New York Day 2

After being up for almost 36 hours straight we were able to get a good night's sleep last night. This morning we started another busy day in NY, this time we headed for Greenwich Village, Ground Zero and the Statue of Liberty. I can't believe how many things there are to see and do in on this tiny little island. I'm in a conference for the next two days so we wont be doing much during the day so I'll be getting some night shots for the next couple of days. I think we are going to try and make it to the Empire State Building tomorrow night at sunset so that should be fun.

Here are some images from today.
Us on the ferry on the way to see the lady.

Here we are with Lady Liberty.

Another one of us... but hey... it's our vacation right?

Here she is in all her glory! (no photoshoping... this is how I shot it)

This is what lady liberty wakes up to every morning. The NY sky line from Liberty Island.

This is an image Becca took of a memorial that some kids put together across the street from the hospital where the wounded were taken on September 11th 2001.

This is part of a memorial on the exterior wall of the building housing Ladder Co. 10 directly across the street from Ground Zero.

Home of all the great men and women that make up Ladder Co. 10

I don't even know what to say about this one. The feeling that came over Becca and I as we walked up to the empty hole is indescribable. I didn't even want to photograph it, all I really wanted to do is pray for those who lost their lives and their loved ones on that dreadful day.

Right as we got off the ferry after returning from Liberty Island it started pouring rain and hail. If you look closely you can see the rain still falling in the next images. These are grave stones in a church near Ground Zero.

New York Day 1

Wow... Yesterday was crazy! I was pretty nervous about coming to NY, I wasn't sure what to expect. I had heard stories about "Be careful with this..." and "Be careful with that..." and "Watch out for this..." but I haven't felt like that at all. Yeah there are a lot of people EVERYWHERE but nobody really pays attention to anyone else. It has definitely been a cool experience so far.

We have a busy day today, we are going to try and make it to the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Ground Zero, Greenwich Village and the Empire State Building. I have a conference Monday and Tuesday so we are trying to get in all that we can! Our next trip to NY will definitely be a more relaxed one.

Here are some images from our first day... feel free to leave comments!

Becca Chillin.

Maybe we will do a top 10 list of all the things we loved about NY...

Reflecting on Radio City Music Hall.

One of the cool residential buildings that we passed by.

Becca and I in Central Park... as we were walking Becca says to me... "We should probably hold hands." That has been the joke ever since. LOL

Windows on a random building.

The Apollo Theater in Harlem.

One of the many churches.

Every Mac lovers dream... mmmmm

Hanging around Time Square at night with NY finest!

My 6 yr old + My Old D1X camera

I've been wondering for a while what I should do with my old camera/paper weight and then it hit me when Ayden started asking if he could use Becca's camera. I pulled the old D1X out of the camera bag... dusted it off and put an old lens on it and let him loose. He wanted me to pose for him and I gladly obliged... as you can probably imagine I am ecstatic that he is showing an interest in photography. If you remember our 2007 Christmas card, he took the images of Becca and I for the card.

These images were taken at mid day in our back yard so the lighting isn't the best. Considering this camera weighs about 5 lbs and is pretty big and bulky I think he did a pretty darn good job... what do you think?


Here is a shot of him working the beast! He's even doing a little camera tilt.

Friends and fun

Isn't it crazy how life works? I went to high school with Dustin and Sarah almost 15 years ago and didn't really hang out with them too much. Now, so many years later our paths have crossed again and it seems like we've been best friends this whole time!

Last weekend they invited us to join their family in Bear Lake. We had such a rad time hanging out and we even made it to the beach one day for a quick shoot. The weather was cold and the rain came in on Monday but that didn't stop us from having fun!

Dustin and Sarah looking HOT!


Becca being a little sinful... rockin out.

I'm bringin sexy back... yeah! Check out Sarah laughing at me.

Ayden playing with one of the caterpillars the kids found around the cabin.



The kids playing.

Gotta love those freckles!



Becca and I lovin