my two geniuses

Okay, let me set this up for you: My wife and I had to take care of some business at our bank. To keep our kids occupied during our little meeting I gave my youngest my phone, mainly to play Angry Birds or Temple Run or whatever. As long as he stayed still and quiet, which is always the name of the game when in public. About half way through the meeting I ducked my head out to make sure they weren't destroying the place and they both were still quietly sitting in the lobby-engaged, though now they both seemed to be "playing" on my phone. That was this past Monday. Today, while scrolling through my phone's images I came upon some photos I never took, but more mysterious than that was that the images were little abstract works of art that I don't even know how they were taken. They are several images layered one atop the other-multiple multiple exposures of ill composed photos they have a sort of beauty after you look at them for a while. They remind me of the Beatles' White Album whose layered sounds can be discovered and rediscovered again and again upon each listen. I edited the pictures on Snapseed to enhance the layered images so one can actually see the subjects they photographed and to bring to the surface the texture and color in each photo. The results are absolutely stunning. I'd hang these on my wall any time.

 

he-man woman haters club

I think every all-American boy should been able to grow up having a tree house in the backyard.  I every all-American boys' father should be able to have a hammock underneath it.  Perfect.
Taken with my Polaroid Land Camera on Impossible Sepia film. 

ghosts of summer II :: trunks

In the wake of summer, I still have images to post even though Autumn is in full effect and the temps (thank God) have finally started to drop. I took along an old Minolta film automatic camera on a visit to the neighbors and their new pool. This shot is taken at the curb right outside their house before the kiddo stripped off his shirt and plunged right in. I just wish they made shark shoes like that for adults, I would totally rock those.

ghosts of summer

Summer isn't my favorite season, especially in Texas. The dry, dry heat literally zaps your energy and in the wake of this past summer I pray I never see 100 degrees ever again for the rest of my life, but I love the images summer evokes. Even the word conjures up beaches, pools, sand, sun, drinks, bathing suits, water parks, and the list could go on. The images of summer I really enjoy and I recently processed a roll that I had taken during the thick of the summer and had just been sitting on for a while. Well, here's one of my favs from the role. These were taken with an old minolta I had found at an estate sale, so these are more about memory than technically beautiful photography-but isn't that what photos can be sometimes, and ought to be, if not carefully preserved memories.

parker

You may remember lil' Parker, I did his newborn pictures just about seven months ago. Before that, though, he was the very first baby I photographed with mommy holding the Polaroid in front of her belly. So now Parker's a little bigger and a lot cuter! Had so much fun with this little guy and his parents, Christine and Blake-longtime friends. Again, it was a pleasure photographing you guys and I was blessed to be apart of it.

foxy ladies

Finally catching up with myself when it comes to shooting, editing, and delivering orders, I am happy to show off a family session with very good friends Stephanie, Nic, and their daughter Roxy. I met Stephanie and Nic at the art festival in Kennedale and my wife and I fell in love with them and their adorable kiddo. They took some family portraits that we managed to squeeze in between those crazy storms that were hovering over North Texas a few weeks back.





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polaroid series III

Another series of Polaroids. I did it This American Life Style, choosing a theme then bringing you a variety of photographs based on that theme. This theme: childhood.

playground

Nothing much to write about on this post. It's another Lensbaby shot taken at the park. I figure a photograph of a kid playing at the park is a pretty self-explanatory photograph, what the photograph may not tell you is that while they ran around, hung around, and jumped around on the set, I was having just as much fun capturing it.

sportstar

Although we try to saturate the kids in the arts, you can't keep a guy from loving sports. So, we enrolled Aidan in basketball this year. The little guy did pretty good, scoring a goal here and there, really hustling up and down the court. Here's some pics we took off the court.

ewan-part II

Ahh, our hero gives himself a congratulatory yank-up on the ol' sport shorts.

No self-respecting super crime fighter is ever without his red boots.

Love this shot below...it just reminds me of...imagination, pretend, playtime, whatever. It reminds me of Where The Wild Things Are.Sometimes our hero must simply fold his arms in defeat, knowing that even though he may lose a battle now and again, he still strives to win the war.

So, in photographing Ewan, I wanted to depict him as his handsome mild-mannered self (in the first post), but I wouldn't be allowed to truly call those portraits until I've captured him showing off a little of his wild imagination. I hope these have adequately done so.

ewan-part I

Meet Ewan. Imaginative. Funny. Pretty darn good-lookin' and one heckuva PS2 player. He's a charmer, talking to everyone who talks to him and even those that don't. At almost five he's already memorized his numbers one through twenty and can say the whole alphabet. He spells his very own name and references Spongebob like the rest of us reference Seinfeld. But beyond that cushy, pale exterior lies...a hero...

peyton

There are so many great ones from this session that I wish I could post the entire thing! Everything you know about little boys is embodied by this one:

At the malt shop.

I love his expression here! Priceless. He looks like a pirate who just unsheathed his knife... arrg!

Who doesn't love pictures on the tracks...

Another homage to polaroids!

slip and slide

I love these shots of the boys. Every summer there's this unofficial ushering in of the season when we turn on the sprinklers, or break out the slip and slide, or whatever, and just let the kids do what they do best, which is have fun. I take pictures like this every time, but every time they're great. In just one frame of the boys I capture everything summer is supposed to feel like: being outside, the hot weather, cooling off, relaxing or playing... Well, everything that Old Navy commercials tell you what summer's supposed to feel like.

easter part I

I wanted to devote one blog post to pics of my family that I took during Easter. So, these are those, with more Easter pics coming soon.

trick or treat

As we all try to finish off that bag of candy just sitting in the pantry, I thought I'd go ahead and post pics of the boys in their costumes. I hope everyone had a happy Halloween.

Their expressions here are priceless.

Scary faces!!

khakis

I always get pics of the boys when I visit home in Louisiana. I don't know what inspires me: the surroundings, the atmosphere, the coffee, the country, what...? But I always get pics of 'em. So, here are the latest. Man, they're getting big!!