Norah and I are Mystery Readers →

A last minute request, the setup and simple chop editing took longer but we had a lot of fun! Hope you enjoy the story!

Reading for Mrs. Shemanski's First Grade Class at Francis Parker Lower School, Norah chose to share one of her favorite books by Mo Willems titled, "Waiting Is Not Easy!" This was setup and recorded last minute. Sorry for the quick chop.

Tools: Sony Alpha A7Rii + Manfrotto Stand for Universal Cell Phone Edited with iMovie on macOS and recorded via OBS Studio: https://obsproject.com

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Sony A7Rii Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera Sony FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM Wide-angle Zoom Lens (SEL1635GM), Black Manfrotto Stand for Universal Cell Phone Rode VideoMicro Compact On-Camera Microphone Peak Design Carbon Fiber Tripod Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic UGREEN Micro HDMI to HDMI Cable Male to Female: Waiting Is Not Easy by Mo Willems: https://amzn.to/2LlfFrO UGREEN Micro HDMI to HDMI Cable Male to Female: https://amzn.to/2Wse7CQ music: http://www.bensound.com

Twelve Months of Sprinkles Cupcakes

Celebrating month number one is exciting for new parents.  Adelle and I also thought this would be a great idea.  Who knew that cupcakes, representing each month in celebration of our daughter's special day, would amount to just a little over $270 in the course of a year!!!  It was expensive but in the end, we got to gorge on cupcakes, take great photos and celebrate with friends and family! Here are each one of Norah Renée's photos along with her wonderful cupcakes from Sprinkles.  We learned that the S'mores cupcake is our favorite, vanilla with sprinkles is a great treat but sometimes too sweet, and that if we invested the $270 dollars in Tesla stock instead, we would have quintupled our cash.

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On another note, if you haven't tried out Wolfram Alpha, you should give it a shot.  I used the summation formula from Wolfram Alpha for a quick figure.

Looking Back at Norah Renée

Exactly one year ago to the date and time, we welcomed my daughter into this world.  Everyday since then, my wife and I have been living a truly blessed life with such a vibrant, loving, huggable, and curious little munchkin.  As cliché as it sounds,  I really can't believe how fast time has gone by.  Happy Birthday to you Ms. Norah Renée.  Momma and I can't wait to celebrate and share more life experiences with you! Here's a photo of Norah at six months pushing herself up and staring back at me.  Not staged, not planned, my wife captured this wonderful moment.  The photo below is also unedited.

I've also just entered the photo into the I Shot It Child Competition 2013 No 3 for kicks and giggles. So far, with my entry, I'm at number 470. Ends in five days and there are so many great photos!!!  Wish us luck.

If you really want to know more about the composition and the photo, check out Jeffrey's Exif Viewer.  Here are the basic details: Olympus OM-D E-M5 ISO 800 1/40 f1.4 25mm