Monday, May 16, 2011

Great Moments in Fatherhood

The first words (saying dad), the first successful potty experience, the first day of school, first soccer goal, first base hit, the list goes on. These are those proud moments in my life as a dad.
We just had another milestone recently when both of my sons had to shave for the first time. Needless to say I wasn't ready for it but my wife pressed me into the process after buying all the supplies. Both of these guys were rocking the "latino stach" (my wife is latin). My younger son was reluctant to lose the look saying it added to "his look". In the end we got it done. It really made me realize that we are getting older. Now the older one is starting to drive. Practicing with a stick shift is definitely an experience. My poor Honda CR-V. Anyway here's a shot of my son before the big shave.





We had the opportunity to photograph down in Arkansas for a couple of days at a college recently. This was during all of the unsettled weather that the south mid west was having.
This was a shot of a cloud formation while we were driving to shoot at a location in a stream. We were worried about getting the shot in before the downpour. The cloud almost has a reverse funnel going up instead of down. We got our shot (three people taking samples of water) by working quickly and giving good direction. The sky opened up five minutes later. Later that evening I watched in fascination the storms moving across Arkansas on TV. The stations had Doppler radar on for the whole night giving detailed info to various counties that were in the path of the numerous tornadoes that were forming. Coming from the East Coast it was definitely a different experience. We were lucky to not be hit but a town approx. five or so miles a way was not so lucky.




Last but not least, check out the website. I've posted new work up in the Education portfolios from some of the educational jobs that we did this spring season.

Enjoy
Until next time...