San Francisco Portrait & Wedding Photographer - Joey Chandler
Wedding, Engagement, Family and Child Photography showing the beauty and passion of life's biggest and smallest moments.
Spent a wonderful weekend in Waitsfield, vt. Sue’s parents have a ski house there and it made a perfect location for Tommy’s (Sue’s Cousin) and Jo Curtis’s wedding. The rain came off and on all weekend but fortunately when it mattered most, everything was beautiful. Great fun too see all of the family and to meet their friends. Photos are from John and Barbara’s house, the rehearsal dinner and the wedding.
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Spent the evening with long time friends of Tom (my brother in law).
Fran and Julie are super nice and their children- Lilly, Molly and
Gavin are crazy photogenic. One look at their eyes and I just had to
get out the camera. Gavin was sleeping after a long day but we met
Devin (blond boy) on the beach and had a great time. Lucius has
fallen in love with his “really big dumpi truck” and pushed it around
all evening. I had a yellow dump truck when I was young so it makes
me proud.
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I’m watching Wimbledon and thought a collection of baby shots would be nice for the grandparents. These are from the past couple months. Fun to see him grow.
Today could not have been better – gorgeous weather, playing at Julius Kahn in the morning, and picnicking at Baker Beach in the evening. Had a great time with Lucius and Sue all day long. Also nice to get a few Dad Day shout outs from the moms at the playground. Yes being a mom is harder but it’s nice to hear a little acknowledgment from time to time.
And too top it all off, my d700 test continued. Very, Very nice piece of machinery. Definitely heavy and large, but the ability to capture amazing candid shots makes up for lugging the thing around. Sue even let out a couple “oooo – that is nice’s” when looking at the shots she took of me.
I took a few shots of children at the playground (with parent’s permission of course). Turns out Sue and Mary (mother of the Danny - little boy with a black and white below) knew each other from Day One. The world definitely gets smaller once you enter the SF Baby Club.
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In a sign that the economic down turn knows no boundaries, ex-baby model Lucius King Chandler, who once graced the pages of oldnavy.com and Hannah Anderson, now turns to house cleaning to pay the bills. Those close to him, says he spends time mumbling “Daddy go to work, Mommy go to work, and Shu Shu go to work.” And while you may think he would be self conscious of his new status, apparently he has quite the talent for the custodial arts. Client and Mother, Susan King reports “he polished the woodwork, cleaned the mirrors, washed the windows and it only cost me two cookies and a clean diaper.” Times are tough indeed.
We wish him well.
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One of the great things about being a Dad is seeing how great my own Dad is at being a dad. He just does what needs to be done and he so clearly loves the people around him. We were scheduled to do the AIDS Life Cycle together but the plans changed when he got sick and was unable to train. So he did the most amazing thing and flew out to LA, rented a car, picked my tired-butt at the finish line and drove me all the way back to San Francisco. Then he played Granddad-on-Vacation for 5 days. He took care of Lucius most of the week and cooked several lip smacking dinners.
Pretty awesome I’d say.
Thanks Dad – I love you and you are the best.
Here are a few photos of Dad in action. The love of a grandfather just oozes off of his face.
All photos are here. One thing to note is that these photos were shot with my Nikon p6000 (point and shoot camera). The shots came out better than I expected.
