Football and Puppy

Two recent events in this post. First up, my first Bears game. Paul and Vim, friend from Milwaukee were able to grab some tickets to the game; probably because of the Bears highly disappointing season so far. While it was a Bears loss, it was fairly contested throughout. The stadium, crowd, and food were everything I hoped for. Most of the pictures I took were actually of the city while getting to the game. Looking back, I wish that I could have had a tripod with me as all the night shots were taken by hand.



I took this picture of a beer tap when we grabbed a bite to eat on the way to the game. (1/20s at f/2.8, ISO 800, 70.0mm)


I liked the way the bridge, river, and buildings framed this section of the skyline and Sears tower. (1/50s at f/8.0, ISO 100, 24.0mm)


This was from the same bridge, but a slightly different angle. Again, I wish I'd had a tripod. (1/13s at f/2.8, ISO800, 24.0mm)


Merchandise Mart is the world's larger commercial building with 4.2 million square feet. (1/13s at f/2.8, ISO 800, 24.0mm)


Bus handles... (1/60s at f/2.8, ISO 800, 62.0mm)


Again, I wish I'd had a tripod... (1/30s at f/2.8, ISO 800, 48.0mm)


I took a similar shot at a University of Illinois game a few years ago. This didn't turn out as well, but it's still a fun shot. Again... a tripod would have been nice. (1/5s at f/9.0, ISO 100, 26.0-70.0mm)


Some might say the best the Bears looked all night... (1/60s at f/4.0, ISO 200, 70.0mm)

The second post is of Cherise's and my new St. Bernard puppy. His name is Aslan. Most of the pictures here were taken when he was around 6 lbs. We've had him for 3 weeks now and he is already 15 lbs.


Eating/Swimming... the little guy was pretty uncoordinated the first week or so. (1/100s at f/3.5, ISO 400)


(1/60 at f/3.5, ISO 400, 62mm)


His eyes are not blue anymore... more of a green/gray (1/125s at f/3.2, ISO 400, 105.0mm)


(1/30s at f/5.6, ISO 100, 105mm)


(1/320s at f/8.0 ISO100, 70mm)

Spurge gets married!

This summer I was able to go to Paul and Elizabeth's wedding in Milwaukee. I was there as Paul's best man, but still managed to take a couple pictures along the way! Here are some of the highlights. Most of them are in black and white.


Peter Marshall - one of Paul's groomsmen and one of his close friends from Wheaton College. This was at breakfast the morning of the wedding. We finally got Paul to break his diet... I think his diet was called... anorexia or something like that...



The lovely remnants of our breakfast!



The Church where they tied the knot. The lighting in there was great.



Vim - One of Paul's groomsman and close friend from Milwaukee. This is the man with insider connections all over Milwaukee.



At the Rehearsal, I didn't get to take many pictures, but here is one I did catch...



Me with Paul.



This is one of my favs. I managed to catch a glimpse of Elizabeth checking herself out in the mirror...



Shoes... Girls and their shoes, I will never understand.



This was while we were walking to take pictures in downtown Milwaukee



Leaving the church... I was fooling around with some of the brushes in Photoshop (I still have very little idea of what I'm doing in that program)



Paul and "Lizzy" sharing a moment at the reception



Taken during Elizabeth's Father's welcome at the reception.

Inanimate Objects

Taking a break from babies, here is a post that will probably be really boring, or really interesting. I've always been a bit envious of photographers who could take inherently boring things and make them aesthetically pleasing


First up, Totally inexplicable and random. Cherise and I were filling up on gas in Maine when we saw this... No photographic value, but hilarious.



Also from our road trip, I saw this sign in New York City. I was struck by the truth of the message, and the irony of its location in the city... though provoking... at least for me.



This picture is really cliche, but if the guy on the street can sell his print of this for $8, why can't I have my own?



While waiting in line to see "In the Heights", I saw this lock. If they had a security camera, they probably though I was going to break in... "hey! check out the china-man trying to break in!"



fork.



Rice. I love rice.

Burke Baby Pictures

Kevin and his wife are here in Missouri, where he is working on a couple graduate degrees simultaneously through the Army. Here are some highlights from a session with their baby daughter Mali!

Final Cut Express

I recently started fooling around with Final Cut Express. I really don't know what I'm doing with this software, and since I deal only with stills, I have only scratched the surface of what this software can do. Anyway, here is a slideshow from some of the the Engineer Course.

Ellie

Jeremy and Stephanie are at Fort Leonard Wood with Cherise and me. They have been good friends since our time in Texas. We took these photos at their house using almost all natural light. I finally got around to editing their pictures, and here are some of my favorites!

Road Trip part one

I am currently writing from a hotel in Biddeford Maine, where Cherise and I just got back from Kevin McKelvey's wedding (pictures coming soon). We are 4 days into our road trip and have been having a great time so far! Below are some of our pictures

On our way to Maine, we stopped in Boalsburg, PA to visit the Runey family.

Here we are by the Nittany Lion... I thought it would be a lot bigger.

Here we are with the Runeys at their home in Boalsburg

In Maine, we stayed at a campsite the night before Kevin and Renee's wedding.

Here we are in front of President Bush's home (G.H. type).

We are trying out our awkward smiles...

Fun in the sand...

A new blog, a new start

So, I've given in and have joined the countless photographers who have blogs to accompany their websites. Considering my track record with journaling, blogging, and Xanga'ing, I don't know why I think I will be consistent, interesting, or either with my blog. Nevertheless, here I go, and hopefully this way I will be more motivated to shoot, edit, and display my photos!

So, why not start a new blog with a new subject? Millie Wilson is the 5-day old baby girl of Austin and Lindsay Wilson. Austin is one of my oldest and closest friends and it was fun to take a couple random pictures when seeing their daughter for the first time!