Shooting our annual Christmas card photo always seems to stress me out. I don’t know why…I can shoot portraits for other people without a problem, but I stress about shooting stuff for myself. Due to the nice weather we had in late-November and early-December, we decided to do an outdoor family portrait for our Christmas card.
Year: 2012
Everyday Carry 2012
I recently came across the blog Everyday Carry (EDC), where people document the items or gadgets that they carry with them everyday. I found myself rather intrigued as to what people carry everyday, and the thought that they put into these items. I imagine most people don’t spend much time thinking about the items they carry with them everyday…they just throw their keys, mobile phone, wallet, watch, pocket knife, or whatever else in their pockets, jacket, or purse, and hit the road.
As I was looking through the images of people’s everyday carry items, I got to thinking about my everyday carry items. So without further adieu, here they are…
Published in Horizons Magazine, Winter 2012
I am going to take a moment to promote myself, but mostly just brag…
I shot the photo above on a very hot, very muggy morning last summer at Fort Sheridan. Earlier this week, I found out that the my photo was selected to be published in the winter 2012 edition of the Lake County Forest Preserves quarterly magazine, Horizons, to accompany an article about the history of Fort Sheridan.
It may just be a local publication, but I am pretty proud regardless. You can see my photo in the latest issue of Horizons, here (pages 16 and 17).
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday to my little man, Carson! It’s hard to believe that he is already four years old!
It doesn’t seem like it was that long ago that we were welcoming him to the world…7-weeks early…and spending nearly a month in the NICU (you will need to be a Flickr contact in order to see more than a couple photos).
Hello, My Name is Olivia
Olivia Constance Diver, born June 12, 2012 at 12:04pm. Weight, 6 lbs. 2 oz. Height, 19 1/2 inches.
This is the photo I took for our daughter’s birth announcement. You can see a behind the scenes photo of how I took this shot on Instagram.