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10-27-2009 - "Four Ghouls" - Continuing our play in the leaves series, here the boys got this idea to pretend to be ghouls coming out of the leaf pile...we added some skeletons for effect...they sure did get a kick out of the final version. "Dad, can we get this on a canvas mount?" Gotta love children of photographers.

9/22/10 - "Go Ball...Go Ball....Go Ball..."

Hannah was insistent that she bowl her own balls this past weekend...which meant that they went about a foot a second.

"Go Ball....Go Ball...Go Ball"

When the ball finally did arrive, in some cases a pin was knocked down, and in other cases it just bounced off the pin and started rolling back to us. I had to throw another ball down the lane several times to clear things out. Her brothers and the other kids on the lane were very patient for the first few frames, less patient later. Luckily she tired of it after only 5 or 6 frames, so it all worked out.

Nonetheless, it was a joy, and her brothers would give her high fives every time she came back to the seats...so in that regard it was wonderful.

Have a great day, everyone.

10-26-2009 - "Liftoff" Part of the joy of living in NE Ohio is the raking of leaves and the subsequent jumping into the piles. "It's a family tradition" to quote Hank. They look forward to it as soon as they see leaves on the ground. Yesterday was a perfect opportunity for them to hone their leaf-pile-jumping skills.

9/28/10 - Reading Time

The nightly ritual of going to bed starts at 7pm at our house with cleaning up the house and taking baths. Despite all of their generally unique and desperate attempts, baths are generally finished by 7:30, and bedtime stories commence.

Significant negotiations worthy of Unitied Nations peacekeepers ensue, and we generally come to the conclusion that 3 books will suffice, and then they whip out the Curious George HUGE book, each story containing at least 100 pages. Negotiations then center around the number of pages, number of words, you name it.

I love every minute of it.

Hannah and Alex finally succumb to the evening at 8pm, and fall asleep rather easily. Nick, being the oldest, is afforded a little latitude, and is allowed to read a few chapters of his books by booklight while Alex sleeps. They share a room (their request, not ours).

I shot this while Nick was reading his latest "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" book. What I can't show is him giggling as he makes his way through the pages...

Best viewed at X3 to see the detail and reflection of the pages in his eye.

Have a good day everyone!!

10-22-2009: "God Smiles on an Angel" My mom said that when she saw this image...like God's smile is the light pouring through our window that my daugher is looking out while I grabbed this candid.

9/16/10 - "Gimme a Kiss!"

9/24/10 - Alex

As I alluded to yesterday, here is a shot of Alex that I don't get to see too much through my viewfinder...he's generally being goofy and wild in front of the camera, but I managed to capture just a sliver of that wonderful smile that I get to see when the camera isn't in between us.

The fact that Nick is looking on toward our interaction, putting Alex in the center of attention, makes it that much more special to me. Alex sometimes has the "middle child syndrome", being neither the first nor the girl, so this image of him is very, very special to all of us. His face lit up when he saw it last night...it was a great moment for us.

This is the reason I started photography in the first place...to capture these moments. Those simple, honest, genuine feelings and expressions that I fear will be gone too soon for me to truly remember anywhere but in these pictures.

One more day to the weekend! Have a great day everyone...

10/17/2009 - "Welcome Home" - I just love how Northeast Ohio looks in the fall...the combination of green grass and the greens/yellows/reds in the trees are just beautiful. Sometimes it's hard to capture it in an image, but we try, don't we?

Parents really see themselves in their kids. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad. In this shot, I managed to see myself and our house in Alex's eye! Best viewed at x3 to see my reflection.

11-3-2009

"Trick"

My son has had the flu for a week now. On Halloween, he missed 3 separate parties, including the big neighborhood party that is an annual event...all day long, with lots of activities. When trick or treat time came around, he asked if we could go out trick or treating, with tears in his eyes. I relented and took him out. After about 20 minutes I snapped this, immediately after which he said, "Daddy, can we go home now?" "Of course, buddy." Kids...

9/21/10 - "Camo"

While I generally stick to kids for my photography subjects, sometimes I wander into other areas...though not often. This is one of those times.

Meet "Camo", which is short for camouflage. When he first adopted us, the kids thought his coat looked like camouflage, so they named him camo. He just sort of walked up to our house one day and started scratching on the door. So the kids fed him and he's been in our lives ever since.

This shot looks a little more menacing than it actually was...I caught him mid-yawn.

Take care, and have a great day, everyone!

9/9/10 - Goggles!

We finally found some goggles that weren't too big for her head (she's tiny). She loved them so much she would hardly take them off last night. Just had to snap this of her in the bath tub. Too cute!

Have a great day, everyone!

July 12, 2011 - Power. This swimmer was particularly impressive in his efforts last week. He just moved like a swimmer...very fluid and powerful. In the water he was nothing short of amazing, besting his rivals by at least a quarter-pool-length. But even in victory he was gracious to his competitors, laughing and smiling and just getting along. It was a great display by who I'm sure will be a future college swimmer. Enjoy the day, everyone!

BEST VIEWED AT X3 to really feel the image.

10-23-2009 - "Red, Yellow, Green". Happened upon this combination on the way home from work yesterday...as always, it is so hard to capture what nature looks like in an image. Any constructive comments or critiques are much appreciated.

Story Time - Our oldest son teaching our daughter to read.

First Light

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6-26-11: The Competitor. I had a rare opportunity to really focus on capturing some of the older swimmers during our last swim meet, instead of the younger kids that I mostly focus on. This particular kid was very photogenic while swimming, and gave some incredible expressions and was very active and energetic with his style...a real treat to photograph.

10-20-2009 - "Three Amigos" - My 3 kids at a local "Pumpkin Walk" that we attend every year. On Saturday the kids attend a pumpkin carving event, where they can carve as many pumpkins as they want...all provided by a local center. Then, on Sunday night, they put all of the pumpkins out at a local gardens and light them with small votive candles. The path through the gardens is lit (barely) by the lighted pumpkins. It is a fantastic event that we look forward to all year...just another reason why Fall is my favorite time of the year.

Hannah giving me her best "stinker" face. It's now one of her favorite phrases..."stinker face, stinker face". What a hoot.

9/20/10 - "Strike"

Kids' birthday parties are always so fun. This kid was so animated about each of his shots...he finally managed a strike, and it was so fun to watch. That's my Nick waiting to give him a high five...what fun.

Unfortunately for you, I have a few bowling alley shots that will make their way into my dailies this week. Hope you enjoy them!

Have a great week!

9/23/10 - "Good Cop, Bad Cop"

This is Alex....being Alex. I rarely get him to smile for the camera...he generally gives me some sort of pose like this. Every once in a while I'll get a nice smile out of him (tomorrow's daily, maybe?), but in 20 years this is how I'll remember him...generally wild and goofy in front of my camera. Nick is never far away from him. The boys picked this one last night for me to post.

Thank you all for your very nice comments on my image of Hannah yesterday.

Have a great day...only 2 more days until the weekend!!

"Last Breath Before Winter" - 10-19-2009 - These little guys are just hanging on with the recent cold spell we've had.

10-18-2009 - "School Days" - While our son really likes school, the mornings are sometimes a challenge.

"Fall"

The leaves are starting to turn here, so there is a lot of yellow and red, but still a lot of green.

"8 Months And Counting"

July 24, 2011 - "First Flight". This is his first jump off the platform. He has always started races from the side of the pool, but was coaxed into jumping off the platform for this meet. I think M&Ms were involved :). I was fortunate to be in the right place at the right time.

3/8/2010 - Hannah and the Lensbaby - tough little lens to use, but most times you are rewarded with something unique.

9-15-10 - "Homework" Nick actually enjoys his work and does quite well. But like all kids, Friday can't really come soon enough.

9/17/10 - Bungee!

Thank you all for your comments yesterday. As luck would have it, yesterday was my birthday, so your comments were very much appreciated and welcome.

Cheers, all

John

9/10/10 - Hannah on Manual.

I have switched to shooting all manual all the time. I realized last week that if I really want to grow my skill as a photographer I need to shoot on manual all the time. This was one of my first shots while shooting manual. I kind of got into a rut with shooting, so this is a way to make it a little more exciting. I'm not quite ready to go back to my manual focus lenses, but when Zeiss rolls out their 35/1.4 ZF.2 lens in 2011, that might change :)

I caught Hannah spraying water all over a set of papers that she *KNEW* she shouldn't be spraying...and I captured a "decisive moment". For more on Henri Cartier-Bresson and what came to be known as his "Decisive Moment" in photojournalism, see here http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0412/friend.html.

**BEST VIEWED AT X3 ***

Have a great day, everyone!

11-2-2009: "The Headless Horseman Rides Again" This is a friend of ours trick or treating on Halloween night. It was a great costume!!

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Hello and welcome to my photography site. I am a proud husband and father who loves taking pictures of our family. Most of the images below are of our family, but I am branching out into more macro and landscape images. I shoot exclusively with Nikon digital SLR cameras, using both autofocus and manual focus lenses.

e-mail: jblaplante _at_ gmail.com

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