Ms. Samantha A

I had the pleasure of shooting with Ms. Samantha a couple of Sundays ago. She is a local San Diegan, enjoys llife's gifts, and is a Tecate girl...awesome right?

We had a blast during our shoot...almost saw a homeless fight, saw the homies chillin at the pier smoking a J, and I found out she was nicknamed "The Chola" at her High School. I hope she enjoys her photos as much as I enjoyed taking them. Thank you so much for letting me shoot you Samantha =).

Glamour & Glow

Had the pleasure of shooting West Coast Club Life - Glamour and Glow on Saturday. All I can say is that it was awesome. Beautiful ladies, performances, designers, best of all glowing body paint. I met a ton of new people and made some great contacts, lets hope something comes out of it. Here are a few images to check out, I will edit and post more later.

Lighting - Jon Campbell 102

Did a photography workshop with a bunch of local photographers on Wednesday. It was actually pretty entertaining and made some new contacts. Learned about some studio lighting techniques and some basics. Looking forward to the 103 class, I can wait. Here are a few photos with different lighting setups with model Michelle:

I know, I know...its been while

Ok, so its been a while since my last post on here, what can I say? I am just that damn lazy. So whats up with the Fam Bam? Well, all is good, we have been growing stronger as a family...AJ has been promoted from grade school, Kaily talks and babbles, Lisa is becoming a wonderful mother, and I have been getting my ass kicked in the gym.

We just went to Comic Con over the weekend with friends and we are having a great summer so far.

So I promise to start posting more, that is when I have time...

First good night of sleep...

Last night was our first good night of sleep...we only had to get up about 3 times to feed and we had to wake Kaily up. I hope this stays as the routine and she is wide awake this morning. I guess I have to keep her up and entertained during the day so she wiped out at night. Her poops are lightening up and are looking more yellow, so the jaundice diagnosis might get lifted.

Lisa is doing good, all of her tubes, wires, and attachments have been removed. Her pain level is pretty minimal and she has been walking around. Still havent seen the pediatrician this AM, but I think we are going home today. Hopefully, the next blog entry will be from home, I think I can hold my breath on this one.

Great News...but it might just be rumors.

It looks like we might be going home tomorrow, but who really knows. Everything is looking good and Kaily has lost about 7.5% of her original body weight, which is still ok...anything over 10% and we would be staying.

We have to meet with the pediatrician and the lactation specialist tomorrow and we can get the official word. Apparently, her jaundice is not much of a concern, she is feeding and her bowl movements are regular. All signs are positive at this point so lets keep our fingers crossed so we can get home.

Hello Again

Kaily is now over 36 hours old... She is doing well by keeping us up at night and sleeping during the day. We are trying to break the habit, but she is stubborn like her daddy.

She has been diagnosed with jaundice:

Newborn jaundice is a condition marked by high levels of bilirubin in the blood. The increased bilirubin cause the infant's skin and whites of the eyes (sclera) to look yellow.

Treatment is usually not necessary. Keep the baby well-hydrated with breast milk or formula. Frequent feedings encourage frequent bowel movements, which helps remove bilirubin through the stools. Sometimes special blue lights are used on infants whose levels are very high. This is called phototherapy. These lights work by helping to break down bilirubin in the skin.

At this point we sit and wait for the pediatrician to let us know what to do next. We have up'd the feedings but Kaily falls asleep on us and isnt pooping enough...RGH!