Archive for December, 2009

Merry Christmas Everyone

December 26, 2009

Merry Christmas everyone.  I hope that it was all that you wanted it to be.  I knew that these three little people were happy Christmas Day!

Christmas Portrait

Help Portrait – Atlanta

December 14, 2009

This past Saturday I helped, along with 6,000 other photographers from around the world in 22 countries, photograph people who might not ever get the chance to have a formal portrait taken.  It was one of those moments that you can feel that you have the ability not only to give back, but to see people who appreiate what you do.  The smiles that happened that day, both in front of the camera and behind it, were just amazing.

Stats for just Atlanta:
337 portraits taken; 683 individual people were photographed; 157 Atlanta-Metro volunteers participated

Here are a few links about the day, some behind the scene photos from my location and other posts.  Amazing stuff!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/12/14/photo.shoot.help.portrait/index.html?iref=allsearch

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxshirley/galleries/72157622867020009

http://web.me.com/dvrosa/Help-Portrait/Movie.html

http://www.terzatendina.com/FTP/H-P_Timelapse.mov

And next year?  Why don’t you join us??!!

Christmas Portraits

December 9, 2009

This is a quick sample of one of the reason that I love this time of year.  Who could look at this and not just smile?

Christmas Portrait

How Could I resist?

December 1, 2009

We had gotten back late the night before from a trip to California.  I knew that this would be a hard day for the kids; getting used to the time zone change, getting back into the routine etc.  School seemed to go fine but within 20 minutes of getting home my littlest one was on my couch in my office fast asleep.

Yea, this is a parent/dad thing.  But I could not resist snapping a shot of my little princess.  And yes, I think she is way cute!!

Sleeping