my aperturic annual – 06.28.10
June 28th, 2010
Jared and I met for dinner tonight at Blanc. As we finished up, we were making “art” out of our straws. One thing let to another, and Jared encouraged me to take a photo with his iPhone, saying I should post something here about “my assignment today being making a piece of art and photographing it with something other than my ‘real’ camera.” Hilarious. So…I offer you this gem of a photo as entry #1 for the day.
Then, we headed back to the deck I supposedly never invite him over to hang out on. I had a moment of zen watching the sun set, as the clouds turned from white to orange to pink. It was loverly.
I tried to get a photo of him on the deck. You know…the one he never hangs out on. He did not cooperate.
[ Image removed because nobody wants to see me in a unitard that tight. -Jared ]
Then, we attempted to become wildlife photographers, as apparently I’m becoming Snow White with the bagillion rabbits, birds, lightening bugs, and whatnot hanging out in my backyard. Just when we had given up hope, Jared saw this shot. Thankfully the camera was in my hand, as it would just be embarrassing for him to take the shot of the evening and not me (though arguably, the shot above would definitely beat this).
Then it really started getting dark and I started playing with settings on my camera I should be much more familiar with. That produced this.
Which led to me trying to take an image at 9:30 p.m., but exposing it to make it look like it was actually the afternoon.
Which just started leading us towards all sorts of chaos with exposure and whatnot.
Ever wondered what Jared would look like with an ear for a nose? I can show you.
Creepy, isn’t it? It’s kind of like a movie poster for “Dr. Jared, Mr. Hyde”.
Then, after many attempts, I think I got the shot I wanted. The following would officially be my entry for the day. A much better contribution than the iPhone whatnot from above.
my aperturic annual – 06.27.10
June 28th, 2010
This weekend my friend Jeremy and his son Zion stopped by to see my new deck. Apparently, as they were pulling in my driveway, Zion asked Jeremy, “Will there be any kids here?” Jeremy said, “No.” Zion responded, “Ahhhhh, man….”
Little did he expect to have as much fun as he did. Jeremy and I pushed him in the sky chair suspended from the tree in my backyard, and he clearly got more air than any adult ever has. He giggled so loud, saying over and over, “I LOOOOOOOOVE THIS!!!!!” as he swung back and forth.
I will have everyone know he always preferred it when I was pushing him. Jer’s a responsible parent, wanting to make sure he didn’t get hurt. Jer said, “You push him like an aunt would, I push him like a dad…” Maybe I should’ve been a little more cautious, but no one was hurt. Promise.
I’m going to rig up a seatbelt system for the next time he comes. He is quite the daredevil of a child (takes after his daddy…a bit time rockclimber). Even after multiple times of Jeremy telling him to hold on, Zion would lift his hands off the bar at the peak of the push mid-air. Let’s just see how happy this made him, though…
Eventually, the heat got the best of me and Jer, so we came inside. Zion proceeded to stay out in the yard, attempting to push the swing more on his own and then hop inside as it flew by. It was hilarious. After he joined us inside when he finally realized it wouldn’t work by himself, I continued to win points by giving him a cherry popsicle. He tried at one point to brush his teeth with it (crazy kid!)…
But most of the time he just sat there and enjoyed cooling off a bit after the swing adventure…
Zion is becoming a big brother this week to a new little girl. I’m pretty excited to meet her. If she’s half as cool as her brother, she’s going to be awesome.
my aperturic annual – 06.25.10
June 25th, 2010
MY CABINETS ARE IN!!!!!
my aperturic annual – 06.23.10
June 23rd, 2010
My old roommate Whitney and her husband Ian had a little boy last week. His name is Justus. From what I saw of him tonight, when I brought the new parents dinner, he seems pretty awesome.
Look below as he tries to pucker up for some sweet mom lovin’. Hilarious.
Baby yawns. They’re pretty much like grown up yawns, only 1) they come from smaller mouths and 2) they get much better reactions.
In all seriousness, big huge congrats to the new ‘rents. It’s fun to see people I love start families. Can’t wait to hang out more with Baby Robot.
my aperturic annual – 06.22.10
June 22nd, 2010
Let’s be honest. There will be days I just won’t be able to shoot an image. I’m trying. I really am. But yesterday was back-to-back appointments with an unexpected fender bender (not mine, but a client who had their car rear-ended while it was parked in front of my house). By the time I thought to take a photo, I was crawling into bed completely exhausted. AND…I had to get up bright and early to photograph THIS beautiful woman:
Everyone, meet Sara Swenson. If you don’t know her, you should. She is both wonderfully sweet and wonderfully talented. We’re recent friends through church and the one and only Jared Hurst, but we should’ve been friends a long time ago. Life would’ve been more amazing had I known her sooner.
Anyway…Sara is an incredible musician. So much so, she was just selected to be the Kansas City local talent to play at this year’s Lilith Fair. It’s a big freaking deal.
We headed out early this morning to get a shot for her album. In order to have the CDs ready for the merch tables at Lilith Fair, she had to get all the art done by Wednesday (she was notified yesterday she was selected, making today the prime opportunity to get out and shoot something).
I’m counting this as my shot for the day for two reasons: I wanted to take it and I’m not letting her pay me for it. Well, I’ll hopefully get a free CD and a ticket to the Lilith Fair out of it, but still… My aperturic annual is all about getting out to take images I choose to take for my own pleasure. Mission accomplished.
I will also point out, ironically, that taking images of Sara at recent shows was part of what started me thinking I should start the “aperturic annual” in the first place. Here are a couple images of her on stage this last spring. Man, this girl is fun to watch live.
Excited to hear more…