Jer & Min Photography

I misread this challenge as Arm instead of Arms, so you getting an arm instead of both of them.

We’ve had some great storms move in lately and this morning was no different. I wish I had time to setup a better shot, but the sun was coming nicely through a break in the clouds so we shot as fast as we could. The wind was whipping my daughter’s hair around and the light on the clouds approaching made them turn an amazing blue which I thought contrasted nicely with the warm tone of the sun on my daughter’s arm.

Lately, I’ve been really enjoying photos processed B&W and out of focus, sometimes the focus is on an object in the foreground, other times the out of focus nature of the photograph comes from movement.  In most cases, there is a strong black point in the photo and an overall darker appearance.  To me, these photos feel like memories and invoke quite a bit of emotion to me.  With no commitments as to how often I will contribute to this series, I will continue to publish photos that fit this feel for me.

The first photo is of my daughter reading.  My wife and I were speaking the other day that my daughter’s entire life consists of gymnastics, reading, playing the piano, and sleeping.  That is what she spends her time doing.

This photo is a typical scene in our life, Min spends a great deal of time making sure we eat home-cooked meals.  She is a terrific cook and it is a pleasure to me that she places such importance in our life of eating together.

Whether it was the subject, or the rust of being gone for over a week, I had a hard time coming up with a shot for this one.  In the end, I decided to document in a way a tendency of my daughter, perhaps of the majority of girls for all I know.  Brinci enjoys dressing up and getting make up on even though she’s not supposed to.  Anyway, the shot I got was of her trying to be grown up, but still drinking from a child’s cup.  She is at the time in her life when she wants to be bigger than she is, but not in all aspects.  No matter how old she gets, she’ll still be my little girl and I hope to always be looked at as her daddy.

My kids love playing with this camera. We have batteries in it to make the flash work, but never any film…

View On Black

My kids are very good at always wearing their helmets when they ride their bikes.  I must admit, when I was a child, I didn’t.  I’m not even sure they had them.  That would have saved me quite a bit of pain.

I’m very lucky, I work .4 miles from my home.  My commute is very minor, in fact, I can walk my commute in a matter of minutes.  This is a view of the rush hour traffic that I only hit once I get on my street.