This was Anna and I after last year’s 36-0 thrashing of that team.

We weren’t in Bryant Denny Stadium this year….but I’m certain I had that same look on my face when Roy Upchurch caught the game winning pass from Greg McElroy with 1:24 left in the final quarter.  I don’t remember exactly what happened but at one point I was jubilantly carrying a five-year-old around the kitchen of someone else’s house.

Yes those were matching rain suits.

To the Wallaces!

Follow DHP on Twitter – Become a fan of DHP on Facebook – View davidhphotography.com

After our shoot I was talking with Cynthia and Jamie (Mom and Dad)  about the decision to make photos while Sydney is sick.  Cynthia admitted that there are mixed feelings about shooting while Miss Sydney is fighting this disease but she did want these photos taken.  As we talked I told her what a good decision I thought it was.  When we are going through things in life….good and bad….we rarely take the time to document them as we should.  There are many memories I have that only exist as that….a memory.  Think about all the memories in your life that you wish you had a picture from.    Will you always want to look at that memory….probably not.  But at least you’ll have the option.

Sydney and Dawson were in typical form….hilarious.  I didn’t have the baby whisperer with me so I had to do some pretty slick toy on head balancing to make up for her absence.   Sydney did give me a joke to use in the future…..”How do you make a kleenex dance?  Put a little boogie in it!”  I love me some booger humor.

Oh…and I challenge you to look at the last photo without smiling.

Follow DHP on Twitter – Become a fan of DHP on Facebook – View davidhphotography.com – Watch a sleep running dog

We shot some long overdue pictures of the boys at my parents house a few weeks ago.

These guys kept me laughing the entire time.

I actually had one of those moments of clarity that will hit me as a photographer every now and then.  I was shooting pictures of three of my 5 nephews…sure…but I was also creating something that these guys will look back on one day as brothers.  It’s rare that we appreciate the importance of a photo when it is being created.  More times than none it takes drastic change to reveal the true value in an image.

The mailbox below belonged to Mr. Phillips who lived across the road from the house I grew up in.  When I was first taking an interest in photography I would take Dad’s Canon AE1 out and shoot pictures of things around our property.  For whatever reason….I shot a ton of pictures of this mailbox.  That mailbox and those little California Raisins they gave away at Hardee’s.

Not long after I took the photo above I asked the boys to smile.  Kacen….far left….decided that this was the smile he was going with.  After I cracked up the other two boys looked over and this is what that looked like.  I just thought this series was funny enough for an animation.  This picture below should be moving for you….

Finally….their new Halloween shirts.

It’s always fun photographing you guys and I hope I have many more opportunities to do that as you grow up!  May you never realize that your Uncle Dave isn’t as cool as you think he is now.

Let me tell you a story about Luke’s dad….Cory.  I’ve known him since we were in junior high school.  For almost all of that time he has been known to me and all our friends as Balki.  Remember Balki Bartokomous from Perfect Strangers? Well we thought Cory looked enough like Balki to justify the nickname….and it has stuck….man has it ever stuck.  In hindsight we now realize how little resemblance there was between him and the real Balki.  So…off to Balki’s boy…..

As a dog owner I was a little apprehensive about posing him beside of the hydrant but his parents reminded me that most of the time little boys won’t pee on things like dogs will.  You learn something new everyday.

Here’s the whole family….including Allie….who falls into the “Coming Soon” department.