Looking back...

1 Year.  

I can't believe I'm even typing that.  It's feels like everything in my life has changed over the past year, and I couldn't have asked for anything to play out differently.  On July 27th of 2009 my wife and I were waking up in a posh hotel downtown, having just celebrated the marriage of two of our favourite people.  But why was this day so great, let me explain...

Seattle By Day....and Night

Introducing Uzi Sassafraz....

and with her mommy

It all started with a conversation...

So we were at my brother's house last weekend, hanging out and catching up.  At some point, he mentioned that he wanted to make Pulled Pork in the slow cooker....

No we haven't used our slow cooker yet, and pulled pork sounds delicious, so of course we asked for the recipe....

Preparing the meat

12 LONG hours later

The greatest sandwich ever made

Sometimes you just need a good muse

We went to visit my brother and sister-in-law last night. Pizza, beer, good laughs, and babies. My brother is thinking of getting a dSLR as well, so I brought along my latest toy for his viewing pleasure. He's still undecided.

Here are some pictures of my nephew, Ivan.

And some words of advice from my brother, paraphrased:

We took over 100 pictures tonight, most of them blurry or too dark.  Your job is to have more pictures that look like these! 

Believe me..that's what I'm working on.

Cheers

It's so dark outside...

Today I wanted to test taking pictures in the dark. Normally, with my old P&S camera, if it was too dark outside and I wanted a picture, it would either be filled with light from the flash, or pitch black. With my new camera, many reviews told me that it takes great pictures in the dark, so my goal: Take some neat pictures in the area, in the dark, with no flash, and hope for the best.

With the pitter-patter of rain outside, I didn't get to experiment for too long, but I think I got a few shots that came out great!







This is my favourite one of the set:



Jackie took a great picture herself yesterday in the rain...

Impromptu Photo Shoot - Jack Sparrow