I feel sick. Sick that I haven’t used this fella more. So I plan to use it this week and post pics from it next week. I think you can do that in the 365?

More info on holgas:
www.squarefrog.co.uk/
www.goholga.com/
www.holgamods.com/

Strobist info: sb600 behind the camera at full power (yeah, pretty sure that I toasted the current frame in the holga with all that light) suspended from a window sill with a manfrotto clip. 5-in-1 reflector angled above and in front of subject (view large to see the reflection in the holga lens). Triggered by pocket wizard.

I feel like I finally got a shot with no bokeh. I love me some bokeh as I said yesterday but I wanted to challenge myself to shoot a pic without it. So I set up the money maker and dialed the aperture down to 22 and lit from there.

Strobist info: bare sb600, triggered by pocket wizard, at 1/64 power above subject off to camera right.

65/365 – Young bokeh eyes

Originally uploaded by Micah Taylor

With 2 showings on the house today, the fam hit the town (St Paul).

Our passes to the Children’s Museum are worth every penny. The kids have a great time and the place is bathed in great light for pics. I decided to rock the 50mm f1.8, which for my camera, is manual focus. I kept missing the sharp eyes I was working for but the boys we’re extra cute which made up for my lack of focus… ha, no pun intended.

I kept the aperture at 1.8 because any ISO above 400 makes the bokeh grainy, which makes me sad. Even 400 can get a little grainy for my taste. I like me some smooth, buttery bokeh.

Dissapointing day. No time to pick up beer so I made time to pick up the guitar. Feeling better.

Strobist info: sb600, camera right, shot through transparent part of 5-in-1 reflector at 1/4 power triggered by pocket wizard.

We had a really nice dinner with some friends of ours and they gave the 7mo a cool gift of stacking rings. This of course drew all the other kids to it like flies to… well… you know. I was trying to get all 4 kids in the pic but these kids today can move fast.

I just like this one because the 7mo seems very triumphant with how he’s holding the ring and the other kids look as if they are trembling in fear. Really they’re just squirming and saying “MINE!”

Strobist info: bare sb600 at 1/2 power triggered by pocket wizard bounced off the ceiling.

Forget thawing snow or budding trees. The 2 things that really signal spring for me are Bell’s Oberon and Girls Scout cookies.

After a little misunderstanding last year over who’s cookies were whom’s in our house, we’ve opted for his and her boxes. Mine will not last long.

Strobist info: sb600, triggered by pocket wizards, camera right reflected into gold part of a 43-inch 5-in-1 reflector.

All the wife and I can do is laugh about this now. I have been looking for new shoes for over a year. I can’t seem to make up my mind. I look at a bunch, asked a lot of people for suggestions, and tried on more than I care to admit. Honestly, I’ve no idea why it’s taken me so long. I think if I’m going to settle I don’t want to pay more than 30 bucks. But if I’m going to shell out a lot of cash, then I want to love the shoes… which I’m pretty sure I will never love shoes in general… see my problem?!?!

So I think I’ll just grab another pair of Keens, the mullet of shoes, (multi-purpose – business in front; party in the back) and wait until the right shoes find me. Preferably at a goodwill for 8 dollars.

Strobist info: bare sb600 high camera left pointed at a 43-inch white side of a 5-in-1 on camera right and triggered by pocket wizard.

59/365 – Look! It’s a bunch of me.

Originally uploaded by Micah Taylor

The house was empty for a change when I got home from work… so I thought I’d make the most of it.

1st attempt at multiple me in a shot. Not the idea of how I wanted to do it but I had 5 minutes to get the shot.

Another one to scratch off the list.

Oh and this what the inside of our house looks like if you want to buy it.

Strobist info: bare sb600 at 1/8 power, sitting on the table, bounce off the ceiling, and triggered by pocket wizard

I had another toy shot lined up but the 7mo trumped it by looking so cute and having his bear paws sticking out of the blanket. Nicely done little guy.

There are many things I love about the Wild Rumpus. The neighborhood it’s located in (Linden Hills), the free roaming chicken, the scarry book section with a rat in the floor, Spike the lizard, tons of places to sit and curl up with your kiddo and read the 5 billion books they pull from the shelf, and the kid door entrance.

But my favorite detail has to be the ceiling. I could sit and stare at it for hours. It’s as if the boring reality of a bookstore has been ripped open and the creativity and imagination of the written word has bursted the seams of the physical place itself … and I’m not even that much of a reader these days. We shall return and so should you.