Do you shoot?

Very nice and very tasteful.

 

When my first daughter was born, I wanted to do something different with her month by month photos. The first five weeks, I took her picture. Then that got annoying, so I went with month by month. After two months, trying to pose that with the stupid sticker or sign was even more annoying. So I came up with a different plan.
Every month I take photos around when her birthday would be (i.e. 13 month photo, 26 month photo, etc); it's not a posed shot. We just go out and do something and I get a candid and that's her that month photo.
On her first birthday, I took a picture of her holding a picture of her when she was born. My wife made a banner of the month-by-month photos and we hung it at her first party. For her second, we did the same thing. starting with her 1-year old picture and going month by month until we got to Year 2 - a pic of her holding the 1-year pic - and kept the Year 1 banner and hung them side by side.
We - and when I say we, I mean my wife - ditched the banner this year, but I have the month by month photos saved and here is the Year 3 pic - my daughter holding a pic of herself when she turned two holding a pic of herself when she turned 1 holding a pic of when she was born.
The photo is meh. I was rushed for time trying to get the party together and missed the golden light by 20 minutes. Took this so we'd have something for tomorrow and I plan on cheating and doing the shot again so the light is better and her hair doesn't make her look homeless. Plus, we need a visible bow.
It's been a fun project and I really like the direction it's going.

 

So last night I was shooting football and was locked in on the quarterback. He's looking directly at me, I'm snapping away. Ball tips off the receiver's hands in front of me and, BOOM, hits my camera dead-on. Luckily, I only broke the lens hood but still. That sucked.
Here's the shot in question:

And here's the end result of my lens hood.

 

While I'm sharing photos, here are some of my favorites from the fall so far. Thoughts?

 

I like the second volleyball shot, where the girl getting ready to hit is looking at the setter like a hungry person looks at a 1/4-pound cheeseburger.

Nice moment that you don't usually see in a volleyball photo.

 

Really nice shots!!!

 

Thanks guys. Got one more for you but it's non-sports. lol.
Shot a Bonnie & Clyde themed engagement session Sunday. Really awesome couple and we had a blast. In an unplanned moment, I rushed them to set this shot up while the sun was rapidly setting.
I. Love. This. Pic. Might be my favorite engagement pic ever.

 

Very nice, schiez. I'm a sucker for silhouette shots, and there's nice color with the sunset.

And I think I know where his gun is pointing ...

 

I didn't take this. It's on the Banner's Facebook page. Monument Avenue leading up to the Bennington Monument in historic Old Bennington.

 

If you are a daily under 15,000 or so and you still don;t shoot, kiss the grass that your teams play on because you are VERY fortunate! This business is a changing.....

 

Got back from covering the Great Alaska Shootout in Anchorage last week. Here are a couple of highlights. Others in blog link. Panoramic looks much better in high res.

http://www.mattlstephens.com/photos-alaskan-adventure/

 

Love the composition on that third picture. Very cool.