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Seven photos from Saturday afternoon…

westside

CheckinItOut

Ava Sunlight

Crazy hair in the sunlight.

Ava Chair Fade

This would be Finn on his belly.

He has my forearms.

Randomography in it’s truest form…

This is my friend Chris.
ChrisDrums

He is reminding me that Vineyard Westside is doing a Live CD recording on November 10th from 6:30pm until it’s done. Come be in the crowd with us if you’re a Cincy peep. We’ve got serious talent at our church and they’re finally going to be creating something that is available to the masses. The CD should be available by Christmas.

WorshipPractice

This is my little sister Chloe and my little girl Ava reminding me that it’s getting cold outside.
AvaChloeSprayed

Somehow, even though I tried to prevent this, summer came and left as I blinked.
AvaBeansHose

This is a Sancho Panza…and I’m not sure a better value exists in the cigar department.
SanchoPanza

CasaMagna

This is Harrison.
HarrisonTheCookieMonster
He belongs to my Sister-In-Law, Andrea and my Brother-In-Law, Chris.
If either of you are reading this…I love you. Oh, and your boy is a cookie monster.

This is Andrea and Chris’ baby Lincoln. He’s happy.
LaughingLincoln
This photo was shot at ISO6400 and is therefore grainy. Andrea is learning all about what makes photos grainy right now. She’s started taking some serious photos as of late —-> check em’ out. I’m proud of her.

This is the cutest look ever.
CutestLookEver
And I didn’t take the photo. My little sister-in-law Allayna did with her camera. She’s getting into photography as well…and she too is good at it. I’m proud of her also.

This is a photo of the sister-in-laws, pointing their Canons at me.
2CanonsVs1Nikon

This is me with Ava in South Carolina. I miss wearing shorts already.
MeAvaSouthCarolina

This is the day Finn was born, and I can’t believe it was over 3 months ago already.
DayFinnWasBorn

This is self-explanatory.
AvaMeGlasses

This is me preparing myself for the day she gets married. Lord, let him be a worthy suitor.
AvaBeauty

This is me trying to live an interesting life. I wasn’t allowed to blog about this when it took place a few months back. Top secret stuff you know. All I can say is that when you’re given an opportunity to do something crazy, you need to take it.

Helicopter

InterestingLife

HighUp

HelicopterShoot

The things people will do to have interesting wedding photography and videos…
LongworthHall

No rhyme or reason,
Ryan

Randomography // Pumpkin Spice Latte…

On Sunday we spent a few hours at the Minges Pumpkin Festival. It goes on every year and it’s pretty fun…especially if you’re into buying dumb crap from overpriced booths. Overpriced booth dumb crap aside…it’s a great time for kiddies. Plus, they have Goetta, Egg, and Cheese sandwiches for sale.

GoettaEggCheese

Ava looks serious as I explain the importance of Bacon in our culture and where it comes from.

Serious

What a majestic creature. You feed it garbage and it gives you…Bacon. Better than any dog.

Oink

Sinister Finnister with his furled brow. Come to think of it…he doesn’t really have brows yet.

MamaFinn

Kettle Corn. Yes please.

KettleCorn

CutiePatootie

Now I have to admit that Allison pretty much had to drag me to this event. It was Sunday after church…the Bengals would be playing and without me supporting them from the other side of my television they were sure to lose. But I have to say, getting to see both of my kids ride ceramic deer really made it all worthwhile.

TheDeerWhisperer

DeerRiders

Yes, the Bengals did go on to lose…BUT LOOK AT THIS KID’S FACE!!

Surprised

In other news, I purchased a new lens last week. As some of you may know, I have been coveting thy neighbor’s lens, the Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR – It’s a little out of my price range at over two grand though.

This is where Sigma comes through for me again. I’ve been in serious need – not want…NEED…of a telephoto lens of some sort for a while now. They make a decent version of this fast aperture lens that is a much better value. To be sure…it’s probably not as super-sharp as a Nikon or Canon version of the lens, but it’s also less than half the price. Check out the Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG HSM II Macro – I’m digging it so far. It doesn’t have the vibration reduction or image stabilization that a Nikon or Canon would offer, but it does MUCH BETTER on close-focusing. I bought mine from Amazon.

Below are a few paparazzi test shots. Telephoto lenses allow you to photograph secrets like these:

Secret

OhMahGoodness

It’s pretty nice to not have to be all up in people’s bidness. It gives you a chance to catch people acting more naturally. For example…here is the elusive FinnBoy in his natural habitat…the bouncy seat:

Mischief

This lens works for DogCats too. Take a look upon this North American SaulBall in his natural habitat…a couch he isn’t supposed to be on. Little punk dog.

SaulTheCatDog

This concludes our broadcast day. Seacrest out.