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Baby Ryan Rockwell
Born 8:16:30 PM, 15 December 2006, La Jolla, California. 8 pounds, 12.2 ounces (3,975g). 20" (51 cm). The technical gobbledygook after each shot is the equipment I used for each photo. Many photographer friends ask. 31 May 2009, Sunday Ryan now insists on setting the bath temperature himself. Ryan rides the warthog! (Contax G2, Zeiss Contax 35mm f/2, AE locked at f/4 and 1/90, Fuji Velvia 50, NCPS scan.)
28 May 2009, Wednesday Ryan dropped his first second poop into the bowl tonight, and wiped himself for the first time. Whoo hoo!
27 May 2009, Wednesday Ryan dropped his first poop into the bowl tonight. No wonder I'm so childish: wouldn't it be great if everytime I pooped into the toilet that everyone I know congratulated me, and celebrated as if I had just returned from man's first walk on the moon or having won le Tour de France for the eighth time? I'll spare you the photos, but I will share Ryan's own words on this (recorded with the Nikon D3).
26 May 2009, Tuesday Ryan says "Beem" as his word for bear, as in the bear on his pajamas.
25 May 2009, Memorial Day
Ryan heading out golfing in Palm Desert. (Panasonic PV-GS120 3-chip DV camcorder video frame.)
Ryan golfing with Noni in Palm Desert. (Panasonic PV-GS120 3-chip DV camcorder video frame.)
Ryan golfing in Palm Desert. (Panasonic PV-GS120 3-chip DV camcorder video frame.)
Ryan golfing with Noni in Palm Desert. (Panasonic PV-GS120 3-chip DV camcorder video frame.)
Ryan golfing in Palm Desert. (Panasonic PV-GS120 3-chip DV camcorder video frame.)
Ryan golfing in Palm Desert. (Panasonic PV-GS120 3-chip DV camcorder video frame.)
Ryan golfing with Pops in Palm Desert. (Panasonic PV-GS120 3-chip DV camcorder video frame.)
Ryan golfing with Pops in Palm Desert. (Panasonic PV-GS120 3-chip DV camcorder video frame.)
Ryan feeding the ducks in Palm Desert. (Panasonic PV-GS120 3-chip DV camcorder video frame.)
Ryan kicking the seat in front of him. (Leica M7, Leica 35mm /2 SUMMICRON with M3 eyes (German, 1965), 39mm B+W 81A MRC filter, f/2 at 1/12 second, AE Lock, 2.2 feet, Fuji Velvia 50, NCPS process and scan.)
24 May 2009, Sunday Ryan driving the golf cart in Palm Desert. (Panasonic PV-GS120 still shot) Ryan flicking leaves from Noni and Pops' Palm Desert pool into their fire ring. (Panasonic PV-GS120 still shot.)
23 May 2009, Saturday Ryan still sleeping, 7:30AM. (Nikon D3, NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4 AF-S, Program chose f/1.4, Auto ISO chose 1/8 second at ISO 6,400. It was so dark I had to focus manually by guessing.)
22 May 2009, Friday Ryan fits puzzle pieces into a book.
20 May 2009, Wednesday Ryan Blowing Bubbles. (Nikon D40, Nikon 55-200mm VR at 116mm, P mode chose f/5.6 at 1/500, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
Ryan Blowing Bubbles. (Nikon D40, Nikon 55-200mm VR at 110mm, P mode chose f/6.3 at 1/640, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
Ryan Blowing Bubbles. (Nikon D40, Nikon 55-200mm VR at 116mm, P mode chose f/5.6 at 1/500, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
Ryan driving his Cozy Coupe. (Nikon D40 with built-in-flash, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, P mode chose f/2.8 at 1/60, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
Picnic with daddy! (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, P mode chose f/8 at 1/250, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
Yum! McDonald's! (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, P mode chose f/8 at 1/250, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
17 May 2009, Sunday Ryan eating green tea ice cream while Pops watches on. (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, P mode chose f/1.8, Auto ISO chose 1/125 at ISO 900, Auto -3 WB.)
Ryan blowing bubbles in da-da's water. (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, P mode chose f/1.8, Auto ISO chose 1/125 at ISO 720, Auto -3 WB.)
Ryan ringing Noni's doorbell. (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, P mode chose f/4 at 1/125, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
Noni shows Ryan a grasshopper at the park. (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, SB-400 flash, P mode chose f/11 at 1/500, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
Ryan says HI! (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, SB-400 flash, P mode chose f/11 at 1/500, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
Ryan pulling his big wagon up a hill. (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, SB-400 flash, P mode chose f/11 at 1/400, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
Daddy feeding Ryan num-num. Ryan's shirt is filthy from gelato eaten at Noni's earlier. He trashed the green shirt that matched Daddy long before that — note the change of shirt at the end of the day. (snap by mom, Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, SB-400 flash, P mode chose f/2.6 at 1/60, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
Ryan's First Earthquake! We had an earthquake at 8:39PM. It was a magnitude 4.7 centered just a couple of miles east of Los Angeles International (LAX) airport. Down here 150 miles (200km) south in lazy La Jolla, we felt it only as a quick rocking back and forth for a second, at which point I called up the real earthquake information, realized it was "just LA," and went back to sleep.
13 May 2009, Tuesday Ryan, AM. (Nikon D40, Nikon 55-200mm VR at 135mm, SB-400 flash, P mode chose f/8 at 1/250, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
(Nikon D40, Nikon 55-200mm VR at 135mm, SB-400 flash, P mode chose f/8 at 1/250, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
(Nikon D40, Nikon 55-200mm VR at 135mm, SB-400 flash, P mode chose f/8 at 1/250, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
Ryan in the Plastic Log Cabin. (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, SB-400 flash, P mode chose f/7.1 at 1/200, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
Ryan and the Sink. (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, SB-400 flash, P mode chose f/4 at 1/60, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
Ryan shopping at Price Club. (Casio EX-V8 at 6.3mm, f/3.4 at 1/60, auto ISO chose ISO 200.) I put Ryan on the FedEx scale. He weighed 31.6 pounds, fully clothed.
11 May 2009, Monday In the morning, Ryan loves for Daddy to let him play in our cars. Ryan wakes up, and his first thing is to grab Daddy out of bed saying "Big Truck! Big Truck!" to go down in the garage and play in the "Mee!" or "May!" (for daddy's car), and "Big Truck!" or "Boo-Ahh!" for Mommy's car. Ryan is good at recognizing cars. He'll say "May!" (Mercedes) and point, and it will take us a while to note the car that he already saw a while ago. Ryan's favorite for the past year has been the "Volva!," the Volvo (mom's car), as seen on these pages. Ryan takes his jacket off all by himself and hands it to Daddy after we came back from Daddy pushing Ryan about 3-1/2 miles in his stroller. Ryan can put his pants on and off and can take off a jacket, but he can't put on a shirt or jacket yet.
10 May 2009, Mothers' Day Yay! We're going to Noni's! Ryan and the Bromeliad. (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, P mode chose f/8 at 1/250, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
Ryan and the Bubble Gun. (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, SB-400 flash, P mode chose f/6.3 at 1/160, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
Ryan Pushing the Wheelbarrow. (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, SB-400 flash, P mode chose f/7.1 at 1/200, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
Ryan Riding the Iron See-Saw. (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, SB-400 flash, P mode chose f/9 at 1/320, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
Ryan Descending a Staircase. (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, SB-400 flash, P mode chose f/11 at 1/500, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
Dinner at Noni's table. (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, P mode chose f/5.6 at 1/125, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
09 May 2009, Saturday Ryan shopping at Costco. (Zeiss Ikon, Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux ASPH, Kodak E100G, f/2 at 1/30.) Ryan learns to say "good-bye."
05 May 2009, Tuesday Ryan says "Ahh-do" for thank you.
03 May 2009, Sunday Ryan first calls me Dah-Dee as well as Dada. Ryan also says "Wiggle Movie" to mean his DVD of the Wiggles' Big Red Boat, a great show. Ryan likes to watch it for an hour and a half every night, if we can stay up that late. Ryan says "Mee!" or "May!" to mean Mercedes and "Boo-ahh" to mean Porsche as we play in them.
Ryan sleeping with his new Hot Wheels "La Fasta" car. Ryan caled out go get this off the rack as we pushed him in the cart past the display. (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, P mode chose f/5.6 at 1/125, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
Ryan discovers a new use for dad's SL500 (a ba-ba holder) while Molly looks on. (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, P mode chose f/1.8 at 1/125, Auto ISO chose ISO 720, Auto -3 WB.)
02 May 2009, Saturday First thing this morning Ryan took me for a ride in my car. He pulled me out of bed and down into the garge. He popped open my car's trunk, put his ba-ba (bottle) in the trunk asked me to close the trunk, then opened my car door and let me get in, he closed the door and walked around to the driver's door, let himself in, closed the door and put on his seatbelt. He put the key in the ignition and turned it just enough to unlock the steering (H he knows how to llight it up, but I suggested he didn't) and he took me for a ride. Ryan then took out the key, took off his seatbelt and got out and reversed the entire process to get me and the ba-ba out of the car. Yay! Ryan today also said "apple juice" for the first time, and when he gets it, passes it around to the baby, his other toys and Daddy so we each can drink some. He also can say "apple."
Ryan meets a bird at Petco. He calls them "Guck-gahs," after the "quack-quack" made by a bath toy. (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, P mode chose f/1.8 at 1/125, Auto ISO chose ISO 400, Auto -3 WB.)
Ryan meets some fish at Petco. (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, P mode chose f/1.8 at 1/125, Auto ISO chose ISO 280, Auto -3 WB.)
Ryan shops for the doggies at Petco. (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, P mode chose f/2.5 at 1/125, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
Ryan driving, as usual. (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, P mode chose f/1.8 at 1/125, Auto ISO chose ISO 500, Auto -3 WB.)
Ryan hooks Buster to his leash for a walk. (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, P mode chose f/4 at 1/125, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
Ryan tries to get in and explore everywhere that isn't locked. (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, P mode chose f/7.1 at 1/200, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
(Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, P mode chose f/6.3 at 1/160, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
(Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, P mode chose f/10 at 1/400, Auto ISO chose ISO 200, Auto -3 WB.)
01 May 2009, Friday Ryan driving his car. He really does wear his seat belt, and puts it on by himself. (I had him take off his helmet just for the photo). (Nikon D40, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, P mode chose f/1.8 at 1/60, Auto ISO chose ISO 1,600, Auto -3 WB,lit only by interior dome lights.)
More Baby Ryan Rockwell Photos January, February and March 2009 |