Fathers Day! I can’t remember the last I spent Father’s Day with my daughter. It had to be when she was still living at stockton. That many years ago!!
One of Mallory’s dishes I really like is her jambalaya, guess what we had for dinner?
Mandeville Day 3…
We all woke up extra early for a morning Fontainebleau State Park family photo session. A couple things to consider while shooting here is the weather and humidity. Having perfectly groomed hair is not going to last very long.
We planned a few spots for our location but ended up using only one of them. The shade provided by the giant oak trees covered in Spanish vine was a perfect light diffuser. Even though I brought speed lights for off camera flash I didn’t have to use them. There were a few shots where the angled rising son created a cool rim light.
Had breakfast at a local joint called Liz Where Y’at? I read about this restaurant in on of the Yelp reviews. It had favorable words about the fried chicken so I had waffles and fried chicken. Everyone has some type of traditional breakfast selection.
Mandeville Day 2…
I took off early this evening to do some sunset shots. I’ve seen photos from local photographers and kinda got the idea and angles they were using. There are some good angles at the beach but your going to have to go in deeper to pull something different than the common sandy beach shot.
These shots were taken going in foliage, unfortunately I didn’t bring my flashlight so I had to leave before it became so dark I’d be stepping on some alligators head or walk into a hanging dangling snake.
The old brick building is the remains of the sugar mill. Not much left after being weather beaten throughout the years. It is one of the historic markers in Mandeville. These are the others recognized markers.
Mandeville Day 2…
We were much rested today and I was ready to go exploring.
Mandeville Day 1…
Mal took us out to check out the local scenery and have some lunch at the Beach Hut.
Heading out to Big Easy…
We’ll be heading out to the Big Easy later. It will be our first visit to Mandeville LA where our NOLA family moved to. Can’t wait for a new adventure!
Day at SF…
Wifey and I headed out to SF for lunch on the wharf. The temperature there was much cooler than home.
Camera gear…
I’ve been into photography since I was a kid so that put me back in the film days. When I switched over to digital it was during the time consumer digital cameras were being offered. I picked up my first digital camera back in 1996. It was the latest and greatest for that time era, a Ricoh RDC-2 with a flip out monitor!
Nowadays, I use Canon and Fuji gear. I can’t recollect all the different digital cameras I’ve had the past couple decades. Below are my current gear a Canon 5DMK3, Fuji X100F & X100S. The X100S is more of backup camera to use in a pinch. The camera I use the most is the X100F, that little sucker has a shit load of features. A really big mega shit load of features.
Blog update…
I decided to separate the VW bus events into it’s own blog. Since we have two 1967 VW Buses it’s easier to keep it separate on another website location. This blog will continue for personal shit as I go along. Mostly for family to check on.
The VW blog is call vDUBUS
Check it out!
Double rainbow…
Yeah. Lousy moving car iPhone photo.
