Winter Wedding Attire

Today’s wedding photography attire will include … thermal wear. Brr!

Stay toasty everybody!

Lego Wedding Cake? Yes please.

Did I mention I am fascinated by all things LEGO?

File this under: “Pretty much awesome”

First Week of the New Year & Decade

The first week of the year and decade was, in a word, nonstop. Avalanche of snowfall in northern Indiana. Cabin fever. Car repair. More cabin fever. And lots of time with these two blue eyed kiddos. What better opportunity for a dad and photographer to spend time with and photograph two of his favorite people in the entire world?

Madeline’s eyes looked hazel when she was born but I’m pretty sure they’re staying blue like her big brother and her Mama’s eyes are. She was rather content to wiggle by herself a bit while I played with Adrian – a welcome break from wanting to be constantly picked up – so I let her stretch out on the turquoise blanket a friend knitted (crocheted?) for Adrian.

Adrian has always been my camera ham. He didn’t want to be left out and hopped right up into the chair when I got Maddie back to her crib. He was behaving so well and sitting still (at the same time no less!) I got Madeline to sit with him for some surprise photos to give Sara when she got home from errands. Two sets of blue eyes melted their father’s heart with a huge smile.

And just like that, they went back to playing. Madeline discussed with her older brother Adrian the finer points of taking extended naps. I think he listened, too, and Daddy got a few minutes to make phone calls while the kiddies slept.

Beat the cabin fever – drop us a line or a call to set up a winter shoot for you, your family, your children or all of the above!

The Blockhead Portrait – Lego iPhone App

I love the LEGO recreation of famous photos. I love LEGO art.

Ever accidentally miss a birthday or anniversary? Feel like a complete blockhead? Preserve it in a photo – there’s a LEGO iPhone app for that! The LEGO Photo iPhone app brings some building block fun to camera phone photos.

Keep snappin.

Sleepy start to 2010

Madeline conveys this snowy New Year’s Day snoozy feeling perfectly. hope you have a relaxing start to 2010!

Resolution for 2010

My hope and resolution for 2010 this New Year’s Eve:

Friends to act like friends,

Neighbors to act like neighbors,

And for me to be a better one of each.

Happy New Year, friends.
Eric, Sara, Adrian & Madeline

Last Monday of the Decade

Has it been 10 years since the Y2K craze? We survived! This deserves a top ten countdown!

10+ countries visited

9…  years snapping photos for business

8… years since I started dating Sara

7…  years of concerts at the Underground Cafe

6… digital SLRs (Nikon D70, D70s, D200 x2, D300, D700)

5… 35mm Film Cameras (Minolta x-370, 7000i, 600si, Nikon N80, Argus C-Four)

4… Apple computers doing photo work (Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, MacBook, iBook G4)

3… continents wandered (North / Central America, Europe, Asia)

2… wonderful children Adrian & Madeline

1… amazing sweetheart Sara.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

(Full longwinded ramble recap on the way too.)

And I thought my family’s Christmas was…

a little crazy! Mr Bean’s Nativity recreation comes close to how I think the Christmas story would have been recorded if my friends and I told the story in a toy shop.

Merry Christmas, friends!

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Merry Christmas Eve

So far at the Bucholtz bungalo it’s been a day of cleaning, dishes, wrapping, roasting some corned beef for dinner and making more cookies for gifts and snacks. Everything outside is icy and cold and it’s a good day to keep busy indoors watching all the Christmas movies we can find and getting ready for a great Christmas with our growing family.

Merry Christmas everybody! God bless us, every one!

- Eric, Sara, Adrian & Madeline

Of nostalgia and bulky metal cameras

(Fans and friends on Facebook have probably read bits about this project along the way… join the fun)

Early last December a friend of mine posted photos of a classy Argus C-44R 35mm camera. Great 1950s design, shiny metal camera body, very clean looked like a fantastic find! It reminded me of a camera I had on a shelf, shutter not firing. I inherited my Argus C4 in early 1999 when my family’s shutterbug, my Grandpa, passed away. I loved photography since I got started snapping with a 35mm in high school, and Grandpa and I talked about camera news of the day like “APS film! Is it as good as 35mm?” The year before he passed away we had great shop talk while I helped provide in home care for him during the day. I’ll fondly remember times of us leafing through our copies of Popular Photography and talking about our favorite hobby.

I wanted to shoot with the Argus camera since I took it out of the box of camera oddities my uncle gave me. Seeing a friend’s photos of a very similar camera only reignited the desire to see it working again. The night I saw the photos I did what any self respecting Bucholtz male would do – I took it apart on the spot.

There’s something marvelous about opening a machine and seeing how it all works. I instantly knew what my dad found so intriguing about working on older cars that are more mechanical than computerized. I saw the problem instantly and began to find ways to repair it. With the camera now open there was no putting it back together without it working again. I wouldn’t do it, it felt unfair to know what needed to be repaired and forget it. (And maybe that’s why dad’s garage is also full of parts for various older cars.)

I decided that before the year was through I would have the camera working again, and this December I heard the shutters snap for the first time in 10 years. It is almost the same feeling of awe and mystery as when I got my first 35mm camera almost 15 years ago.

The day I got it working I posted this bit on facebook, and I have photos and more story to come. Enjoy.

I better understand the mystique and appreciation for restoring classic cars – today I got my Grandpa’s 1953 Argus C-Four 35mm camera snapping again, 10 years after I inherited it from the family’s orignal shutterbug. Shooting a test roll with this stylish mechanical, metal, all manual rangefinder camera feels incredibly nostagic using an early camera one of the people that first got me interested in photography used decades ago. This roll’s for you Gramps.