Taking an interesting iPhone photo every day isn’t alway easy, mostly because of a lack of time. So occasionally that means shooting while you’re filling up with gas. It’s an interesting challenge to take an every day activity like filling up with gas and finding an interesting photo there.
I like this one because of the way the red and white reflective tape stands out.
Taken with the iPhone using the Helga setting in CameraBag.
I came across this one while cleaning out some old Flickr galleries. I’m sure I’ve posted this photo before but I’m too lazy for a search. No Photoshop, just straight up lighting. It was an SB-800 to camera right with a shoot-through umbrella. Add one cute kid, a balloon and a very stormy night. Mix thoroughly and cook at 350 degrees.
I took this tonight just before my friend Tim and I played some tennis.
Taken with the iPhone using CameraKit.
What you are looking at is our version of a maternity shoot. I don’t do the half-naked mom shots. Sorry. Just a little creepy. Instead we do a standard couple in love shoot. One of the two just happens to be pregnant.
I had a really good time with Emily and Doug. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate their patience. Emily was very pregnant and it was summertime in Texas. You can imagine that makes it hard. What a trooper. They were very comfortable in front of the camera, though, so that made my job simple.
Emily has since given birth to a beautiful baby girl. And if you need a great chiropractor in the Leander/Cedar Park area, I highly recommend Doug.
This is the view I see of my computer about a million times a day. Welcome to my exciting life.
Taken with the iPhone using CameraKit.
Back in May I did a family shoot for Terri Lynn and her girls. I’m just now catching up on posting about a few of these shoots. We had a really good time and they were troopers, following me through waist-high weeds to get some good shots.
I created the above 8×10 from 20 of my favorite photos from my June 2009 daily iPhone photos. I really just wanted to order a print for myself but then I had an idea. I thought I’d run it by you guys.
What if I offered a subscription service where at the middle of every month you received a shiny new 8×10 print like the one above of 20 of my favorite shots from the previous month?
I’d limit it to 20 subscriptions and they would be $12 per month for a six month subscription (basically $72 up front). That would include shipping, tax, and anything else fun I could throw in there at some point. The only reason I’m asking before just outright doing it is to see if anyone is really interested. I like them, but they are my pictures so I’m not exactly objective.
At $12 a month per print I make a solid $5 each. Times 20, that’s $100 a month profit. That’s not exactly worth it when you figure in all the time it will take to produce/package/ship/manage, however, the idea that 20 people would want prints of my random iPhone photos in their house makes me happy. So, $12 per print is about as low as I can go and still justify it. Each print would be produced by our professional lab and be numbered just like the one above.
So I leave it to you. Would anyone be interested in something like that? If you say no, you really won’t hurt my feelings (I don’t even think Becca would pay for it), but I would like to know either way.
Just post a comment with a yeah or nay. And a yes isn’t a commitment, it just lets me know you might be interested if I ever did it.
Today I had a great photo shoot with Tim, Sarah and the lovely little Ella. At this point we were hiding from the rain outside. I was snapping a few more shots of the family. I pulled up one of the photos of Ella on my camera and turned it around to show her. This was her reaction to her own picture.
Taken with the iPhone using the Helga setting in CameraBag.
Yesterday we enjoyed the perfect summer afternoon. Swimming in the evening so it wasn’t to hot. The smell of burgers cooking in the air. Three kids having a blast. Cody, knows how to kick back and relax.
Taken with the iPhone using the Helga setting in CameraBag.
You are looking at one of the coolest presents I’ve ever been given. My mom and dad gave me that autographed Nolan Ryan baseball for Christmas a few years ago. Growing up, Nolan Ryan was my hero. In a lot of ways he still is.
So what’s the coolest present you’ve ever received?
Note to everyone who’s ever given me a present, yes, I loved your present too. But come on, this is an autographed Nolan Ryan baseball.
Taken with the iPhone using the Helga setting in Camera Bag.
There are times when I want to shut everything down. I want to close my business, go get a job and just work for someone else. I know ultimately I would be unhappy working for someone else, but the temptation is there. The temptation of more reasonable work hours and a steady paycheck.
It usually happens on weeks like this one. Challenging weeks when I work 15-hour days and yet still no checks come in. Just a typical week of owning a business, but after four years, I’ve had enough of those weeks that they wear me down easier. Deep down, I know this is what I’m supposed to do, and I know I’ll probably get enough checks in next week for an entire month. That’s how it works, but I get tired. The real problem, though, is I’m looking to the wrong things for peace.
Ultimately, I want to work less hours, so I can rest more and have peace. I want a steady stream of money so I can be comfortable and at peace. I’m reminded that ultimately Christ is the only thing that will give me that peace. His peace transcends money and time and all the other worries that plague me.
Why is it so much easier to give in to worry than it is to give in to the peace Jesus offers?
This is Steve, one of the kitten’s from Becca’s latest litter. As manly as I am, I still think these things are kind of cute.
Taken with the iPhone.
A shot from the river.
Taken with the iPhone using the Helga setting in CameraBag.
I took this out at my in-laws’ land. It doesn’t really have the full effect unless you are standing under the blazing sun in 100-plus degree heat.
Taken with the iPhone using the Helga setting in CameraBag.
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