The Photo is a Lie!

Here's a lovely family shot. Well, it's a family shot if you don't count the parents which we usually don't (in pics). Anyway, as with most posed pics, it presents a beautiful lie. Cute, well-behaved, and bland as generic mayonnaise. So I decided to include the pic from a few seconds later that captures the truth a bit better...

The new RedHead

Mom did it. She really did. It wasn't her idea, but when it came to actually applying the dye it was all mom. Results are stunning.

Tiny Things

Ambridge Fire

This morning we were woken by siren after siren after siren from fairly close by. Looking out the window here's what we saw:

The fire took place in the 500 block of Merchant Street in Ambridge in the apartments above Charles' Clothing Store. It completely consumed all but the brick shell of the structure. It's now under control and no one was seriously injured.

Here's video footage and some more of the story that I put together as well:

Lightning

Lightning Storm

I took this shot out Elaina's window the other night. We had an amazing lightning storm and I set up the camera to shoot twenty minutes worth of 5 second exposures. A little cleanup in Lightroom, but mostly this is what the shot looked like coming out of the camera. And of course I have to point out that we saw more amazing scenes than this, but this was the best photo of the bunch.

MJ The Shepherd

While "Shepherd" was the desired look, 80's rock star works equally well.

Portraits

Building (most of) a House

Been working a bit with my brother on his new house...