party at my parent's home. I brought Tony along and everyone was glad to see him. People were only too happy to hold him and have their photo made with Tony. It's been so busy that ... http://www.leicaguy.com/blog/2008/05/30/charlottes-birthday/ We had one of those weekends where we worked on a job that we'd been talking about working on but never quite found the time to do. But all work and no play makes for work. And the weekends need to be about more than work. So to ... http://www.leicaguy.com/blog/2008/05/07/a-walk-in-the-park/ Tony's Aunt Amanda picked up this cute outfit at Nordstrom's about a month ago. So the other day when Tony and I were visiting at my parents home, I used my Dad's Sony digital to grab this photo of Tony and his buddy "Froggie". Tony and "Froggie" Sony Cybershot DSC-T200 ISO 400 Technorati ... http://www.leicaguy.com/blog/2008/04/28/stars-and-strips/ Tony has started babbling. His babbles are getting louder while remaining unintelligible, kind of like Bob Dylan. In a baby's vocabulary the word "goo" is very important. "Goo" is used to express whatever emotion or sentiment the baby is feeling at the time; I'm hot, I'm cold, ... http://www.leicaguy.com/blog/2008/04/26/goo/ Last Sunday I took Tony up to see my parents after church. He slept most of the morning and after the initial novelty of being at his Grandparents house wore off, Tony got a little cranky. My Dad solved the problem by walking around with Tony on his ... http://www.leicaguy.com/blog/2008/04/01/its-all-about-me/