Category: Holidays

I finally got a fisheye lens!! I’ve been wanting one for as long as I’ve known they existed (about 10 years). It got here last Tuesday, so I tried it out over Thanksgiving break. Here are a few to start with.

The dinner table at Darek’s parents’ house:

Palo Duro Canyon in Canyon, Texas (about 25 miles south of Amarillo):

Everybody looking at the canyon:

Mom:

Hiking the “riverside” trail….but where was the river?

We found the river!

After the hike:

More to come!

thanksgiving

July 25th, 2006

Another picture taken during the same Thanksgiving break for the
same class assignment. Our Connecticut house. Birthday balloons
in the background. My uncle, grandpa, a family friend, and my dad
singing one of the old hymns from the songbook. I had no idea it
would turn out to be one of my favorite pictures.

thanksgiving 1998

July 24th, 2006

I took this picture during my sophomore year of college for a photography class. I decided to document “My Family.” This photo was always a little bit extra special because it was one of the last pictures taken of my grandpa before his first stroke.