These are shots my friend Jeffrey took the day a couple weeks ago when we went to the bowling alley (first blogged about here). As Jeffrey says, Genbo and Zoe fight so little they must not realize they’re siblings (yet!). Watching them together is something I truly cherish.
I have several new toys that are combined in this post. First, a new Voigtlander macro lens that I haven’t had much of a chance to experiment with. Second, a new piece of pottery from my friend Kamada-san (a bread and cheese platter). And, third, a piece of HDR software, Photomatix. It really isn’t suited much to this kind of shot, which doesn’t have such a high dynamic range anyway, but it does create a cool effect, I thought.
Yesterday my friend Jeffrey came over with his son Anthony, and we went bowling. I will post some shots of that later on, but first some pictures Jeffrey took of Zoe on my shoulders. I have few enough pictures of me with the kids (always behind the camera) that I treasure the ones I do have.
This first one isn’t the most flattering shot, since we’re both squinting from looking into the sun, but there’s something about it I like a lot.
Zoe loves riding on my shoulders, and since I remember pestering adults to let me ride on theirs all the time, I like to indulge her. OK, to be frank, I like to indulge her anyway. Our favorite part is the dismount:
