I plan on shooting portraits at our annual Christmas Party so I wanted to practice a bit. I let Sandy shoot me too.
Practice…
Flora Beauty
Sandy brought home a lovely orchid for me.
Holiday Inn
I’m embarrassed to say that I had dinner at the Holiday Inn in Redding, but it was really good. Osso Buco!
Progressive Dinner
Tonight we charted new territory by participating in a progressive dinner with a few of our neighbors. Appetizers were at the Heidi & Michael’s (happy birthday, Heidi!), salad was at our place, Ophelia prepared a leg of lamb and dessert was at Lynn & Bill’s place. Luckily the distance was reasonable which worked out great as we didn’t have to worry about driving. I made some nice pumpkin martini’s.
Noah’s 1st Thanksgiving
Fun with the family, as usual. Enough food to feed an army, as usual. The worst part of the evening? While I was carving the burd Noah got his 1st taste of turkey… he absolutely hated it, spit it out in dramatic fashion. I would have loved to have captured that moment.
Twilight Movie
The newest family member
I’d like to introduce Alicia Maria Kinney, just 2 weeks old. We drove up to Folsom to photograph her. Sandy asked me if this was gonna be a complex setup with lights & sandbags. Luckily yesterday I received my new 4 square softbox in the mail. My friend Jim turned me on to this great little portable lighting accessory.
Jen’s Bday
Today we celebrated Jennifer’s birthday at Ed’s Teriyaki. I had the teriyaki cheesesteak, I know that sounds strange but it was actually pretty darn good. Of course Noah was getting all the attention.
Lazy Saturday
Today we met Aunty Amy, Cait, Chris, Tami & Noah at the Blue Dot Cafe & Coffee Bar for a late breakfast. Then we brought Aunty Amy to the local farmers market and we walked away with a carnivorous orchid which I have yet to ID. While photographing the orchid, I happened to look down at a Spotted Tussock Moth Caterpillar. I spent the next 10 minutes trying in vain to capture its image. It wouldn’t sit still and it reminded me of a sheep dog. It was very difficult to see its face.
Wait it’s got the same hair as Noah. I hope Noah doesn’t turn into a moth. Tami if Noah starts to weave a cocoon please call 911.
Honolulu Oct 2011
Semi annual maintenance is what brought me to the islands this time. Or maybe it was the ramen. For whatever reason lately I’ve been on this ramen kick and my photos reflect this trend. I finally got my free cup of coffee from the Honolulu Coffee Company, it only took 2 years to accomplish this.
I did manage to see Christy & Dan at an all too short breakfast at Zippy’s Makiki.
