Sunday, December 16, 2007

zee snow angel...


So my roommate, Tomasz, was just talking about how they don't really get much snow in his corner of France, and he's been waiting for a good snow to do his snow angel. Since any snow we've had this year thus far has melted within the day (and before i got home with my camera) he's been a little disappointed...but not today! So, in our winter snow storm and at least a foot of snow, he didn't hesitate and jumped right in....because you know, if there are footprints to the angel, it's not really an angel...

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

On the day Elena was born...

Photos of John and Sara's hospital stay waiting for the birth of their baby girl... All are doing well...



All smiles early in the day...






Sara dealing with others taking over her body...

















John modeling the take-home outfit...


















how else does a photographer deal with stress?












Or not...















a long day, but sticking together...good job mom&dad!

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Personification of inanimate objects

I think I confused a friend of mine while chatting about the first time we had met. After a night of photos, bottles of champagne and a night walk on the beach, my room key ended up lost. Instead of trying to find it, and with the front desk closed (this wasn't a Holiday Inn, or the U.S.) it seemed best to just climb in through an open window in my room. I think I lost him when i started talking about how when i think of that beach, i think of a lone room key stuck in the sand smiling, if it could, at the thought that two people were more into eachother and remembering the last unopenned bottle of champagne then the room key. I know it's just my (your adjective here) way of wanting to assign and share the emotions with inanimate things, and i'm okay with that...perhaps that's why i like rocks so much (how's that for an introduction?) Fisherman Island's State Park south of Charlevoix, one of the best rock-hunting areas in lower Michigan. Although it looks like i was too late for dinner, i did find a petoskey for Louis' bday. Happy birthday Louis!
The Mackinac Bridge. This bridge freaks me out every time, so i just try to ignore it by photographing it as i cross, had a driver this time...which is probably best for everyone.