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Wordless Wednesday: Vietnam Veterans & Photographers

karen lisa — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:20:27 +0000

As I’ve posted before, my dad was a combat photographer in the Vietnam War. One of his old friends from the war is famous combat photojournalist Al Rockoff, who is well-known for his coverage of the Vietnam War as well as the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.

I’ve been hearing about Al for years, but hadn’t had the chance to meet him until a week and a half ago. My parents, husband, kids, and I visited Washington DC and the surrounding areas for the week of Mother’s Day, and it just so happened that Al Rockoff was going to be at the Vietnam Memorial the same day and time that we were planning to visit with my mom and dad. What a coincidence!

This was a very momentous trip for my family, as my dad had not been back to DC since he got out of Vietnam in 1970 and had never seen the Vietnam Veterans Memorial before. I’m so glad I was able to capture some images of my dad at the Wall – as well as the images below of my dad at the Wall with his friend Al.

Last weekend our country celebrated Armed Forces Day and this coming weekend we will celebrate Memorial Day. Thanks to all current and past members of the United States Armed Forces!

Standing up!

karen lisa — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:00:37 +0000

So happy to say that William has reached the fun milestone of standing up on his own! About a week and a half ago, I left him playing in his play pen while I went to put some laundry away. I came back out a couple of minutes later and found William standing up with a HUGE smile on his face! He was so excited! I had my camera handy and grabbed it to take a picture while he was still smiling happily at me!

For the past few weeks, when we put Will on his feet in his play pen he would stand there for a bit, but this was the first time he pulled up all by himself. Such a great moment! Mommy, Daddy, and big brother Zachary were very proud, and as you can see below, so was Baby Will!

PS- yes, I know this was blogged out of order. This is a pre-haircut photo :)

Wordless Wednesday: Will’s First Haircut

karen lisa — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:00:40 +0000

Last week, we had William’s hair cut for the first time! He looks so handsome! We had his hair cut by Nick at Vincent’s Barbershop in Coral Springs, FL. Thanks to one of the other stylists, Regina, for taking the adorable photo below.

Wordless Wednesday: Dreary Sky

karen lisa — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:19:35 +0000

I have about a million things to blog, but have been super duper crazy busy lately (as Zachary would say). The boys have been keeping me on my toes, but I promise I’m going to have some good stuff for you later this week, including a GIVEAWAY! YAY. And more photo posts, once I have a few minutes to export the images and organize them.

ok, so my WW post for this week is a picture of a dreary, cloudy sky, about to drop a huge downpour… since we’ve had a bit of rain lately, I thought it was a fitting image. There’s nothing in the world like a Florida rainstorm!

I hate doing instagrams for WW, but I haven’t been shooting much personal stuff lately. :( I need to really make an effort to get my camera out more often. I hate knowing that I am missing moments in my own life that I should be capturing.

Wordless Wednesday: Bougainvillea

karen lisa — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:14:07 +0000

I love bougainvillea flowers. The vibrant magenta color always puts me in a great mood. This is a plant that I associate completely with living in South Florida. Just looking at it makes me feel very tropical!

These are photos from our gulf coast trip at the end of February – I still have tons of photos to blog from that trip!

Another Crazy South Florida Lizard Spotting

karen lisa — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:00:52 +0000

Happy Earth Day! Here is a local wildlife post to celebrate our planet today!

South Florida is home to tons of lizards!! How surprised were we when Adrian walked out to his car on Friday afternoon and saw this guy on the driver’s side mirror! He immediately called me to bring my camera. The first image was shot with my 50mm 1.4, the rest were photographed with my 100mm 2.8L macro lens.

Wordless Wednesday: Happiness

karen lisa — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:06:59 +0000

Zachary has the most infectious smile and laugh! His happiness is so pure and beautiful. I am thrilled to have captured these adorable images of him having a happy day. I wish you could hear the laugh that I hear in my head when you see these photos on your screen!

Canon 5D Mark III | 1/320 at f/1.6 | 50mm | ISO 640

Little Fruit Lover

karen lisa — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:54:54 +0000

William is such an awesome eater. Every day I am amazed by how he tries and loves new foods! Last week, we shared a fruit salad and he ate strawberries, honeydew, mango, and pineapples – all of them except the strawberries were his first time.

I love how he has his arms out like he’s saying “more fruit, Mama!”

Wordless Wednesday: The Boys

karen lisa — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:22:52 +0000

Just another fun day in our house!

Canon 5D MIII | 1/400 sec @ f/1.4 | 50mm | ISO 500