Photo Assignment #12

This week's assignment on Miriam's blog was "eyes." I had a few ideas about other interpretations of the word "eye" that I could photograph, but alas, the moment never presented itself, and so here is an oldie-but-goodie of Reilly from the archives.

Tough to focus on anything but her eyes in this photo...

Try not to confuse the candle with the cake

Because Reilly's birthday is over the summer, she got to celebrate her big day yesterday at school, which of course Shawn had prepared a cake for, a cake that was dutifully topped with a large candle in the shape of a "3."

When I retrieved Reilly and the cake carrier and the partially used candle at the end of the day, I noted that there was a chunk missing from the top of the "3" candle, a detail I wouldn't have paid much consideration except that later in the evening, when Reilly was struggling to fall asleep, she whispered across the dark room to me, "Daddy, Kai ate my candle."

I told her not to worry, that we would buy her a new one for her real birthday party, and then stifled a laugh while the image of Reilly's classmate biting into the waxy candle wandered through my mind.

Week 145 Pictures/Oregon 2008

We're back from the Pacific Northwest, and have a slew of vacation photos to show off:





We had a great time. Click here to view all 182 of them.

Photo Assignment #10

The photo assignment from Miriam's blog this week was "hands."

I wish I had time to do some focused shots of the pairs of hands around me, but alas, work was very busy and now I'm about 24 hours away from being in Oregon for a week, so you'll have to settle for a photo from the archives, albeit one of my favorites:

Week 144 Photos

Hello and welcome to week 144 of Reilly's life. In this week, you'll find a birthday party, a gathering on Mother's Day, and you'll also find out that I found the sepia setting on my camera.


And that I used it a lot.


Your photo of the week:

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Photo Assignment #9

This week's assignment from Miriam was to submit a photo that used reflection as a technique. I composed this shot just a few weeks ago while I was walking into work. It is one of my favorites.

Buddha Lover

Reilly has had a crush on this Buddha statue ever since Shawn brought him home.

This weekend, she invited him into the pool. Below, is how she romanced him, in three frames:

Photo Assignment #8

This week's assignment over at Minna's webiste was to capture motion. I have a lot of motion shots of Reilly--few of which are intentional--due to the fact that our daughter never ceases to move. (No, not even in her sleep.) However, I wanted to actually go in search of motion, and so I carried my camera a lot this week.

One opportunity arose when I visited the Book Arts Studio at my work. Every Tuesday morning, a professor, his colleagues, and other book-minded people gather to make printed works using old printing presses. This week, he was using a Vandercook press to print some invitations for an upcoming event.

It took me awhile to get the photograph I've posted below, and to be honest, it really doesn't capture the horizonal movement of the press, but you can only take so many photos before wearing out your welcome.

Here is about 25% of the press, with the rollers and gears:

Here is a shot of just the rollers: