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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.

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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

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94/365 | April 4, 2010

Happy Easter!

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

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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

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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

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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

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90/365 | March 31, 2010

This wasn't the shot I had in mind when I setup the lighting and camera. I was going to try and get a shot of him sleeping in my hand so I had Shannon assist with taking the pictures. He wasn't sleepy and since I'm always behind the camera, I decided to post this one of us together.

Camera: Nikon D90 | Nikkor 35mm(ƒ/1.8G) | ƒ/8.0 | ISO 200 | 1/80s

Strobist: LumoPro LP120 @ 1/32 through 28" Westcott Apollo Softbox, approx. 3' camera left, triggered via Cactus v4's.

Twitter: @ericmmartin

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89/365 | March 30, 2010

Luke had his first bath today. He was so relaxed by it that he fell asleep :D

Camera: Nikon D90 | Nikkor 35mm(ƒ/1.8G) | ƒ/1.8 | ISO 200 | 1/320s

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88/365 | March 29, 2010

I'll return to work on April 7th, but until then, I've been enjoying my time with the family. Shannon mostly takes care of Luke 24x7 and I'm responsible for Cooper, Caden and the house. As such, my days pretty much consist of bike rides and visits to parks in order to keep the boys busy.

We rode to a nearby park to play for a bit; it was really windy and cold! I captured this shot of Caden and had to laugh at how much it reminded me of an action scene you'd see in a movie.

Camera: Nikon D90 | Sigma 150mm(ƒ/2.8) | ƒ/3.0 | ISO 200 | 1/2000s

Twitter: @ericmmartin

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87/365 | March 28, 2010

Quote by Herbert Hoover.

I took the boys out for a hike today on a trail in Rocklin up near the Fire Station. Since the side of town we live on is barren, it's always nice to visit places surrounded by mature trees and the sounds of nature.

I loved watching them explore the trail and climb this fallen tree. Caden wasn't too sure about climbing it, but Cooper scampered right up as far as he could go. When it was time to come back down he kind of froze, but not before I could get this sweet smile :D

Camera: Nikon D90 | Nikkor 35mm(ƒ/1.8G) | ƒ/1.8 | ISO 200 | 1/2000s

Twitter: @ericmmartin

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