tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56726511337843000532024-03-08T12:27:46.779-08:00Digital Dave's Photo Galleries!DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-36695032946510483672011-07-12T05:00:00.001-07:002014-04-05T10:25:36.007-07:00Back in China<p align="justify">After a very pleasant (and, at barely ten hours with a very strong tailwind, quick) flight to Tokyo and then a short hop to Beijing, I’m back in the People’s Republic of China, circa 2011. Stayed overnight in a reasonably clean, cheap hotel by the Beijing airport, then took a two-hour flight to Luoyang, a large, but very laid-back city in western Henan Province, where I caught up with Katrinka who’s been hard at work on her archaeological project. Spent a day and a night in Luoyang, then took a 45-minute taxi ride to our old haunt, the ancient Shang-Dynasty capital and modern-day small city of Yanshi. A lot has changed in the four years since  were last here and, of course, not much has changed at all.</p> <p align="center"><a title="Click to enlarge image." href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Galleries/China/China-2011/Luoyang/i-ZztmP5D"><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Galleries/China/China-2011/Luoyang/i-ZztmP5D/0/M/D03_2316-M.jpg" width="520" height="244" /></a><font size="1"><em> Luoyang, Henan, P.R.C.</em></font></p> <p align="justify">I’m writing this while sitting in a chair in the third-floor hallway of the Yanshi Binguan, the very same hotel in which I’ve spent so many months over the course many visits. There used to be communist-era floor-stations (from where hotel maids or managers would escort hotel guests to their rooms and unlock their doors) right next to where I’m sitting, but they’re all gone now. I got to know and befriend so many <em>fuwuyuans</em> (servicepersons) over the years while hanging out by these floor-stations and writing or editing my photos on my laptop, and now both the floor-stations and sadly, several of my good friends who have moved on from the Yanshi Binguan to other jobs, have vanished. No one here seems to know where those folks are now. The floor-stations succumbed to a major hotel renovation.</p> <p align="center"><a title="Click to enlarge image." href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Galleries/China/China-2011/Luoyang/i-JX3WCrt"><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Galleries/China/China-2011/Luoyang/i-JX3WCrt/0/M/D03_2300-M.jpg" width="520" height="348" /></a> <font size="1"><em>A few of Luoyang’s fine citizens</em></font></p> <p align="justify">The hotel has indeed been substantially updated since I was last here, yet the place still has a remarkably half-assed quality about it. The rooms look much nicer than before, but the materials used in the refurbishment are clearly cheap. The shower leaks all over the bathroom floor and only some of the lights work in the room. One step forward and two steps back. There’s sill that famous barely-controlled anarchy among the staff <em>and</em> the guests here that seems to be so deeply embedded in the culture that one has the sense that this will be the case no matter how much they modernize the Yanshi Binguan. </p> <p align="center"><a title="Click to enlarge image." href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Galleries/China/China-2011/Luoyang/i-Hn86jQ3"><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Galleries/China/China-2011/Luoyang/i-Hn86jQ3/0/M/700_0131-M.jpg" width="520" height="348" /></a><em><font size="1">This resident of Luoyang went out of her way to color-coordinate with the local buses</font></em> </p> <p align="justify">In fact, the whole city of Yanshi has undergone quite an upgrade since 2007 and it seems there are even bigger plans in the works. There are many conspicuous new high-rises and “green” factories on the edge of town, and the city’s main drag – a classic Chinese two lane boulevard with a divided service lane on either side to accommodate the usual hodgepodge of scooters, bicycles, motorcycles, motorized carts, and other of China’s many strange jury-rigged vehicles - is already already being dismantled to make way for a modern multi-lane divided highway. Many of the stores and restaurants with which we’ve become familiar have either been completely re-done or replaced with altogether new establishments. </p> <p align="center"><a title="Click to enlarge image." href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Galleries/China/China-2011/Yanshi/i-5X68wK5"><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Galleries/China/China-2011/Yanshi/i-5X68wK5/0/M/700_0159-M.jpg" width="520" height="348" /></a> <em><font size="1">A standard-issue Yanshi apartment house</font></em></p> <p align="justify">Still, The little old lady who in years-gone-by has sold us fresh fruit from her street stall is still stationed in the same spot right around the corner from the Yanshi Binguan and the woman who vends bottled water and ice cream from a cart and has become our good friend is thankfully still just across the street. Our favorite driver, Zhr, who has taken us on many a sojourn throughout Henan Province in his aging, black Volkswagen Santana, is still waiting for customers adjacent to the hotel, though now he’s sporting a brand-new, shiny silver SUV.</p> <p align="center"><a title="Click to enlarge image." href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Galleries/China/China-2011/Yanshi/i-cTpCrFz"><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Galleries/China/China-2011/Yanshi/i-cTpCrFz/0/M/700_0228-M.jpg" width="520" height="348" /></a><em><font size="1">Yanshi, Henan, P.R.C.</font></em> </p> <p align="justify">Despite the changes and improvements here in Yanshi, the loess that blows in from the Gobi Desert and mixes with various and sundry pollutants and other particulate matter still covers the city with a a fine layer of dust. Yanshi is solidly working-class, industrial, and somewhat ramshackle. The town is still a pit. I say that lovingly, in part because Yashi’s very essence is it’s heartland aesthetics, and also because I selfishly want Yanshi to always be the pit that I’ve found to be so compelling and, well, <em>real</em>. I don’t think I need to worry about it too much.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Galleries/China/China-2011/Yanshi/i-vsRXMpT"><img title="Click to Enlarge Image." alt="Click to Enlarge" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Galleries/China/China-2011/Yanshi/i-vsRXMpT/2/M/700_0237-M.jpg" width="520" height="348" /></a><em><font size="1">A young Yanshi family</font></em> </p> <p align="justify">Will spend another couple of days here in Yanshi, then head back to Luoyang for a few more days while Katrinka finishes up her Archaeological research. After that,it appears we’ll have the opportunity to perhaps visit some places in China that we haven’t been to yet over the course of our many visits, or maybe revisit somewhere that we haven’t been in a long time, such as Shanghai. Where to go? Where to go? </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Galleries/China/China-2011/Yanshi/i-MBz9MWX"><img title="Click to enlarge image." style="float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto" alt="" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Galleries/China/China-2011/Yanshi/i-MBz9MWX/0/M/700_0322-M.jpg" width="520" height="347" /></a><em><font size="1">Ta Zhuang Village on the outskirts of Yanshi city</font></em> </p> <p align="justify">On another note, while in Luoyang, we met a forty-ish woman from Australia who was travelling in China on her own. (<em>Very</em> strange seeing another foreigner in this part of China.) The poor woman was at a total loss for navigating her way around the peculiarities of China. She didn’t speak a word of Chinese, didn’t even have a phrasebook, for that matter. She claimed that she had no idea – no idea! – that people wouldn’t speak a word of English here and thought she’d be able to fake her way through. </p> <p align="center"><a title="Click to enlarge image." href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Galleries/China/China-2011/Luoyang/i-njQZ93V"><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Galleries/China/China-2011/Luoyang/i-njQZ93V/0/M/D03_2403-M.jpg" width="520" height="348" /></a><em><font size="1">Luoyang is under construction just like the rest of China</font></em> </p> <p align="justify">The woman was completely discombobulated and clearly at the end of her rope – she was visibly stressed and if it wasn’t for Katrinka writing down some key phrases in Chinese for her, I don’t know where that woman would be right now. She wanted to book a train to Xi’an to see the famous Terracotta Warriors, but booking a train in China during the high-demand summer months is extremely difficult even for the Chinese. It often requires a fair amount of haggling and even bribery. To her credit, she eventually managed to get to the train station and book herself a train and, with our help, a hotel in Luoyang for the night. The moral of the story is, don’t come to China - especially the interior provinces - on your own unless a) you speak some Chinese, or b) you’re certifiably insane, or c) both (like us). Hope she’s ok.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Galleries/China/China-2011/Luoyang/i-tpQK4rz"><img title="Click to enlarge image." style="float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto" alt="Click to enlarge image." src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Galleries/China/China-2011/Luoyang/i-tpQK4rz/0/M/D03_2349-M.jpg" width="520" height="287" /></a><em><font size="1">Everyone’s watching the old-timers play cards, arguably one of the most common street-scenes in China</font></em> </p> <p align="justify">Finally, you know how some people in America get tattoos with Chinese characters that combine to form a phrase that doesn’t come close to meaning what the wearer thinks it means? The Chinese corollary to that is the T-shirt with a statement or slogan on it written in English, but is unintelligible to the individual wearing it. Today we saw a nice young woman walking down the street in Yanshi wearing a shirt emblazoned with “Experience Alcoholism.”</p> <p align="center"><a title="Click to enlarge image." href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Galleries/China/China-2011/Luoyang/i-MNxT7Pn"><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Galleries/China/China-2011/Luoyang/i-MNxT7Pn/0/M/D03_2365-M.jpg" width="520" height="348" /></a><font size="1"><em> Look, Mama, they let a</em> laowai <em>into Luoyang!</em></font></p> <p align="left">There’s some more early photos from this trip in my galleries here: <a title="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/China/China-2011" href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/China/China-2011">http://www.djdigitaldave.net/China/China-2011</a>. Check back often, there’s lots more to come!</p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-91736836068981776712010-09-19T16:22:00.001-07:002010-12-29T00:16:25.892-08:00Ollie gets his first (professional) haircut!<p><font size="1"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font color="#cccccc"></font></font></font></p> <p></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:1f30e7e0-62b8-4387-b372-7da8fb7fc952" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><div><object width="640" height="360" ><param name="movie" value="http://cdn.smugmug.com/ria/ShizVidz-2010071401.swf" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="flashVars" value="s=ZT0xJmk9MTAxMjk2MTY3OCZrPXhaY0MzJmE9NzM5ODk5XzZvVGtRJnU9RGlnaXRhbERhdmUmc2U9MCZzbz0wJmhkYj0xJnNiPTAmZnM9MCY=" /><embed src="http://cdn.smugmug.com/ria/ShizVidz-2010071401.swf" flashVars="s=ZT0xJmk9MTAxMjk2MTY3OCZrPXhaY0MzJmE9NzM5ODk5XzZvVGtRJnU9RGlnaXRhbERhdmUmc2U9MCZzbz0wJmhkYj0xJnNiPTAmZnM9MCY=" width="640" height="360" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true"></embed></object></div></div> <p></p> <p align="justify">Ollie got a trim at good ol’ <em>Snippity Crickets</em> on Solano Avenue in Berkeley. He was so distracted by the toys that I’m not sure he was aware that he was getting a haircut.</p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-39900481415365016032009-11-15T04:07:00.000-08:002009-11-17T04:10:56.330-08:00Ollie Attends a Party<p align="justify">Ollie showed up at Bok Bok’s house ready to party. Well, no, he was actually sound asleep, but he woke up in short order and ended up having a wonderful time working the room and charming the guests.</p> <p align="justify">The kid is really comfortable in his own skin; he’s truly a social butterfly as these photos of the party will attest. Per usual, clicking on any of the photos will open a larger version from my galleries in a new window.</p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/10336359_SzdTa/1/714841001_W8QDc/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/D035620/714841001_W8QDc-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/10336359_SzdTa/1/714841035_LhHdQ/Large" target="_blank"><img title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/D035621/714841035_LhHdQ-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/10336359_SzdTa/1/714841086_wtdc8/Large" target="_blank"><img title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/D035624/714841086_wtdc8-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/10336359_SzdTa/1/716033946_nAHoh/Large" target="_blank"><img title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/D035635/716033946_nAHoh-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/10336359_SzdTa/1/714841184_d99F4/Large" target="_blank"><img title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/D035638/714841184_d99F4-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/10336359_SzdTa/1/714841235_26b5J/Large" target="_blank"><img title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/D035639/714841235_26b5J-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/10336359_SzdTa/1/714841276_yMRQh/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/D035640/714841276_yMRQh-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/10336359_SzdTa/1/714841323_VjkY9/Large" target="_blank"><img title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/D035642/714841323_VjkY9-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/10336359_SzdTa/1/714841361_fg3Lc/Large" target="_blank"><img title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/D035671/714841361_fg3Lc-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/10336359_SzdTa/1/714841450_DE86e/Large" target="_blank"><img title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/D035673/714841450_DE86e-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/10336359_SzdTa/1/714841487_pYY6a/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/D035674/714841487_pYY6a-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/10336359_SzdTa/1/714841564_TZaTZ/Large" target="_blank"><img title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/D035678/714841564_TZaTZ-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/10336359_SzdTa/1/714841630_MZjYd/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/D035683/714841630_MZjYd-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/10336359_SzdTa/2/714841658_zB967/Large" target="_blank"><img title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/D035685/714841658_zB967-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/10336359_SzdTa/2/714841686_TTGn2/Large" target="_blank"><img title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/D035688/714841686_TTGn2-S.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/10336359_SzdTa/2/714841725_SZwxf/Large" target="_blank"><img title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/D035702/714841725_SZwxf-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/10336359_SzdTa/2/715939419_QW5sn/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/D035690/715939419_QW5sn-M.jpg" /></a>  </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/10336359_SzdTa/2/714841775_95bUg/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/October-November-2009/D035707/714841775_95bUg-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>There’s a bunch more photos from the party in <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Events/Party-at-Bok-Boks-House-111409">this gallery</a>.</p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-34471119946794749062009-10-18T23:28:00.000-07:002009-10-24T04:11:30.036-07:00Oliver’s Third Birthday! – 10/18/09<p align="justify">Oliver celebrated his third birthday at Berkeley’s Ohlone Park with a whole bunch of his close friends – a wonderful time was had by all! Below are some highlights from the afternoon’s festivities. As usual, any of the photos below can be viewed in a larger format simply by clicking on them. The entire gallery of photos from Ollie’s party can be viewed by clicking <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/1/687827991_xJVRW/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687827991_xJVRW-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Oliver contemplates a bag of <em>Cheetos</em> along with (from left) Zan, Sean, Jessica and Sommers.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/1/687828133_3pfeS/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687828133_3pfeS-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Erin provides some of the afternoon’s entertainment.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/1/687828315_Xc9kd/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687828315_Xc9kd-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Rodrigo, Sebastian & Ollie at play.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/1/687828667_787xb/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687828667_787xb-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Eamon, Elza and Mira confer with Mommy about the day’s festivities.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/2/687828878_aZGx9/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687828878_aZGx9-S.jpg" /></a> <font size="1">Sebastian and Zan frolic with Oliver.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/2/687829339_V4nSq/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687829339_V4nSq-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Rodrigo gives Ollie a lift.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/2/687829394_bE3gb/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687829394_bE3gb-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Ollie wonders why Zan is upside-down.</font></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/2/687829624_sCGAU/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687829624_sCGAU-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Ollie and Summers are bonding…</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/3/687829821_uL3g4/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687829821_uL3g4-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">…or not.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/3/687829971_Qq2Ut/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687829971_Qq2Ut-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Oliver is ready for some soccer.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/3/687830085_vo78m/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687830085_vo78m-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Elza & Eamon get into some Tschu-Tschu.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/3/687830143_MVRNK/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687830143_MVRNK-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Eric is clearly astonished at the bag of popcorn that Eamon just discovered.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/3/687830295_viQZW/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto; display: block; float: none" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687830295_viQZW-M.jpg" /></a><font size="1">The boys have an important conference in a tree.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/3/687830400_rZUSQ/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687830400_rZUSQ-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Oliver prepares to boot the ball….</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/3/687830436_ubPJw/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687830436_ubPJw-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">…Eamon fetches it.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/4/687830796_GLRpR/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687830796_GLRpR-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Mom gets Oliver’s birthday cake ready.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/4/687831008_P6T7z/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687831008_P6T7z-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Weird Uncle Luigi is in the house.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/4/687831188_8RaKv/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687831188_8RaKv-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Katrinka and Eric help Katie prepare the cake.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/4/687831244_qwcFT/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687831244_qwcFT-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Eric & Eamon seem satisfied with Mommy’s cake presentation.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/4/687831292_eNG3A/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687831292_eNG3A-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Ollie looks on with bemusement as Mommy, Eric & Eamon place candles in his cake.</font></p> <p align="center"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687831399_GvzZd-S.jpg" /><font size="1">Time to blow out the candles!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/4/687831580_5J8Qf/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687831580_5J8Qf-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Good job, Ollie!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/5/687831746_7baSA/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687831746_7baSA-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Oliver makes a play for Eric’s hat.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/5/687831854_iMtBg/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687831854_iMtBg-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Sebastian is photographing the festivities.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/5/687831945_zFxUq/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687831945_zFxUq-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Oliver runs off with a piece of his cake before Sommers gets to it.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/5/687832021_VeCEw/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687832021_VeCEw-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Mira looks like she’s enjoying the day.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/5/687832087_UThoL/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687832087_UThoL-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Ollie’s birthday cake is a big hit among all his friends!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/5/687832250_zBC35/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687832250_zBC35-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Sommers ensures that Daddy Sean eats some cake as Jessica digs in to hers.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/5/687832388_S8RMy/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687832388_S8RMy-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Jessica, Katie and Erin survey the scene.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/5/687832445_7i8Py/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687832445_7i8Py-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Sean tries Ollie’s new hat on Sommers.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/6/687832690_64FQm/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687832690_64FQm-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Oliver, Zan and Sebastian take the party over to the playground area.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/6/687832731_vdaHZ/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto; display: block; float: none" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687832731_vdaHZ-M.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Oliver gives Rodrigo a massage, much to Rodrigo’s chagrin.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/6/687832794_V7jX8/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto; display: block; float: none" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687832794_V7jX8-M.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Sommers gets a lift from his dad.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/6/687833012_RApj3/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687833012_RApj3-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Mommy & Ollie greet Ben and Co</font>.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/6/687833064_yHk52/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto; display: block; float: none" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687833064_yHk52-M.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Oliver vigorously attacks his one remaining unopened birthday present.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/6/687833101_rMZ2M/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687833101_rMZ2M-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">What could be in here?</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/6/687833195_tWz5Z/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687833195_tWz5Z-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Oh Dear…Uncle Billy from New York sent Ollie a remote-control truck for his birthday!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/7/687833349_yRouh/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687833349_yRouh-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">This looks like it’s going to be fun!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/7/687833519_9X5Cz/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687833519_9X5Cz-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Mira & Beth react to the impending chicanery that’s sure to manifest among the kids and the monster-truck.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/7/687833770_CHnNJ/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687833770_CHnNJ-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Ollie, Sebastian and Zan prepare the truck for a trial-run.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/7/687834045_iBQND/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687834045_iBQND-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Hey! This thing really works!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/7/687834125_923Qq/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687834125_923Qq-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Weird Uncle Luigi attempts to hitch a ride.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/8/687834433_iwyhR/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687834433_iwyhR-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Ollie’s at the wheel!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/8/687835027_yEfzt/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687835027_yEfzt-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Keep it pointed straight, Oliver.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/8/687835070_hbV6d/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687835070_hbV6d-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Good job, Ollie.</font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/8/687835273_ej7Sj/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687835273_ej7Sj-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Faster! Faster!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/8/687835516_xtzMR/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687835516_xtzMR-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Zan wants a turn at the wheel.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/8/687835732_Ddqd6/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687835732_Ddqd6-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Oliver leads the way.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/9/687836290_Jyj3V/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687836290_Jyj3V-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Ollie & Sean share a moment together.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/9/687836674_Kbz98/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687836674_Kbz98-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Mommy, Beth and Jessica enjoy the scene as Weird Uncle Luigi offers up another unsolicited massage.</font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/9/687836528_SmDdt/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/3000106/687836528_SmDdt-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Jessica strikes a pose before consuming her <em>Cheese Doodle</em>.</font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/10/687836988_wqHDc/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/3000114/687836988_wqHDc-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Mira makes Rodrigo blush.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/9/687836446_okpMM/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/3000105/687836446_okpMM-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Uh oh, Zan, Ollie & Sebastian are halfway to Cleveland with the monster truck!</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/10/687837114_Ejznv/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687837114_Ejznv-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Heading home after a wonderful afternoon.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV/10/687837267_HZCZE/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Click to view larger image" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/687837267_HZCZE-S.jpg" /></a><font size="1">Back at Dave’s house with Kate, Ollie and Ruthie.</font></p> <p>There’s a ton more pictures from Ollie’s birthday party in my galleries <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Four/Oliver-Third-Birthday/10039218_aeyNV" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-72342666092125224612009-07-11T23:31:00.000-07:002010-05-05T20:04:53.783-07:00Uncle Trezza comes to town<p align="justify">Good ol' Bill Trezza, friend for thirty years, has come out from New York for what is now becoming an annual visit with us here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Oliver adored hanging out with Billy when he was here last year and, though Ollie was barely one-and-a-half years old at that time, he seemed to instantly recognize Bill when he arrived this year.</p> <p align="justify">Billy & Ollie had a great time today at nearby Ohlone Playground; we're looking forward to having lots more fun over the course of Bill's visit.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Three/Oliver-31-Months-33-Months/8001840_LcCav/15/588698893_ysSDZ/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/588698893_ysSDZ-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/11/588698931_aEZZk/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/588698931_aEZZk-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Three/Oliver-31-Months-33-Months/8001840_LcCav/15/588698982_HoX6a/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/588698982_HoX6a-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Three/Oliver-31-Months-33-Months/8001840_LcCav/15/588699040_9HK5e/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/588699040_9HK5e-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Three/Oliver-31-Months-33-Months/8001840_LcCav/15/588699114_pUkVj/Large" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/588699114_pUkVj-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Three/Oliver-31-Months-33-Months/8001840_LcCav/15/588699177_F8aV7/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/588699177_F8aV7-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Three/Oliver-31-Months-33-Months/8001840_LcCav/15/590805622_WAX5C/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/590805622_WAX5C-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Three/Oliver-31-Months-33-Months/8001840_LcCav/15/588699414_hKb82/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/588699414_hKb82-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p>There's a few more from today in my galleries beginning <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/11" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-6817169761009696492009-06-24T22:47:00.000-07:002009-06-29T22:48:01.424-07:00A chilly afternoon at Muir Beach with Ollie<p align="justify">It was sunny and in the mid 70's when Oliver, Katie, Jessica and I left Berkeley and headed towards Marin County to spend  few hours at the beach. Upon cresting the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, it became clear that we weren't going to be getting any tans, as a huge fog bank could be seen rolling in off the Pacific behind Mount Tamalpais, as is often the case this time of year. We were committed, however, and made the most of our adventure at the beach. Kate & Jessica even went for a swim!</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/7/576975856_AfTzD/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/576975856_AfTzD-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/7/576976070_wKdoS/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/576976070_wKdoS-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/7/576976230_cQZ4A/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/576976230_cQZ4A-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/7/576976372_7GUG6/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/576976372_7GUG6-M-4.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/7/576976610_gWiQi/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/576976610_gWiQi-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/7/576976703_XPxEp/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/576976703_XPxEp-S-4.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/7/576976787_yNeyy/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/576976787_yNeyy-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/7/576977830_quo9Y/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/576977830_quo9Y-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/7/576978039_PedzK/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/576978039_PedzK-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/7/576978196_St5NB/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/576978196_St5NB-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/7/576978364_ZAmB2/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/576978364_ZAmB2-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/7/576978454_MHJJo/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/576978454_MHJJo-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify">More <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/7" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-35364337362558369432009-06-17T23:30:00.000-07:002009-07-03T21:43:34.186-07:00Oliver makes the scene at Stinson Beach<p align="justify">Ollie debuted his fancy new swimming trunks at Marin County's beautiful Stinson Beach. This was a bit of a warm-up for his impending annual visit to the Jersey Shore. He acquitted himself admirably by playing some ball, taking a dip in the ocean, frolicking in the sand, and -most importantly - making friends with lots of cute girls! Oliver is right at home on the beach.</p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/5/568124441_TiRz9/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/568124441_TiRz9-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/5/578098532_hNCDc/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/578098532_hNCDc-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/5/568124475_f9Eai/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/568124475_f9Eai-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/5/568124517_racEt/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/568124517_racEt-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/5/568124592_DJyz4/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/568124592_DJyz4-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/5/578100032_3aodx/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/578100032_3aodx-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/5/578101009_eCWiS/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/578101009_eCWiS-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/5/578101790_KXkWK/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/578101790_KXkWK-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/5/568124780_D7Pq6/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/568124780_D7Pq6-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/5/568124812_PmhBL/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/568124812_PmhBL-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/5/578102677_pn4rB/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/578102677_pn4rB-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/5/578104906_ZfonC/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/578104906_ZfonC-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/5/578106735_jdQy3/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/578106735_jdQy3-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/5/568124846_aeW3S/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/568124846_aeW3S-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/5/568124898_n4uED/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/568124898_n4uED-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/5/568124956_LpuFy/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/568124956_LpuFy-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/5/568127550_BDq44/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/568127550_BDq44-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/5/578107472_YoEHv/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/578107472_YoEHv-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/568125084_g6ATt-M.jpg" /> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/5/578109517_RCZ5Y/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/578109517_RCZ5Y-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/5/568125125_9YDnn/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/568125125_9YDnn-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p>A few more in the galleries <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/5" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-371184868449020742009-05-27T23:58:00.000-07:002009-07-03T21:39:44.927-07:00Ollie's Santa Cruz adventure<p>This was Oliver's (and Katie's) first visit to Santa Cruz. We started with a ride  down Highway 9 through the mountain towns (Boulder Creek, Ben Lomond, Felton) and then began our Santa Cruz adventure at the venerable Upper Crust with some pizza and beer. </p> <p>Next, it was off to the Santa Cruz Surfing Monument and then Natural Bridges State Park for some beach time (where, per usual, Oliver made lots of new friends).</p> <p>Finally, Thai food with my dear old friend Marie.</p> <p>We're looking forward to going back soon for a ride on the steam trains!</p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/1/551566672_RFsvN/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/551566672_RFsvN-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/1/551567207_fbciY/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/551567207_fbciY-S-2.jpg" /></a>                                        Pizza & Beer at the Upper Crust.</p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/1/551566519_nLLrC/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/551566519_nLLrC-S-2.jpg" /></a>                              Heavy wind at the Santa Cruz Surfing Monument.</p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/1/555973521_AD7pV/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/555973521_AD7pV-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/1/555973577_9sw4z/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/555973577_9sw4z-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/1/551567868_tXQm8/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/551567868_tXQm8-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/1/555973660_epAbi/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/555973660_epAbi-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/1/555973751_PDF3x/Large" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/555973751_PDF3x-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/2/551568541_3MGjX/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/551568541_3MGjX-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/2/551568747_QtAnj/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/551568747_QtAnj-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/2/551569149_dEzmr/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/551569149_dEzmr-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/2/551569382_k7f5g/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/551569382_k7f5g-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/2/551569412_4gRP7/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/551569412_4gRP7-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/2/551569612_4X9qS/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/551569612_4X9qS-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/2/551569630_4Lus6/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/551569630_4Lus6-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/2/555973850_5BTuL/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/555973850_5BTuL-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/2/551570250_kT2Sj/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/551570250_kT2Sj-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/2/551570338_L39RF/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/551570338_L39RF-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/2/551570536_6k5uW/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/551570536_6k5uW-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/2/551570705_hUS3P/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/551570705_hUS3P-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/2/551570813_YpwUW/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/551570813_YpwUW-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/2/551571049_nNbAN/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/551571049_nNbAN-S-2.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb/2/551571353_i4fwD/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/551571353_i4fwD-S-2.jpg" /></a>                                                    Thai food with Marie!</p> <p>Lots more in the galleries starting on <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8402185_4y6Xb" target="_blank">this page</a>.</p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-31723357221814482582009-05-18T23:26:00.000-07:002009-05-19T23:26:47.080-07:00Ollie has a play-date with Jackson, Will, and Chloe<p align="justify">Oliver recently made some new friends at one of our local playgrounds and they are some very special friends, indeed. Nine-year old Jackson and his five-year old brother, Will, really hit it off with Ollie last week. It's quite unusual for kids who are so much older than Oliver to take an interest in him to the extent that they did, spending hours indulging his every whim and treating him like family. I don't think Ollie ever had as much fun at a playground as he did with Jackson and Will.</p> <p align="justify">Everyone had such a good time that we all decided to meet again for another round of fun! This time, Jackson and Will brought along their friend, nine-year-old Chloe and, once again, a wonderful time was had by all. Thank you Nathalie & Bob for sharing your very cool kids with Oliver!</p> <p align="justify"><em>Clicking on any of the photos below will open a larger version in the galleries.</em></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/14/541194698_USbpL/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/541194698_USbpL-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/14/541194759_eYjfa/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/541194759_eYjfa-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/14/541195016_2zRq3/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/541195016_2zRq3-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/14/541195341_8zh3f/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/541195341_8zh3f-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/14/541195609_HCbRX/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/541195609_HCbRX-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/15/541195936_Wwpwa/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/541195936_Wwpwa-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/14/541196018_pAJh3/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/541196018_pAJh3-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/14/541196084_JiDgk/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/541196084_JiDgk-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/14/541196259_K4MXU/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/541196259_K4MXU-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/14/541196326_bssTZ/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/541196326_bssTZ-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/14/541196376_iobwj/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/541196376_iobwj-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/14/541196644_ZmRyR/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/541196644_ZmRyR-S.jpg" /></a>               Ollie does his special trick of letting out a primal yelp while levitating. ;-)</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/14/541197007_ghNJC/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/541197007_ghNJC-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify">There are more photos from Ollie's play-date in my galleries, beginning on <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/14" target="_blank">this page</a>. There are also photos from last week's playground session with Ollie, Jackson, and Will, all of which are on <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/10" target="_blank">this page</a>.</p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-63181970436442185612009-05-17T23:35:00.001-07:002010-05-05T22:07:08.991-07:00Ollie & Mei have a footrace at the playground...<p>...to see who can jump into the bushes first. Looks like a tie to me.</p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Three/Oliver-28-Months-30-Months/7182712_bU2LC/37/539381133_RPsfw/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/539381133_RPsfw-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Three/Oliver-28-Months-30-Months/7182712_bU2LC/37/539381260_4ze4u/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/539381260_4ze4u-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Three/Oliver-28-Months-30-Months/7182712_bU2LC/37/539381342_uH4bw/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/539381342_uH4bw-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Three/Oliver-28-Months-30-Months/7182712_bU2LC/37/539381002_kzUWp/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/539381002_kzUWp-S.jpg" /></a></p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-10194034099904265562009-05-16T23:59:00.000-07:002009-06-29T23:17:33.049-07:00Ollie's (temporary) new hairdo<p>This is what happens when you turn your back for even one minute at a party...</p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/13/539404369_TSD9K/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/539404369_TSD9K-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/13/539404655_g2567/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/539404655_g2567-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/13/539405256_FNdke/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/539405256_FNdke-S.jpg" /></a></p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-31289719981301441912009-05-14T23:45:00.000-07:002009-05-18T03:20:28.228-07:00Oliver takes a hike in Muir Woods<p align="justify">And hike he did - almost all the way to the top of the Oceanview Trail! He would have kept going (in fact, he tried to) but it was starting to get dark and the park would soon be closing, so we had to turn around and head back to the parking area before the ranger came and eighty-sixed us.</p> <p align="justify">Ollie was very curious about all the different types of flora he saw along the trail, and was equally enamored of the fauna we encountered: a baby deer and a banana slug.</p> <p align="justify">A wonderful time was had by all. Ollie got to experience nature up-close, Mommy got to hug some trees, and I got to practice my photography in some very challenging, high-contrast light.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/11/538439284_p9MUf/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/538439284_p9MUf-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/11/537655920_XTDtr/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/537655920_XTDtr-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/11/537656229_GrU8L/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/537656229_GrU8L-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/11/537656279_Q7GcU/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/537656279_Q7GcU-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/11/537656402_tLFZK/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/537656402_tLFZK-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/11/537656516_ieb3y/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/537656516_ieb3y-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/11/537656839_Qh9wr/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/537656839_Qh9wr-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/11/537656881_jndwa/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/537656881_jndwa-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"> <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/11/537657042_yyLHX/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/537657042_yyLHX-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/12/537657148_qfKrr/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/537657148_qfKrr-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/12/537657290_pqVjL/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/537657290_pqVjL-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/11/537657341_KcwDX/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/537657341_KcwDX-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/11/537657539_6RAhV/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/537657539_6RAhV-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/11/537657679_TQQyz/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/537657679_TQQyz-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/11/537657787_PtxfS/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/537657787_PtxfS-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/13/537657928_oSSnm/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/537657928_oSSnm-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify">Lots more pictures of Ollie at Muir Woods are in the galleries beginning on <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/11" target="_blank">this page</a>. Any of the above images can be clicked to view a larger version.</p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-21222124728795679902009-05-10T22:24:00.000-07:002009-05-11T04:23:38.488-07:00Oliver encounters his friend Mei at the playground<p>Oliver was already in a flirtatious mood when we arrived at the Berkeley Marina playground, as evidenced by his little game of hide-and-seek:</p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/8/533728105_nLbk8/Large" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/533728105_nLbk8-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p>Upon arriving in the play area, we ran into the ever-lovely Mei Assalian:</p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8173579_Gqwsq/1/533733030_suKsh/Large" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/533733030_suKsh-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p>Ollie thought it might be a nice idea to engage Mei in a bit of peek-a-boo:</p> <p> <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/8/533717042_qSi8V/Large" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/533717042_qSi8V-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p>Mei was clearly not amused:</p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/8/533717084_tuvx8/Large" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/533717084_tuvx8-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p>Sorry, Ollie!</p> <p>Click on any of the above photos to view the larger image in the photo galleries.</p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-30205736403752600872009-05-09T23:33:00.000-07:002009-05-10T05:36:39.458-07:00Ollie has pizza with the Weisenbergs<p>More fun with Oliver and the Weisenbergs, this time at Berkeley's venerable Cheeseboard Pizza. Mommy came along, too!</p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/7/532590430_Gfd3W/Large" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/532590430_Gfd3W-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/7/532590518_nvzh8/Large" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/532590518_nvzh8-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/7/532590707_Y5MRz/Large" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/532590707_Y5MRz-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/7/532590847_cpwai/Large" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/532590847_cpwai-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/7/532590958_funLu/Large" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/532590958_funLu-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/532591054_mFk5x-S.jpg" /> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/7/532591143_4qiCL/Large" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/532591143_4qiCL-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/7/532591321_oFKQd/Large" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/532591321_oFKQd-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/7/532591429_iDp9n/Large" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/532591429_iDp9n-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/7/532591675_LWvPZ/Large" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/532591675_LWvPZ-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p>A few more photos are in my galleries starting on <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/7" target="_blank">this page</a>.</p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-76978649797660400362009-05-03T23:26:00.000-07:002009-05-05T06:36:23.073-07:00At the playground with Ollie & the Weisenbergs<p align="justify">Ollie and I had the good fortune today to have my old friend Bruce Weisenberg and his lovely wife, Jiang Yan, stop by to spend a couple of hours with us. It had been a good solid seven years since I last saw Bruce, and I had yet to meet his wife. They, of course, had not yet met Oliver, so it was a wonderful opportunity to catch-up with one another in a context that is certainly a ubiquitous one in my life these days: the local playground.</p> <p align="justify">Oliver has always been a social butterfly, but he seemed particularly enamored of Bruce and Jiang Yan, leading them around the playground from swing to slide as if he'd known them his whole life. If Bruce thought it odd seeing me interact with a two-and-a-half year-old (after years of knowing me as...well...someone not likely to be interacting with a two-and-a-half year-old), it was equally amusing - jarring, even - for me to see Bruce pushing Oliver around in a little toy car, looking every bit the bemused dad. </p> <p align="justify">Old friends, new friends, times changing, people's lives evolving ... at the end of the day (and at the risk of over-the-top, cloying sentimentality), aren't these really  the moments that make life worth living?</p> <p> <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/6/528745038_PGwPu/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/528745038_PGwPu-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/6/528745083_q2gXB/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/528745083_q2gXB-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/6/528745151_AsHCG/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/528745151_AsHCG-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/6/528745219_KHkCi/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/528745219_KHkCi-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/6/528745355_oKeCn/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/528745355_oKeCn-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/6/528745476_VCfVY/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/528745476_VCfVY-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/6/528745554_ATmwk/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/528745554_ATmwk-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/6/528745629_abTsj/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/528745629_abTsj-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/6/528745717_Cijkh/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/528745717_Cijkh-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/6/528746019_43tsy/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/528746019_43tsy-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/6/528746091_9zPyQ/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/528746091_9zPyQ-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/6/528746346_39Pjv/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/528746346_39Pjv-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/6/528746539_mukNn/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/528746539_mukNn-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/6/528746490_J9p7q/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/528746490_J9p7q-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p>Click on any of the above photos to view a larger image. Additional photos from this session are in my galleries beginning <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/8001840_LcCav/6" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-10275941342179920222009-04-25T06:05:00.000-07:002010-05-05T23:24:58.617-07:00Ollie eats his peas...<p>...like a good boy should.</p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Three/Oliver-28-Months-30-Months/7182712_bU2LC/29/520946480_DKCNa/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/520946480_DKCNa-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Three/Oliver-28-Months-30-Months/7182712_bU2LC/29/520946706_YnbWH/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/520946706_YnbWH-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Three/Oliver-28-Months-30-Months/7182712_bU2LC/29/520946866_Yw98q/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/520946866_Yw98q-S.jpg" /></a>                                    Oops! One got away!</p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Three/Oliver-28-Months-30-Months/7182712_bU2LC/29/520947097_jV5sn/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/520947097_jV5sn-M.jpg" /></a></p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-87340220780065654092009-04-20T04:05:00.000-07:002009-05-07T04:06:15.483-07:00The Magic Hour<p align="justify">Or, the Magic Hour-and-a-half, depending on who you ask. Some claim it's the hour after sunrise and before sunset plus the half-hour before sunrise and after sunset. Others say its simply the first and last hours of daily sunlight. Either way, the Magic Hour (also known as the Golden Hour) is the time of day when the sun is low in the sky and offers a direct, warm, golden glow while also providing dramatic shadows and contrast. Some photographers <em>only</em> take out their cameras during that time. </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/18/503912311_HJt7Q/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/503912311_HJt7Q-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/10/490484462_UwFhH/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/490484462_UwFhH-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/18/503912140_Tqu3K/Large" target="_blank"><img height="274" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/503912140_Tqu3K-S.jpg" width="408" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/18/503912363_2K3dS/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/503912363_2K3dS-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"> </p> <p align="justify">Getting the exposure right can be surprisingly tricky during the magic hour, especially when photographing people (and <em>definitely</em> when the subject is running around and moving in and out of the light, as is our little friend in these examples). For landscapes, matrix-metering would give you generally good results, but in this situation I tend to use center-weighted, and occasionally even spot-meteing (usually to keep the highlights in Ollie's golden locks from blowing-out).</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/25/525484247_GV5sK/Large" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/14/500375071_r8Ydq/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/500375071_r8Ydq-S.jpg" /></a></a></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/25/525484247_GV5sK/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525484247_GV5sK-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/25/525484516_eTR8b/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525484516_eTR8b-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/25/525484324_YYYmc/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525484324_YYYmc-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify">Back-lighting can be particularly effective during the magic hour, as in the final photo above, provided you nail the exposure. In this case I used center-weighted metering and didn't worry about the back-lit highlights in Oliver's hair blowing out, because that is the desired effect, after all. Fortunately, center-weighted metering gives a modicum of attention to the areas outside of the center of the scene, so there is still enough detail in the highlights to make this a well-balanced image.</p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-6586126238761229212009-04-12T23:28:00.000-07:002009-05-07T03:29:23.004-07:00Easter with Oliver<p align="justify">Oliver was quite surprised when we arrived at Katrinka's house on Easter Sunday. There waiting for him was Katrinka, her father, Dennis, and a whole bunch of eggs ready to be dyed!</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/23/525483434_6HzMX/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image." src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525483434_6HzMX-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify">Oliver was very helpful. He gently placed the eggs in the dye...</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/23/525483487_FaEnP/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image." src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525483487_FaEnP-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify">...and helped load them into the egg-carton to dry.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/23/525483534_LPHxo/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image." src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525483534_LPHxo-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify">The real fun was yet to come, but first Ollie thought it would be nice to entertain Dennis with a makeshift drum in Katrinka's Backyard.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/23/525483726_7Pkxf/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image." src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525483726_7Pkxf-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify">Finally, it was time for Oliver's first Easter egg hunt!</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/23/525483880_VuKNa/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image." src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525483880_VuKNa-S.jpg" /></a></p> <p align="justify">With a little help from Katrinka, Ollie quickly began finding Easter eggs that were hidden in the yard.</p> <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/23/525483778_ydPc5/Large" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/23/525483880_VuKNa/Large" target="_blank"></a> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/23/525483916_h3ZFS/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image." src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525483916_h3ZFS-S.jpg" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Ollie was very pleased with his excellent detective work and was delighted to show-off the eggs he found to Katrinka and Dennis.</p> </a></a> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/23/525483778_ydPc5/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image." src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525483778_ydPc5-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/23/525483846_TKJgw/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image." src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525483846_TKJgw-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify">He quickly became very adept at hunting for eggs, searching around the yard until he found his prize. (This went on for quite some time, as Katrinka was equally adept at recycling the eggs that Oliver found.)</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/23/525484065_dYdFv/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image." src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525484065_dYdFv-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/23/525484104_m4bu8/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image." src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525484104_m4bu8-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify">He was filled with joy whenever he found an egg!</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/23/525484136_2CjtD/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image." src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525484136_2CjtD-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/23/525484164_YNq2Q/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image." src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525484164_YNq2Q-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify">All in all, a wonderful Easter. Just one minor problem, however. Every time we go to Katrinka's house now, Ollie expects to go on an Easter egg hunt!</p> <p align="justify">There are several more photos of Ollie on Easter Sunday in my galleries, starting <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/23" target="_blank">here</a>. As always, you can also click on any of the above images to view the larger versions in the gallery. </p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-68619164933060704072009-04-09T23:45:00.000-07:002010-05-05T23:19:23.951-07:00A Napa Landscape<div align="justify">By no stretch of the imagination do I fancy myself a landscape photographer, but every so often I manage to produce one that I can live with - even if it's only because the scene itself is compelling.</div> <div align="justify">This photo is not a particularly special or unique composition. It's reasonably well executed in terms of technical aspects such as exposure and acuity, especially given the weather conditions, but ultimately what makes this image work for me is simply the grandeur of the subject itself. The scene transcends the photography, I think.</div> <div align="justify"> </div> <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/926165_GhfM9/11/526900109_Evkkr/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/526900109_Evkkr-S.jpg" /></a> <br /> <div align="justify">This is a classic "grab shot" in the sense that I really wasn't prepared for, or even thinking about, taking this photo. While heading back to the Bay Area from Calistoga along the Siverado Trail, I noticed this scene and pulled the car over to the side of the road and snapped away. This was at the tail end of a storm passing through the valley and it was still raining lightly when I took this photo. The view here is facing across the Napa Valley vineyards towards the mountains on the valley's Western flank that separate it from the Sonoma Valley. This is a couple of miles south of Calistoga.</div> <div align="justify">The photo was taken handheld with the Nikon D700 and the new Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AF-S, stopped-down to f/11. Shutter-speed was 1/250 of a second and  ISO was 280. Shot in RAW and converted in Adobe Lightroom v. 2.3. Click the image to view it in a larger size.</div> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-74636246294312615882009-04-09T23:03:00.000-07:002009-05-03T04:00:23.012-07:00Oliver goes for a swim<p align="justify">Ever since the first time Oliver took a bath, it's been clear that he has an affinity for the water. His mom and I decided that it would be fun to finally get him into a swimming pool so we took a quick jaunt up to the Napa Valley town of Calistoga, which has several nice little places with pools fed by mineral water from local hot springs.</p> <p align="justify">So, even on a cloudy and relatively cold early-April day, the water in the various pools is warm and inviting. Oliver took to the water like a fish, he even seemed to know intuitively how to move his arms and kick his legs as if to swim. No trepidation at all.</p> <p align="justify">Move over, Michael Phelps!</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/21/525481339_HH3D5/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525481339_HH3D5-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/21/525481386_6S6jm/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525481386_6S6jm-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/21/525481433_RQ7jN/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525481433_RQ7jN-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/21/525481473_4KbMB/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 45px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525481473_4KbMB-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/21/525481514_NQnh4/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525481514_NQnh4-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/21/525481607_aGzFC/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525481607_aGzFC-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p> <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/22/525481641_LatUJ/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525481641_LatUJ-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/22/525481913_Zwdk4/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/525481913_Zwdk4-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p>A few more pics from this outing are in the galleries <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/21" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/22" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-55392926413467087612009-03-28T23:18:00.000-07:002009-05-07T04:23:27.197-07:00Ollie moves into his new home<p align="justify">When Oliver is determined to do something, just get out of his way. In the following sequence of photos, we see that Ollie has decided that he would look better in this trash can container than the trash can, itself. So he systematically and methodically removed the garbage can, sized-up the container, and moved in for a spell. Who was I to argue?</p> <p align="justify">Move over, Oscar the Grouch...</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/16/502624707_mwbDD/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/502624707_mwbDD-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/16/502624736_uiQRq/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/502624736_uiQRq-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/16/502624784_FM3Z8/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/502624784_FM3Z8-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/16/502624831_U6g72/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/502624831_U6g72-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/16/502624862_BUZYF/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/502624862_BUZYF-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/16/502624900_ZWmGS/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/502624900_ZWmGS-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/16/502624930_JdYSz/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/502624930_JdYSz-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/16/502624977_GEPHs/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/502624977_GEPHs-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify">The larger versions of these photos in my galleries can be viewed by clicking on any of them.</p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-85586130843256988932009-03-16T22:22:00.001-07:002010-05-05T23:16:13.245-07:00Keep your eye on the puck...<p align="justify">How does one successfully photograph a fast-moving sport like hockey?</p> <p align="justify">By keeping your eye on the puck, just like the player in the below photos is doing. (Of course it's not that simple, but it's still good advice!)</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7602830_k4UZD/6/491550710_mk7Y8/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/491550710_mk7Y8-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Sports/Hockey/Switchblades-031209/7602830_k4UZD/1/491550755_gZQG7/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/491550755_gZQG7-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify">I've been sporadically photographing my friend's amateur hockey team over the past few years and It's an ongoing challenge for me to come up with well-composed images that convey the essence of the game. It had been just over a year since I last photographed the team and I realized right out of the gate on this latest shoot that my rhythm was off. Hockey is a continual blur of motion, maybe the fastest-moving major sport out there, and a year away from even watching the game was not helpful in terms of my ability to anticipate the action. Muscle-memory eventually kicked in, however, and by the latter half of the second period I felt like I was starting to get dialed in.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7602830_k4UZD/3/491548387_d6EN9/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto; display: block; float: none" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/491548387_d6EN9-S.jpg" /></a>     <em><font color="#c0c0c0">Hockey: the Gentleman's Sport</font></em></p> <p align="justify">I brought a fairly large arsenal of gear with me to this game, intending to do a little experimentation. In addition to the bread-and-butter D3 with the 70-200 f/2.8 mounted to it, and the D700 with the 24-70 f/2.8 for wide shots, I also brought along the D300 and the 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 to see how that combo would do for capturing action at the far end of the ice. </p> <p align="justify">At these games my shooting position is at the outside end of the players bench (which is really the only place to shoot with an unimpeded view in the Oakland, CA, ice arena where these games are played) so the action at the far end of the ice relative to my position is a bit challenging for a maximum 200mm focal-length on a full-frame camera. The 70-300 zoomed to 300mm on the 1.5x crop-factor D300 gives me the full-frame equivalent of 450mm, of course, but with the penalty of a maximum aperture at that focal length of f/5.6 - a dubious proposition under the marginal lighting in the arena.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Sports/Hockey/Switchblades-031209/7602830_k4UZD/1/493256690_ARtYn/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto; display: block; float: none" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/493256690_ARtYn-M.jpg" /></a><em>I</em><em>'m wondering if maybe the ref's got an issue with this guy...</em></p> <p align="justify">Also an impediment to shooting indoor sports with the 70-300 on the D300 is the fact that ISO 1600 is as high a sensitivity as I'm willing to use on that camera, whereas ISO 3200 is a setting that I <em>routinely</em> use on the D3/D700. In fact, for this shoot I had auto-ISO set on the D3/D700 with the maximum ISO set to 3200 and the minimum shutter-speed set to 1/640 of a second. Those settings gave me a shutter-speed of 1/500 of a second for virtually every shot and ISO sensitivities that ranged from 1200 to 3200. With the same settings on the D300, but with the maximum ISO set to 1600, I simply got too many shots with a shutter-speed of less than 1/250 of a second (often as low as 1/125 of a second), which is not quite enough for fast moving subjects. </p> <p align="justify">In the end, however, it was none of the aforementioned issues that caused me to come to the conclusion that I'd leave at least the 70-300 home the next time. The bottom line is that, optically, the 70-300 just doesn't hold a candle to the 70-200. I did get plenty of useable images from the D300/70-300 combo, but when compared against the output from the D3/D700 with the 70-200, which was far sharper, had way more contrast, and exhibited much better clarity and acutance, I determined that it would just make more sense to work with less reach but better image quality and crop if and when necessary. The twelve million pixels of the D3/D700 has proven to be of high enough quantity and quality to do so. </p> <p align="center"><em><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7602830_k4UZD/2/491547607_hTKjo/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto; display: block; float: none" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/491547607_hTKjo-M.jpg" /></a></em><em>A very heavily cropped image made with the D3 and the 70-200 f/2.8</em></p> <p align="justify">As far as photographic composition is concerned, hockey presents its own unique set of problems, mostly related to the geometry of the composition but also related to such logistical matters as players skating in front of the camera and blocking the line-of-sight to your subject at the exact moment you're about to capture your "money shot" (though that particular issue is specific to the fact that I'm shooting from the bench and not from an elevated position in the arena, which is often the preferred location for photographing hockey). Both of the aforementioned issues are usually solved with some judicious cropping.</p> <p align="justify">The biggest challenge presented by hockey for the photographer is, of course, just being able to follow and, optimally, anticipate, the action. Naturally, the more I watch and photograph the game, the better I get at knowing where and when to point my camera. It also helps to have a few preconceived ideas as to what type of photos you'd like to end up with (i.e., a shot on goal and its aftermath, a skater racing to the puck, a brutal cross-check, etc.) It's also important to remember that photos of the action itself isn't the only way to tell the story. Sometimes a portrait of a player coming off the ice or sitting on the bench watching his teammates conveys more about what's going on in the game than anything else.</p> <p align="center"><em>There's more than one way to tell the story:</em><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7602830_k4UZD/5/491550371_j2hEW/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/491550371_j2hEW-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7602830_k4UZD/5/491550460_GpvCp/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/491550460_GpvCp-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="justify">Of course, none of what I've talked about so far matters very much if focus on the intended subject can't be consistently attained and tracked, so optimizing the auto-focus settings on my cameras to the particular demands of shooting hockey is imperative. After experimenting at these hockey games over the years with virtually all of the myriad AF settings available on the pro Nikons, I'm satisfied that 9-point Dynamic AF is the way to go for hockey. That setting attains focus almost instantly and tracks the subject perfectly without ever jumping to another player wearing the same color uniform or inadvertently  picking up focus on an element in the background. This recent shoot was the first time that I did not end up with even one mis-focused image out  of a total of well over six hundred that I took. That has <em>never</em> happened before!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7602830_k4UZD/8/491552335_Wmv6F/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/491552335_Wmv6F-S.jpg" /></a>     <em>Keeping focus on the intended subject with 9-Pt. Dynamic AF</em></p> <p align="justify">View the entire gallery of photos of this shoot <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7602830_k4UZD">here</a>.</p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-40335372750286398282009-03-10T03:06:00.000-07:002010-05-05T23:04:50.929-07:00Ollie returns to the Berkeley Marina Playground<p align="left">Now that Daylight Savings Time has returned and we get that all-important extra hour of light at the end of the day, Oliver & I are finally heading back to our favorite playground at the Berkeley Marina. We spent time there almost every day last summer and we're looking forward to having lots more fun there in 2009!</p> <p align="left">On our first visit back to the playground this year we were lucky to run into a friend that Oliver met there last summer, Alicia, who is just a few months younger than Ollie, and her mom. A great start to playground season!</p> <p align="left">Here are some highlights of our playground adventure. As usual, you can click on any image to view the larger version in my galleries.</p> <p align="center"><em>Oliver can barely contain his glee when he realizes where we are:</em><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/8/487995841_jouDj/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/487995841_jouDj-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/8/487995889_8Xduo/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/487995889_8Xduo-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><em>Ollie at the helm:</em><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/8/487996013_fWmJ9/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/487996013_fWmJ9-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><em>Oliver thinks it's a fine idea to dump a little sand on his new playmate's shoes:</em><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Three/Oliver-28-Months-30-Months/7182712_bU2LC/4/487996061_Jm6Gf/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/487996061_Jm6Gf-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><em>Ollie basks in the golden glow of an early March evening.</em><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/8/487996106_kxEdx/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/487996106_kxEdx-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><em>Ollie has graduated to the "Big Boys" swings:</em><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/Oliver-Joseph-Sherwin/Ollie-Year-Three/Oliver-28-Months-30-Months/7182712_bU2LC/4/487996208_ojxQ2/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/487996208_ojxQ2-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/8/487996217_MAHxD/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto; display: block; float: none" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/487996217_MAHxD-M.jpg" /></a></p> <p align="center"><em>Who is this Berkeley Hippie kid?</em> <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/9/487996273_Ggdya/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/487996273_Ggdya-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><em>Oliver inspects a random baby</em>:<a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/9/487998410_ZVbkA/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/487998410_ZVbkA-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><em>Spending time at the playground can be very exhausting work:</em><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/9/487996399_pRwHE/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/487996399_pRwHE-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><em>Communing with the Berkeley shoreline:</em><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/9/488002611_weYFM/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/488002611_weYFM-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><em>Oliver runs around with his friend Alicia and her mom:</em><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/9/488000618_r8VRm/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/488000618_r8VRm-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><em>Ollie demonstrates his jumping skills for Alicia:</em><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/9/487996611_WSYRj/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/487996611_WSYRj-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><em>Ollie makes his way up the dock so he can give his friend Alicia a nice hug:</em><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/9/487996775_zbYzR/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/487996775_zbYzR-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/9/487999461_EJvc7/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto; display: block; float: none" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/487999461_EJvc7-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/9/487996937_Yx932/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto; display: block; float: none" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/487996937_Yx932-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><em>A day at the park is incomplete without running through some puddles</em>:<a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/9/487996712_4rKNc/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto; display: block; float: none" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/487996712_4rKNc-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><em>Ollie 'hangs-ten' with his new girlfriend:</em><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/9/487996987_JJypf/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/487996987_JJypf-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><em>Ma & Pa Kettle:</em><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/10/488020470_6wDxB/Large" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/488020470_6wDxB-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p align="left">The rest of the photos from this batch can be viewed in my galleries starting on <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/8">this page</a>.</p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-90643249437662564962009-03-07T02:10:00.001-08:002010-05-05T22:51:26.542-07:00Oliver pays a visit to his friend Eric's shop.<p>Just another typical day in Ollie's World...</p> <p>Ollie frolics with Christine:<a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/7/486473005_D7ctr/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/486473005_D7ctr-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/7/486473114_E6ejU/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/486473114_E6ejU-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p>Oliver plays peek-a-boo with a random passerby:<a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/7/486473173_Kj9Yb/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/486473173_Kj9Yb-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/7/486473279_b8uBy/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/486473279_b8uBy-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p>Eric shows Ollie anudder way of looking at things...<a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/7/486473380_fVTiu/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/486473380_fVTiu-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/7/486473351_mvZT8/Large" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/486473351_mvZT8-S.jpg" /></a> </p> <p>Oliver gets to sit in the boss's chair:<a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/7/486473505_tAVZS/Large" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/486473505_tAVZS-M.jpg" /></a> </p> <p>There's a few more beginning on <a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7182712_bU2LC/7">this page</a> in my galleries.</p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672651133784300053.post-14206328302940240602009-03-06T04:35:00.001-08:002009-03-06T04:36:35.238-08:00Would somebody please explain...<p align="justify">...why the auto white-balance functionality of my $299 iPhone's built-in camera works <em>dramatically</em> better under mixed artificial lighting than my $3000 Nikon D700 or my $5000 Nikon D3? </p> <p align="justify">Seriously.</p> <p align="justify">As you might expect of a $300 camera phone, there is no way to set the white balance - it relies on an automatic white-balance algorithm to set a white-balance that is appropriate for the lighting in the scene.</p> <p align="justify">We all know that using the auto white-balance setting on our expensive DSLRs is a crapshoot at best - especially under mixed and artificial lighting. We virtually always end up with an image that is tinted and needs to be color-corrected in a photo-editing program. So we set our white-balance control to a preset that (hopefully) corresponds to the lighting in the room, or we take a reading of the lighting that we apply as a white-balance setting which usually gets us in the ballpark. Some degree of adjustment is still often necessary in post-processing.</p> <p align="justify">Now, look at the photo below. It was shot with my new iPhone in a Berkeley restaurant that I frequent and where I've taken literally thousands of photographs with my pro DSLRs. The lighting in this restaurant is a nasty combination of tungsten and fluorescent lighting of various and sundry color temperatures.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/gallery/7473123_CMJSx/1/484485210_UkCaA/Large"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px" alt="Click to view larger image" src="http://www.djdigitaldave.net/photos/484485210_UkCaA-M.jpg" /></a>  </p> <p align="justify">While this image does have a very slight, almost imperceptible tendency toward yellow, it is <em>way</em> more dialed-in than anything my Nikons would come up with. The skin-tone is pretty much spot-on, which is always the goal when setting the white-balance for a photo with people in it. Why can't my Nikons do this? What does Apple know that Nikon/Canon/Pentax/Olympus, et al., doesn't?</p> <p align="justify">Maybe at some point I'll post an A to B comparison of a Nikon and an iPhone photograph of the same subject taken under the same lighting to better demonstrate the stark difference between the two auto white-balance algorithms. For now, suffice it to say the difference is substantial.</p> DjDigitalDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11734804215317587534noreply@blogger.com0