October 05, 2008

The Revolution starts with U

Life is what you make it. If you are unhappy then make the changes that are necessary to be happy. Its that simple. You can have the life you want just decide to. Today.

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September 21, 2008

Yes My Little Prince, You can have your cake AND eat it too!!

Noah's First Birthday Party. Lots of fun and good times. Noah ate three pieces of his birthday cake. Mama Monika made a delicious banana cake that had no sugar or sweeteners.

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September 18, 2008

Life is sometimes Black and White

My good friend Martin Fuchs was recently visiting (and will actually visit again this weekend... another story for another posting)and waiting for him was a plastic storage bin that Monika and me saved some of his belongings from another visits. Every time Martin visits he leave a few things here a few things there. Any how one of the things were some 35mm black and white film. He is now shooting a project of his using a medium format Hasselblad and didn't have much use for this film so he gave them to me. So I loaded one of the rolls into an old Canon AT-1 camera that I have that Monika used when she was into photography before I knew her. I started shooting and it was really a great exercise. So many things I had started taking for granted. I told Martin at one point that I thought the greatest invention of the 20th century was auto focus! I have to admit another thing that I had gotten in the habit of using was auto aperture setting on my digital camera. Never mind things like advancing film or having to click your f-stops on the lens in addition to focusing. So for about 2 weeks I walked around and shot everyday things around the house and here are some of the photos. For all the work of setting up the photos I have to say that post production was minimal. No converting my photos to black and white. I mostly played with contrast or brightness and only minimal. Now of course the cost of film and developing will primarily limit when I shoot film but I have to say it was lots of fun. As a result of this exercise and a few conversations I had with Martin I will mostly be using my camera in a full manual mode. Except of course for auto focus!

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September 17, 2008

Feliz Cumple Ano Noah

Thank you Noah,

For filling everyday with joy and laughter. You remind me that all the mundane routine doesn't matter. I love you! One day you'll read this and understand.

Love always, DAD DAD

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