Austin Photography – Bat Bridge
On a whim and MUCH past the kids beadtime, we decided to stop by a local bridge that houses a colony of bats. Each night around dusk, the colony heads out to feed. There are 1.8 million of these little insect vacums that hit the skies each night and gobble up close to 30,000 pounds of insects! With that much activity, you’d wonder why you get bit by even ONE mosquito!
As the time drew closer, we spotted a hawk soaring above, just waiting for his dinner to emerge. At just about 8:15 tonight, they came streaming out and over the small group of watchers that gathered there silent, even the kids… EVEN MIKEY!
Here are some photos – given the subject – bats – I wanted to make some spooky looking photos. Grace had borrowed a rubber bat from a person there who was from the American Bat Conservancy and was playing with it….
Photo info: NIKON D3 using the 35 mm | f/2 @ 1/80 ISO 2000
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If you look at the lights under the bridge, you will see the bats zipping around there…
Photo info: NIKON D3 using the 35 mm | f/4 @ 1/30 ISO 2000
Photo info: NIKON D3 using the 35 mm | f/2 @ 1/80 ISO 2000
Photo info: NIKON D3 using the 35 mm | f/2 @ 1/80 ISO 2000
Photo info: NIKON D3 using the 35 mm | f/2 @ 1/80 ISO 2000
Austin Senior Portrait Photographer – Dancing moments
Photo info: NIKON D3 using the 85 mm | f/2.8 @ 1/160 ISO 1600
There are times, actually quite often, where I look at the photos of my kids and think back to them at the moments of those photos. I am glad that I capture these moments. Without them, I would likely remember how mikey plays with his food but not have the visual; or recall how silly grace can be but again, not have the image….
I take pride in documenting my children as they grow, learn, cry, annoy, test, achieve, succeed, enjoy, laugh, giggle, improve, play, teach … There is no better way to appreciate your family than through continual interraction, touch, play and photos.
Take this test: look at a photo of someone you love dearly…. and ask yourself. “If you lost that photo, what would you give to have it back?”
If you are like me, there is no limit to what I would give for a photo of my Grandma or Aunt…. This is why I do what I do for my family.
If you would like this caring attention to your family, kids or high school senior photos, contact me at 949-436-7374 . The number is still a California; I will change it soon to one here in Austin.
Now, here is Mikey dancing with Grace 
Austin Photographer – The LAST thing arrived from CA today
Photo info: NIKON D3 using the 50 mm | f/8 @ 1/2500 ISO 400
For the past 2 months we have been a 1 car family. Shring a car means that Heather sometimes has to take me to work, pick me up, make my lunches, tuck me in at night…. kidding. I do feel like less of a man and more like a kid but it was necessrary. Well that ends TODAY! I was fortunate enough to be working from home and I saw from my office, the delivery truck that held our minivan from California. For those of you who do not know, getting the van here has been quite the adventure but let’s just leave it at… it should have been here at least a month ago.
So, Grace has been counting down the van’s arrival for the last 5 days or so and I am not sure if she was excited or not Heather did a happy dance of her own too – which is GREAT to see! I know I didn’t drive the darn thing here but if it makes her happy, I’m taking credit!
Photo info: NIKON D3 using the 50 mm | f/8 @ 1/1000 ISO 200
Photo info: NIKON D3 using the 50 mm | f/11 @ 1/250 ISO 100
Austin Senior Portrait Photographer – The boy learned what mud is!
I am working inside, my wife is laughing outside…. I was curious but not ready to get up and stop working. Heather called to me “You have to come out and see this!!!!! They are cracking me up!!!!” I stepped outside and learned a lesson: WHENEVER she says “You have to see this…” I need to come with my camera at the ready!
Mikey and Grace were playing and running, tagging each other, getting muddy, cleaning off, making more mud and laughing! They had so much fun Here is one of mikey beginning to clean off, in the water table!!!! LOL
Photo info: NIKON D3 using the 85 mm | f/4 @ 1/1600 ISO 100
Austin Photographer – Mikey at work
He is a quick learner He already knows how to turn off the laptop adn say “Hi” whenever the skype ringer is sounded. I think that I will start teaching him the finer points of photo editing soon! You will notice that his curls are gone… for the time being… they will grow back soon but he was complaining about the hair slapping him in his eyes when the wind was blowing!
Photo info: NIKON D3 using the 35 mm | f/2.8 @ 1/400 ISO 1600
Austin Senior Portrait Photographer – Mother’s Day 2013
Today is the day we “officially” celebrate Mother’s Day but to be honest, there isn’t a day that goes by where I am not in full appreciation of my wife. She is an awesome mom! I am sure she got a lot of her personality from her mom and I wish I could have met her – and thanked her. Heather has been a blessing to my life in so many ways – I am beyond thankful for her and look forward to our time with our growign family! Thank you Honey! I love you!
Photo info: NIKON D3 using the 50 mm | f/2.8 @ 1/100 ISO 3200 – it was beginning to storm outside and the light was pretty dim
Austin Portrait Photographer – SPROUT little one!
Alongside photography, the family, the internet, marketing, Dell and archery, gardening is a little hobby of ours. We had a nice garden going in CA but packing all that dirt was impractical Here is the first cucumber sprouting in our tower garden. It is a vertical aeroponic garden system and we just love it!
Photo info: using the Samsung Galaxy SIII
Austin Photographer – Dancers
Grace has always been a dancer and it turns out that Mikey is busting his own moves lately too! Grace was spinning around like a balerina in the hall and mikey joined in… until he fell over dizzy and laughing! These kids!
Photo info: NIKON D3 using the 85 mm | f/2.8 @ 1/160 ISO 1600
Austin Senior Portrait Photographer – Happy readers
From time to time, I ahve to leave the family for work… I had to be up in Dallas on Sunday for a BJJ Tournamet but Saturday morning I caught my two beauties hanging out, reading and having fun
Photo info: NIKON D3 using the 50 mm | f/1.8 @ 1/250 ISO 1600
Austin Portrait Photographer – Mikey’s a dancer
Mikey is not shy when it comes to dancing! Today, he grabbed his mickey mouse laptop and started playing! Here is how he looked, so footloose and fancy free!
Photo info: NIKON D3 using the 50 mm | f/2.8 @ 1/160 ISO 3200
