Gavin + Gabriel | Dayton Family Photography

I spent one morning last month with the Titus boys and their mama, who just happens to be due with another little boy at the same time I’m due with Archer :)

Gavin and Gabriel are soo sweet.

Gavin, the older brother, is definitely a little performer. He was laughing at himself and smiled his biggest grins when one of us laughed along with him. Some of my favorite photos from the session came when he rolled out his animal impressions. A serious monkey was definitely my favorite. He nailed it. Maybe you can guess which face it is ;)

Then there is Gabriel, a quiet, handsome little charmer of a child. He’s got some of the most expressive eyes I’ve ever seen on a babe. He had so much to say without uttering a word. And he put up with a lot, too. He’s a very patient little man, allowing us to move him all around and upside down for some shots. For that I am grateful. 

I can’t wait to see what Grayson, their little brother, will be like once he gets here!

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There is something magical about being a tot with your very own bright red Radio Flyer dual-level tricycle decked out in streamers and a bell. Once Shep grows into it, we think he’ll really appreciate it. For now, we’re reminiscing and drinking Coca-Cola.

There is something magical about being a tot with your very own bright red Radio Flyer dual-level tricycle decked out in streamers and a bell. Once Shep grows into it, we think he’ll really appreciate it. For now, we’re reminiscing and drinking Coca-Cola.

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Gerry here. Last night, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, was the “Downtown in Focus” photo contest. According to the event website “Amateur and professional photographers are invited to participate in Downtown in Focus, a photo contest aimed at finding some new and distinctive angles and shots of our downtown.” For this event, most of the buildings downtown turned on all of their interior and exterior lights as an incentive to get photographers out for the unique opportunity to see downtown illuminated. I took plenty of shots of the skyline from across the river and on top of the Miami Valley Hospital parking garage — and I’ll post those later — but this one is for my wife. She stayed home with Shepherd so I could go out on my photo explore. She made one request via text message after I made tracks: “Take one that is wide, where you are in the middle of the street looking up and out, ok? For my background. Get streetlights in it. Please :)” I thought, no problem, and I set off to take photos from across the river, where I met my brother and his wife (Cam & Steph) to model for some shots (they were already downtown on a date) — As previously stated, I’ll post those later too, but I digress. When done there, I headed into downtown to get Erinne’s shot thinking to myself that I knew the streets pretty well — after all, I went to school and worked there for four years — but I quickly realized that I had forgotten the layout and street flow, which has also changed since I’ve been absent. I parked and walked for a short while looking for a sweet spot I had photographed years ago while in school. I never really found it, so I eventually just stopped across from the Arcade and Fifth-Third building, which are across the street from Court House square on Third Street. I set up the tripod, drew back the VFL to 12mm on my Tokina ultra wide, cranked up the f-stop, dialed down the ISO, and set my shutter for 30 sec. of exposure. Voila. One for the wife — and for the blog. :)

Gerry here.

Last night, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, was the “Downtown in Focus” photo contest.

According to the event website “Amateur and professional photographers are invited to participate in Downtown in Focus, a photo contest aimed at finding some new and distinctive angles and shots of our downtown.”

For this event, most of the buildings downtown turned on all of their interior and exterior lights as an incentive to get photographers out for the unique opportunity to see downtown illuminated.

I took plenty of shots of the skyline from across the river and on top of the Miami Valley Hospital parking garage — and I’ll post those later — but this one is for my wife. She stayed home with Shepherd so I could go out on my photo explore.

She made one request via text message after I made tracks: “Take one that is wide, where you are in the middle of the street looking up and out, ok? For my background. Get streetlights in it. Please :)”

I thought, no problem, and I set off to take photos from across the river, where I met my brother and his wife (Cam & Steph) to model for some shots (they were already downtown on a date) — As previously stated, I’ll post those later too, but I digress.

When done there, I headed into downtown to get Erinne’s shot thinking to myself that I knew the streets pretty well — after all, I went to school and worked there for four years — but I quickly realized that I had forgotten the layout and street flow, which has also changed since I’ve been absent.

I parked and walked for a short while looking for a sweet spot I had photographed years ago while in school. I never really found it, so I eventually just stopped across from the Arcade and Fifth-Third building, which are across the street from Court House square on Third Street.

I set up the tripod, drew back the VFL to 12mm on my Tokina ultra wide, cranked up the f-stop, dialed down the ISO, and set my shutter for 30 sec. of exposure.

Voila. One for the wife — and for the blog. :)

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Ellen + Greg | Columbus Wedding Photography

Ellen and Greg are a great couple. An emotional, people-driven, life-loving, face-making, joke-playing, stuck-on-each-other-like-gum-on-a-shoe sort of couple.

We spent the whole day with them on Wedding Day and there were so many tears, I made a note to myself twice in the first hour to remember tissues at all future ceremonies.

Most of the tears trickled forth from laughing too hard. Others escaped during the vows when they got lost in each other’s eyes, exchanging their promises to be there through thick and thin.

This wedding was a little bit like being in the midst of a great romantic comedy and we thoroughly enjoyed every moment.

Thank you for choosing us, Mr. + Mrs. Jackson. It was a JOY. God bless you in the years to come- with lots more laughter and eye-crinkles ;)

Thursday, August 5, 2010   ()

We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
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