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100/365 | April 10, 2010

Yay!

Camera: Nikon D90 | Nikkor 50mm(ƒ/1.4G) | ƒ/3.2 | ISO 200 | 1/200s

Strobist: LumoPro LP120 @ 1/16 through 43" Westcott, camera right, triggered via Cactus v4's.

Twitter: @ericmmartin

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99/365 | April 9, 2010

When I left work today, I found this squirrel eating from a pile of corn and sunflower seeds that someone had put in the lawn. I took pictures with both the 150mm and 35mm and was amazed at how close he let me get. With the 35mm, I was able to get about 6" from him.

When I was in high school, my family was part of a wildlife rehabilitation group up in Butte County. Out of all the different types of animals we helped, squirrels were one of my favorite. We would get them when they were very small and raise them and eventually release them. I'll never forget all of those wonderful experiences.

Camera: Nikon D90 | Sigma 150mm(ƒ/2.8) | ƒ/3.3 | ISO 200 | 1/400s

Twitter: @ericmmartin

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98/365 | April 8, 2010

I figured Luke needed some "air" time, so I put down a plastic bag with a towel over it and let him hang out for a while.

He is such a mellow baby, he hardly cries at all. He does grunt a lot though...so much so that we've decided to nickname him Grunt.

Camera: Nikon D90 | Nikkor 50mm(ƒ/1.4) | ƒ/1.4 | ISO 200 | 1/125s

Twitter: @ericmmartin

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97/365 | April 7, 2010

What a day - I returned to work and Shannon had her first day alone with the boys. Luckily Cooper and Caden had preschool, so at least they were occupied for a few hours.

I barely made it through the day awake and Shannon was on empty when I returned home. It will take time to get back into a routine, but I'm sure everything will be fine...right? ;)

Camera: Nikon D90 | Nikkor 50mm(ƒ/1.4) | ƒ/1.4 | ISO 800 | 1/40s

Twitter: @ericmmartin

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96/365 | April 6, 2010

Shannon had this idea to "stack" the boys up for a picture. Cooper *really* didn't want to be on the bottom, but he had no problem smashing Caden ;) None of them really turned out how I was hoping, but I just had to post one.

My Mom flew back to Colorado today and I go back tomorrow. Shannon is going to go from having 2 helpers to none :( Should be interesting...

Camera: Nikon D90 | Nikkor 35mm(ƒ/1.8) | ƒ/4 | ISO 200 | 1/125s

Strobist: LumoPro LP120 @ 1/16 through 43" Westcott, camera left, triggered via Cactus v4's.

Twitter: @ericmmartin

Project 365: A daily collection of photos tagged "project365" on Flickr

95/365 | April 5, 2010

We don't let our kids play video games very often, so when we do, they are really into them! Here, Cooper is playing the Lego Star Wars game.

Camera: Nikon D90 | Nikkor 35mm(ƒ/1.8) | ƒ/1.8 | ISO 800 | 1/80s

Twitter: @ericmmartin

Project 365: A daily collection of photos tagged "project365" on Flickr

94/365 | April 4, 2010

Happy Easter!

Camera: Nikon D90 | Sigma 150mm(ƒ/2.8) | ƒ/3.2 | ISO 200 | 1/2000s

Twitter: @ericmmartin

Project 365: A daily collection of photos tagged "project365" on Flickr

93/365 | April 3, 2010

We dyed Easter Eggs today. This is Cooper using the crayon to draw a design; he is concentrating very hard ;)

Camera: Nikon D90 | Nikkor 35mm(ƒ/1.8G) | ƒ/2.8 | ISO 100 | 1/2000s

Twitter: @ericmmartin

Project 365: A daily collection of photos tagged "project365" on Flickr

92/365 | April 2, 2010

My Mom took the boys to Toys''R''Us to pick out a toy. They ended up each getting a BIONICLE, Cooper the red one and Caden the blue one. Later, I decided to try using them as a subject for a light painting long exposure shot. I also used a flash to illuminate the BIONICLE figures.

The light painting was done with a Tikka Plus headlamp.

Taken for Assignment52 week 13 - Light Painting

Camera: Nikon D90 | Nikkor 35mm(ƒ/1.8G) | ƒ/22 | ISO 100 | 10s

Strobist: LumoPro LP120 @ 1/8 bare, approx. 3' from subjects, triggered manually at the end of the exposure.

Twitter: @ericmmartin

Project 365: A daily collection of photos tagged "project365" on Flickr

91/365 | April 1, 2010

Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt

My Mom arrived today for a visit to meet Luke and spend Easter with our family. I took the boys to pick her up at the airport and later in the day we went on a bike ride and stopped by a local school and played on the playground.

The boys both attempted to climb this baseball field backstop. It was interesting to watch them scurry up a 4-5 feet and then stop as they realized how high up they were getting. Climbing up is always the easy part...getting down...not quite as easy ;)

Camera: Nikon D90 | Nikkor 35mm(ƒ/1.8G) | ƒ/2.8 | ISO 100 | 1/2000s

Twitter: @ericmmartin

Project 365: A daily collection of photos tagged "project365" on Flickr