I had the opportunity to shoot the Green's recently at their home.  They also happen to be great friends and it was a joy to watch them interact.

It was also I did an entire shoot without my Canon gear, and I am extremely please with the results.  I did the entire session with the Fujifilm X-E2 and the 56mm f/1.2.  With the exception of sports photography the Canon 5D Mk II sits on the shelf these days.

The images below are a few of my favorites from the session and the top image is my weekly submission.

This weekend we made sugar cookies, which is turning out to be an annual event now that the kids can help in the process.  They helped throughout the process, rolling, making shapes, waiting for the baking, waiting for the cooling, and then finally icing them.  Jonah really didn't enjoying waiting for the icing that his sister was using.  Next we will eat them of course, hopefully in a controlled fashion.

Today the kids decided to write letters to Santa, and since it was snowing out we decided to get all geared up and walk to Santa's special mailbox to deliver the letters.  After the walk we stayed in the back yard and played in the snow until it was time for some hot chocolate.

We traveled to my mom's for Thanksgiving this year.  I took my Canon gear to capture some portraits of my niece Gabby, but I also took my Fujifilm X-E2, which only arrived about a week ago.  I was excited to put it through it paces in low light holiday documentary type situations.  All of the images below are JPGs from the X-E2, with very little post processing.  Just a little crop and some contrast, highlights, or shadows.  I am using the film simulation of Black and White with the red filter applied.  I will have to say that I can definitely understand why there is a movement to ditch the DSLR in favor of a mirrorless system like the X-E2.

The first image is my niece Gabby, I was able to isolate her by a window just before she was distracted by Aunt Marianne.  The second image is family getting together via Skype.  My brothers Dejan and Pete are in northern Irag and called to say Happy Thanksgiving.  Of course we all gathered around the television to watch football and drink beer.  My nephew Jaden stopped by my chair to get his picture taken, and my wife decided to take my photo on her toy (really a toy) camera.  Finally, my brothers Michael and Josh laughing and telling stories, just before everyone started to head home for the evening.

The X-E2 performed magically and along with the X100s are my go to cameras.  I love what these cameras are doing to my photography.  Well done Fuji!

My sister Anna and future BIL (Jimmy) are having a destination wedding in Key West next month and they decided to throw a pre-wedding party so everyone could celebrate.  Here are a few photos from the event.  I didn't really plan on taking any photos, but when it started to get dark I wanted to see how my Fujifilm X100s would perform.  I am extremely happy with the results and I am slowly making the move to Fuji for the majority of my work.  The X100s is amazing and I highly recommend it to everyone that will listen to me.

While we were at "Labor Camp" this year several of the kids and parents went to the beach to climb the rocks and skip some stones.  I was able to capture this image while Jonah and James were having a conversation.  I imagine it was something like, "We will own this beach in a couple years!"

While at camp this year I was able capture a moment when all the kids where looking out at the lake for boats.

While we were at the beach we played a game similar to horse shoes, but with golf balls and holes in the sand.  I couldn't resist taking a photo of the father-son game that was in progress.

After a day at the beach everyone got cleaned up and decided to hang out on the deck before dinner.  I was able to snap a few images of my niece Nora and sister-in-law Karen.  This one is my favorite for a few reasons.  I will let you decide why you like it.

During our family vacation a couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to photograph the Sticca family.  We started a little earlier than we should have, but even with the challenge of a very bright sun, I think everything turned out really nice.  Below I have included a few of my favorites.