August and Mommy

This might be one of my favorite photos of my wife with our new son, August. 

Little Augie

I am one proud Daddy! 

My wife and my son.

I thought long and hard about what I wanted to say about this picture and finally realized, there is nothing to say.

I know, another picture of my stinky cat. I am sorry. I took this one while playing around with my new flash. I need to get familiar with it before my son arrives. As soon as he gets here, I promise, there will be no more pictures of Charlie. Well, at least not as many. 

Check out my cat looking at me like I am the crazy one.  Stoopid kat.

Minnesota State Fair

Ahh, the Great Minnesota Get Together. 100,000 people pushing around, trying to get to the next food stand.  It is food on a stick. Everything you can think of... on-a-stick. Pickles, on-a-stick. Shrimp, on-a-stick. Even Summit Beer, on-a-stick. It is ALL about food, food and then some more food.

Yep, more food. It seems there is a pronto pup stand on every single corner.

If you are able to pull yourself away from the hundreds of food stands, there are a couple of rides you can check out.

And when you can't find the food you want or the ride you like, you sit down in the middle of the road and pout. 

This one I don't understand. I kept asking my gal what makes grown people wear these ridiculous hats during the state fair. I mean, really!

Another beautiful hat. Its like Minnesotas version of the Kentucky Derby. Ridiculous. Yes, that is a walleye on his head.  

I took this photo with my iPhone on the tracks behind work in St. Louis Park. I first made some adjustments to it in the App, Dynamic Light. I then uploaded it to Instagram and put the "Early Bird" effect on it. 

Independence Day

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My gal and I sat up by the Smith Bridge on Monday night to view the 4th of July fireworks over the Mississippi River in St. Paul. This was my first attempt at fireworks photos. Overall, I think I am pretty happy with the way most of them turned out. Although, next time I will work harder to NOT sit right behind a bush. Here are ten of my favorites. All of these were taken with a Canon 28-135mm lens set at f/8, ISO-100, focal length 47mm and the shutter was open for 6 seconds. 

Nine Mile fishing

My gal and I were walking along Nine Mile Creek yesterday when I saw these two boys fishing. It reminded me of when I was younger and how my friends and I could spend whole days down by the creek fishing. There is nothing better to a young boy than summer vacation!

Downtown St. Paul I94/35E

I know, I know, another photo from my balcony. This was taken last summer when I was just starting to play around with shutter speeds. I really like the look of the clouds and the lights. Also, I must have caught a plane in the upper right hand corner as it comes into Holman Field here in St. Paul.