I’ve uploaded a new gallery of photos of Logan in his second month at home (here’s the first month in case anyone missed it). It’s been a fun month for photos as he’s starting to get more expressive and animated. I worked hard to cull the photos and did pretty well for a month of shooting in terms of keeping the collection tight. I also sold my Nikon D60 and bought a Nikon D5000, so I’ve started to play with DSLR video for the first time. It’s been interesting! I really do need to write about that for Digital Home Thoughts…

I’ve finished processing all of the photos I took of Logan and the journey we’ve been through as a family in the first two days, and have published them over on my photo site with captions to tell the story. Below are a few sample images – my baby is beautiful! From a photography perspective, I’m stunned at how superb the images turn out with my Nikon D300 and the 24-70 f/2.8 lens. That lens may be as heavy as a lead brick, but it’s worth carrying to get such beautiful photos. Now I just have to get to all those videos I took…and I hope regular readers of this blog will understand that for the next couple of weeks, I’m going to be talking a lot about little Mr. Logan Dunn.

It’s really nice to finally have my DSLR with me to take some “real” pictures…

That wedding I was at last weekend for my sister-in-law (and now brother-in-law)? Their photographer has finished processing some of the photos, and has posted them to her blog. Here are three sample images:

Are those some great photos or what? My one and only regret from my wedding to Ashley back in 2001 was that I didn’t find the right kind of wedding photographer…meaning I was focused on not spending too much money, and not focused enough on getting real value for my dollar – and value in this case is having great photos that you’ll appreciate for years to come. I don’t have many regrets in my life, but this is one of them. So if you’re planning on getting married someday, take my advice: don’t skimp on the photographer. Spend the money to get someone good, someone who will take pictures of you all day/night long and really capture the wedding event. In ten years no one is going to remember how fancy the chair coverings were, or what your wedding cake looked like, but photos of you and your husband or wife are going to last forever.

Taken in Hilo, Hawaii, November 2006.

Eric Lafforgue is a very talented photographer who has travelled the world and taken some amazing photos – his site is worth checking out! His portrait work is especially impressive – I wish I had the type of “photographic courage” required to walk up to strangers and ask to take their picture.