The Search for a Christmas Tree 2009
December 15, 2009 | Filed Under Personal, family, kids | Leave a Comment
An early snowfall arrived here in Maryland on the same day my family planned on finding and cutting down our Christmas tree. The annual trip to a tree farm has been a Hoffmann family tradition for 13 years now.
Grammy pulls Henry away just as he attempts to step through a puddle.
Keely is armed with the mighty saw
Henry wanders the field
Keely keeps her eye on her tree of choice
A Long Weekend at the Beach
August 24, 2009 | Filed Under Personal, family, kids, vacation | Leave a Comment
I took my wife and two youngest kids for a long weekend at Bethany Beach in Delaware. Of course I couldn’t leave my camera home.
Sun Splash
July 24, 2009 | Filed Under Personal, family, vacation | Leave a Comment
My family and I just returned from Florida to have a mini-vacation and attend my sister’s wedding. Being a photographer, I also did double-duty as the wedding photographer.
On our last full day, we packed a lunch and headed off to Sun Splash, a local waterpark, located in Cape Coral, Florida. As luck would have it, thunderstorms rolled in 30 minutes after the park opened. The park decided to close until 2:00p. Luckily for us, the park is only 5 minutes from my parent’s home, so it wasn’t too much of a hassle.
Because we were flying out the next day, we decided to use the rain checks they gave us to go back at 2:00p. The upside to this was the park was nearly empty. We had a troop of about 15 people, and that probably was about a quarter of all patrons in the park for the rest of the day. No lines, no waiting, no problems.
Kids Will Be Kids
May 31, 2009 | Filed Under family, headshots, kids | 1 Comment
Today my 7-year old daughter Keely, tried her hand at doing face painting … on my 2-year old son, Henry.
I happened to be setting up for headshots I’m doing on Tuesday, and my daughter decided now that she has mastered the art of painting on faces, to try her hand at doing photography. She gave Henry explicit directions on how to pose (which of course went on deaf ears), and then manned the camera (with my careful eyes on her making sure she wouldn’t break anyting) and snapped off a few shots. I was able to salvage a few somewhat usable images. I think it’s time for me to spend some time now educating Keely on the art of photography. I think she is showing a liking to it.
Headphone Discovery
April 25, 2009 | Filed Under family, kids | Leave a Comment
You’ve got to listen to WonderPets without outside noise distractions.