Sarah photographed this beautiful little one and I wanted to share it. Such a darling. As a father of four it feels like they stay little like this for around three seconds. Congratulations on the new addition to the family Riana and Justin!
I’ve cleared off the keyboard cobwebs and decided that tonight would be a good night to resume our regularly scheduled blog posts.
A photographer I admire had posted the following quote a few months back from Henry David Thoreau:
“If one advances confidently in the direction of one’s dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
That has been bouncing around in my head. It’s a marvelous quote that tells of the potential we all have if we just have the guts to try. I encourage anyone and everyone to do the same. No matter how long and the amount of failures that are encountered – success will come to those willing to make the journey.
One last quick quote that I’ve taken strength in recently:
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” – Theodor Seuss Geisel
The following photographs represent a broad range of cameras. Everything from a point and shoot to a Sinar F2 4×5 large format camera. It has been a lot of fun spending time with the family.
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I’m sure you couldn’t tell, but I love food. I also love local restaurants. Life’s too short to eat reheated frozen food at chain restaurants.
Centro is a very popular restaurant in Des Moines that we enjoy dining at. We’ve gone for birthdays, anniversaries and “because it sounded so darn good”. Centro has a very warm atmosphere to it. The place always smells of fresh bread and italian herbs and seasonings. It’s enough to get anyone’s appetite fired up. Just from creating this post Sarah told me, “I’m in the mood for some warm bread and olive oil.”
When we arrived to photograph it was right before the dinner rush on a friday, so the whole staff was preparing. We were not able to grab any food shots but we hope we did the place some justice with these photographs. There are wonderful lines and beautiful decor all throughout the space. And if you haven’t been to Centro yet, what are you waiting for?
And again, this was shot with a mix of digital and film. All film was Portra 400 pushed (again) to 3200. The flowers that are put up as a centerpiece to the dining space were done by Saley of Divine Flowers. She always does a magnificent job.
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Have you been to Fong’s yet?
I’ve consumed a lot of pizza. I consider myself to be a bit of a connoisseur when it comes to good places to get a pie. When I got word from a coworker that Fong’s was a place you could get “Crab Rangoon” pizza my first reaction was, “Huh!?”. Such a curious combination of foods that I loved. Pizza + Crab Rangoon could be heaven on earth. This had to be tasted! Good grief is it delicious.
The place itself is on 4th street downtown just across from The Kirkwood, The Lift and Java Joe’s. It’s in a great little spot that is always packed with people having a good time. They serve during the late night hours pizza by the slice. How rad is that? I can’t say enough great things about the people of Fong’s. I’ve brought guest photographers from out of town here and even ended an engagement session here so that we could introduce the couple to the inimitable Fong’s Pizza.
This is the first part of a personal project series Sarah and I have taken up this winter. Des Moines has some real gems in it. Some hidden and some that are very popular. I think Fong’s fits right in between. It’s popular enough but there are still plenty of people out there that haven’t been.
For the photography nerds out there this is a mix of film and digital. What’s super ridiculous is EVERY film shot in here is from Kodak’s new Portra 400. Why is that super ridiculous? Because the two rolls that I shot were pushed to 3200. Yes, that’s three stops of abuse. I’m shocked at the minimal grain that’s present in this film. The first two shots are perfect examples of how clear this stuff is.
Special thanks to Gwen over at Fong’s for allowing us to come in and do this! You guys were wonderful!
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