ropadope.photo

2006-11-21T15:32:00.000-06:00

Taking the annual pictures seems to get more and more difficult each year. The kids seem to move more (and the light is never right).

Here's a collage made in one click in Google's Picasa.

Happy Halloween!

2006-10-31T20:03:00.000-06:00

PA316350, originally uploaded by ropadope.

Field, Asher and Owen marked 'em up and I carved 'em out. They're glowing on the front step this very moment.

SNAP

2006-10-28T22:15:00.000-05:00

PA246068, originally uploaded by ropadope.

This is me.

This is a story that I wish was (entirely) true:
I've needed new glasses for at least a year. These didn't fit very well at all any longer. At work on Tuesday morning, in the middle of a scowl, in the middle of a meeting, they snapped -- clean. The looks on everyone's faces resembled those seeing a ghost, and then uproarious laughter.
It was funny, that is, until I realized I had no spare glasses and no extra money to buy a new pair.

2006-10-18T15:14:00.000-05:00

Took my boat and my dad's '39 Ford to the barn to store them for the winter, this past weekend. A glorious fall day (as you may be able to see in the reflections on the fenders).

All Tut'd Out

2006-10-02T10:41:00.000-05:00

P9184795, originally uploaded by ropadope.

Asher and Bun-Bun trying to get it together on the floor at the Field Museum in Chicago.

Ubiquitous Brick Wall Shot

2006-10-02T10:40:00.000-05:00

P9184824, originally uploaded by ropadope.

It's not everyday that you get a built-in background opportunity such as this.

Patient Hands.

2006-10-02T10:39:00.000-05:00

P9184835, originally uploaded by ropadope.

I really love the low-light capabilites and bokeh of this Sigma 30mm f1.4.

Harbor in Winter

2006-09-23T23:55:00.000-05:00

P2260640, originally uploaded by ropadope.

Pondering.

Agatey

2006-09-23T22:35:00.000-05:00

P8063442, originally uploaded by ropadope.

Even the concrete is full of agates on the North Shore.

Two Harbors

2006-09-23T22:33:00.000-05:00

P8063445, originally uploaded by ropadope.

I try to get to the Lake as often as possible.

TiKi

2006-09-23T22:28:00.000-05:00

P6042441, originally uploaded by ropadope.

I love frogs. We've got a ton of 'em.

The Young Photographer

2006-09-23T22:24:00.000-05:00

P9184913, originally uploaded by ropadope.

He's got a good eye. Six is a good age to ge behind the lens (although he's pretty good in front of the lens too).

Folding Chairs

2006-09-23T22:22:00.000-05:00

P9184921, originally uploaded by ropadope.

rows and rows and rows and rows...

of the most uncomfortable chairs on the planet.

Holding up the Bean

2006-09-23T22:19:00.000-05:00

P9184989, originally uploaded by ropadope.

Chicago is a great town. Millenium Park is beautiful. The boys loved "the bean".

Owen and the Frog

2006-09-23T22:16:00.000-05:00

P9195051, originally uploaded by ropadope.

It was *dark* in this exhibit and the Sigma 30mm at 1.4 did a great job.

Top Lighting

2006-09-23T21:51:00.000-05:00

P9195117, originally uploaded by ropadope.

One of the first 100 or so pics I've taken with the Sigma 30mm.