Wednesday, October 03, 2007

First Smiles

Matthew has now been with us for seven weeks, and while that time has flown past so quickly we almost don't realise how long its been, its also difficult to remember or imagine life before having him with us.

He is certainly growing fast. He might be just above average weight for his age, but last week he hit the 98th percentile for height. He's currently as tall as an an 'average' baby twice his age!

Apart from being lanky like his dad he also started smiling a couple of weeks ago and is now more interested in things going on around him. Taking photos of a baby that has just started smiling with a massive SLR is tricky as they mostly react only to another smiling face, and the camera tends to cover that up (a small P&S that is also able to shoot video has been ordered from eBay and is in the post). However, here are a couple I managed to capture last weekend.


 
Nikon D200, Sigma 30mm f/1.4
1/30sec, f/2.8                                      1/60sec, f/8, flash

10 comments:

Livingsword said...

WOW what a cute baby!

Super smile!

Really is a very cute baby…

Definitely must take after his mom :)

You are going to start posting video?

Fantastic!

Dave Licence said...

I just had to post the second photo - he looks like he has found something hilarious. I think I just caught it at the right moment and blinded him a little with the flash.

I hadn't planned on becoming a vlogger (is that the term for a video blogger, or is it v-blogger?) - we'll see what comes of it though :-)

Livingsword said...

How good is the macro on the video :]

KSHIPPYCHIC said...

Ohmygawd your son is sooooooo adorable!! I'm really glad you finally put some more photos up - I have been waiting to sneak a peek at him! He's just cute cute cute!! :)

Denise said...

What a fabulous baby! Seeing that smile this mornning was almost better than coffee. Well, I couldn't have focused without coffee...

Derrick Davidson said...

Congrats Nice Pics

Anonymous said...

How gorgeous!!!

suchsimplepleasures said...

That is one gorgeous baby!
Enjoy him!
Melissa

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