Category Archives: Photo Projects

What taking pictures with my boys actually looks like…

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Most of the time I just show you the end result of my self portraits with my boys.

Here are some of the in between shots.

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They are not good at waiting patiently…

Also, I probably have taken hundreds of shots of me walking into the shot.

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There must be sticks…

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“Take a picture of me attacking this tree.”

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“No, you need to go on this side…”

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“Okay, no more stick.”

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They started making crazy noises.

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Me trying to figure out where I need to be to be in the shot.

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Oops.

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It still works, kind of.

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Me trying to figure out if the boys are in the shot…

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I thought they both should stand.

Nope.

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Try again.

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Focus was too low.

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They get nutty…okay they are nutty from the start.

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One more time!

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“Let’s make crying baby noises!”

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Sometimes these goons just need to be tickled.

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My youngest, “The mighty warriors have been defeated by tickling.”

Did that make you tired?

I shot these with my Nikon D600, 50mm lens, tripod, and the Interval Timer on the camera.

I could not find my remote…

Ha!

I am going to miss this~Zoo Trips

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I will miss waiting for him to get his shot.

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Watching their fascination with an animal eating.

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Silly pictures next to the sign.

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Their excitement of the petting zoo.

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Insisting we stop at the zoo wagon every time.

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Someone that thinks me making voices for the animals is funny.

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Snack time.

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Silhouettes next to the Sea lion tank.

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Laughing with them about the silly squirrels.

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Seeing my oldest share his camera with his brother.

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That they still love to ride the Carousel.

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Over and over.

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I will miss two boys begging to ride the train just “one more time”.

I will miss these trips to the zoo one day.

I want to cherish them now.

“Nothing Gold Can Stay”

I have a lot of other things I should be blogging about.

I am way behind in our curriculum posts.

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But I looked out my window this morning and saw the beautiful sun rising over the new snow.

All I could think was that line in Robert Frost’s Poem “Nothing gold can stay.”

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So I went for a walk around our yard, trying to capture the magic that was happening before me.

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This above image is the one I pictured in my head before I went out.

I knew I wanted to use my 50mm 1:1.4, just for this image.

I am glad I was able to find it!

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The birds were serenading me the whole time.

Beautiful.

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I followed the sun.

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What an amazing way to wake up.

Following the sunlight through the snow.

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I decided I wanted to add something to my non-existent bucket list.

Watch the sun rise and set every day for a month.

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“So dawn goes down to day./ Nothing gold can stay.”