Monday, June 14, 2010

52 Variations - Variation Twenty-Four

Chef

52 Variations - Variation Twenty-Four - Chef

Everyone will have to wait another week for the crafted shoot I did last week.  Yet again I came across a opportunity shot that pulled me in.

This week we had the pleasure of celebrating the second birthday of a dear friend's daughter.  In fact, he is Gustavo's Padrino, Mark (Godfather).  It was a wonderful day.  We were able to catchup with friends and Gustavo was able to spend some long over-due time with Mark.  One of Mark's skills includes creative culinary interests.  As a result, we had some wonderful fetta turkey burgers which Gustavo found himself mixing.

It was fun to watch.  Those of you that know my son know he hates dirty hands.  So seeing him dig into the Turkey, mixing the ingredients, messing up his hands.  It was great to see and when Gustavo began complaining about his dirty hands it was no shocker.  For my wife and I it was wonderful to watch.  Bonding moments like this just make me smile.

Have a great week everyone and treasure moments with friends and family, they are far too fleeting.


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Monday, June 7, 2010

52 Variations - Variation Twenty-Three

Bummer

52 Variations - Variation Twenty-Three - Bummer

You've heard me say this before but I had a different plan for this week.  I even executed the idea and have it ready to process and post.  However, as life does, I had an experience yesterday that made me change plans.

Yesterday was supposed to be the Inter League soccer Tournament for Gustavo's AYSO team.  We had all been looking forward to the day as it was to be our first at the event.  Unfortunately, as happens in Chicago, the weather did not live up to the forecast and we ended up with rain.  Luckily we did not lose out on the entire day was were able to play one of the three scheduled games, but the below shows Gustavo's disappointment at the time when we thought the day was cancelled.

The handiness of the G11 proved it self again, as I just brought it along to capture the odds and end shot.  Very little processing went into the picture, a bit of drama was added to the sky and a little clean up to the umbrella.  However, in general this is how things looked.  Abandoned soccer fields and a sky boding rain. Another fun day in the midwest.

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As always go to the Flickr set for all project pictures by Clicking Here. You can also find a full explanation of the project along with an index of the shots by Clicking Here.