Howdy

I’m really happy with the way these pictures turned out this morning. That’s Howdy the Senator, the icon of Cactus Jack’s in downtown Carson City, standing in front of the Laxalt Building.

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Keirra Portraits

Last month I did a photo shoot with my niece Keirra. I think a lot of the shots came out really nice, and we put together calendars for the family to give as Christmas gifts.

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Glow Party

Fun with glow sticks.

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New Lights

I got a new lighting setup, with stands and umbrellas and everything, so the other night I played around with Sam a little, learning how the new lights work.

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Pogonipp’d

Crossposted from AroundCarson.com. January is always the doldrums of winter. This is when we get the coldest temperatures and the stillest air, when the snow falls and doesn’t melt, when everything is at its dirtiest and ugliest. It’s also usually the only time of the year that we get any appreciable amount of fog, and [...]

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Lunar Eclipse

We weren’t sure if we were going to be able to see the lunar eclipse Monday night. It had been snowing and raining all weekend, and the forecast called for the weather to continue through the week. Even Monday through the day it was mostly overcast. But after sunset the clouds parted and the stars [...]

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Sometimes I don’t want to carry the big camera around with me. Like if I have both kids with me, and I have to keep an eye on both of them in a crowded area, and we’re going to be walking around in the cold and I just don’t want that heavy piece of machinery [...]

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Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween (a few days late). Scenes from this year’s trick or treating, with the largest group we’ve gone out with so far. This group also was out trick or treating. And we saw this at Starbucks. Video of all the kids trick or treating:

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Pumpkin Carving Party

See more at Flickr.

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Pumpkin Decorating Party

Last night we went to a friend’s house, met some other families, and got all our kids together for a pumpkin decorating party. Less messy than a carving party, a decorating party is where you get foam stickers and go crazy plastering them all over your pumpkins. The kids had lots of fun, the clean [...]

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