Big Brother Jake

Jake & Halle - Click to Zoom

We went to Atlanta on Easter to visit with Jen’s brother and his family.  It was a fantastic trip and my inlaws showed us a fantastic time.

I was able to lug all my gear with me and take some cool shots.  Out of all the photos of Halle and Jake I have taken, this is hands down my favorite.

iStat Menus hits 3.0

iStat Menus Main Screen

As most of you know, I live and die by my Mac…and because I come from the PC world (several years back) I always need to know what is happening with the internals of my computer as I’m using it.  I want to know how much memory I have left, what my hard drive capacity is, if my hard drive is being accessed, what the CPU utilization is and some other very geeky stuff that I really don’t need to know.  I have been using iStat menus for well over a year and love the info it puts up on my menu bar.

The new version changes iStat menus to a standalone app instead of a preference pane.  They have added a few thinks like moon phases, public IP, battery levels for your laptop and wireless keyboard/mouse, fan speed control and a bunch of other stuff that is cool, but I will probably never need.

For $10 you can’t go wrong!  Check it out here.

My Menubar and iStat CPU Menu

Outtakes Rock


Last weekend I had a blast shooting a stunt team.  Pretty simple headshots and some action shots of their stunt work.  People are pretty nervous when they aren’t used to being in front of lights and cameras….not this group.

We had a blast and most of them hammed it up quite a bit.  One of my favorite shots is this one of my good friend on the team.  He really knows how to make love to the camera.

Look Who Finally Grooves On Dad!

Halle and The Fuzzy Guy

Great weekend!  I was pretty cranky Saturday morning, but Jen & Halle made me a massage appointment on Saturday as a Christmas gift.  I have been under a lot of stress lately (not to say Jen hasn’t) and this couldn’t have come at a better time.  When I got to the salon for my massage, I asked for the deep tissue massage on my back, arms and glutes.  Holy crap was this woman strong!  I told her that getting a deep tissue massage is much like getting a tattoo, the first 5 minutes suck and then the endorphins kick in.  She worked out my crazy knots that I have been collecting since Halle has come into our lives.  You see, Halle loves to play a game with me where I chase her down on my hands and knees while chanting, “I’m gonna get you!”.  It hurts, but we have a blast.

Jake and I went to shoot photos (headshots and action shots) of a spectacular stunt team.  I can’t believe the stuff these guys do!  I will post some samples soon.  Jake was my assistant, but got a lot of time in on the trampoline.  Jen’s friend then came over and Jen and I went on an actual date after Halle went to bed.  It was great for just the two of us to get out.  Thanks K.

The other great part of this weekend was the little things…

  • I arrived at a friend’s house that Jen and Halle were and Halle walked up to me, held out her arms and when I picked her up she gave me a big hug.
  • She let me give her a bath without Jen being anywhere around.
  • We danced to “Baby Got Back”…what an infectious song.
  • I played Oasis’ Wonderwall on the guitar for her and it made her smile.
  • She followed me around the house.
  • She called me….daddy.

All of these things add up to a lot!  Now I have to spent the next 5 days seeing her for about 2 hours a day.  That sucks.