Happy New Year the outtakes...

Hey everyone. I hope you all have recovered from the festivities and this finds you all happy and healthy.

We did our annual New Years photo a week or so ago. This is always met with a lot of resistance but as usual, I force my will on the masses and then off we go. Invariably they all end up having a good time so I fail to see what the problem is whenever I bring this up. Its only once a year. As an aside, we don’t put a lot of thought into it… I just yell for them to gather up, throw shoes and jackets on and then we head toward any interesting spot I have staked out in the week prior. Amber and I decided never to worry about what they were wearing, nor did we want to make it any sort of formal type shot…we just wanted to show them as they are every day but try to do so once a year consistently while they grow up. Everytime I do this I wonder why we chose the dead of winter as the date… I know, to challenge the guy behind the camera. The landscape always looks dead and flat but in the plus column New Years remains an interesting day, and will always be a marker in time in each of our lives. I am sure the few who follow this blog already received our letter which means you have the shots we picked out to send. For something different, I thought I would show you the outtakes. Funny kids that they are, some of these I really like because it shows their personalities. (remember to click on the picture to enlarge)


As always, once they get together there is lots of horsing around...



This crowd doesn’t take anything very serious.



Luc has had enough at this point and throws up his patented reaction.



Now Max does intense and Karah has had enough.



This shot had potential but the lighting was just so difficult… Just 30 minutes later would have helped things tremendously. Oh well. I almost drug them back out there the next day for a reshoot… which would have gone over like a ___ in a punchbowl. (Amber just rolls her eyes at my many "old" sayings)



They even crack themselves up… lousy shot but funny as an outtake. This was thrown in to show how silly it gets. You have to be quick and frequent on the shutter button with this crew or you end up with a lot of these.




These shots were meant to be taken in series. I kind of like the way it worked out. (click on it for full effect)




Here was the winning shot of the day… the one we sent out to family and friends. Not my best work but you can’t argue that the subjects aren’t the best. …damn harsh lighting…





I just wanted to put up a couple of shots and to say Hello to all of you. Great news from Tess about their “peanut”. Very pleased for you guys.

Some concerning news about my Uncle Travis. I will be praying and thinking about him.

I miss all of you.

-bb