Our Little Rock and Roll Princess

The other day in the car she asked to hear, "What's that man that wears the make up to try to be scary?"

"Marilyn Manson?" I suggested.



"Yea, Marilyn Manson. Can we hear a song by him?"

Today she declared that she likes Clutch. I'm very proud. She's a little four year old metalhead.

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I've Hung Out a Shingle

I'm so excited about my sign! I have a real sign painted by a real sign painter. I've had a retail store before but it was in another store and I didn't have my own entrance. Now I have my own entrance. And a sign so you know which entrance is mine. The one with MY SIGN.

The shop is looking pretty cool. I'm almost ready to photograph the inside of it for you. I still need new track lights, a few more framed pictures, some more screens, maybe a wood floor... It'll be a work in progress for a while.

But I have my sign out.

Our New Studio!

Today we went to clean up our new studio that opens tomorrow. We rented a glass annex that opens into Yolanda, a very upscale wedding gown boutique. We will specialize in wedding photography but will continue to do kids and whomsoever else wants us to open and close a shutter very fast in front of them. We are extremely excited and not at all ready to open tomorrow. We should have signage on Friday, framed pictures on the wall on Friday, lighting etc. by Friday. Seems like Friday would be a good day to open, huh?

But I can't wait so I'm opening our big empty studio tomorrow. We will be open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1pm to 9pm, and Saturdays from 10am or so until 5pm. We might come in on some Fridays as well.

So now Felix Rust Photographer has a home base. This all came about thanks to my wonderful assistant, Erica, and some amazing timing. Please come and visit us if you find yourself near Boston.

Here's the info:
Felix Rust Photographer
355 Waverley Oaks Rd
Waltham, MA 02452
617.515.0128

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Magali's Party at Build-a-Bear

We took Magali to Build-a-Bear for her 4th Birthday party. After everyone built their bears we walked over to Quincy Market and had cake. Everyone had a great time and there was nothing to clean up... except Magali and Dash and Ryan and Cooper and Lucy and Annelise.

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My Uncooperative Children

Dash was flipping out about something and was really angry. I got the camera and said, "I want to take a picture of 'Angry Dash'." That diffused the situation and this is the face he gave me instead. He knows I don't like "smiley" pictures...



Magali said, "I don't want you to take my picture." and she buried her head in the couch pillows. I asked her, "Can I take a picture of your butt, then?"

"OK." She said.

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Kelly & Tom

The other day we shot engagement portraits for Kelly and Tom. We shot at the Old Boston Public Library and then strolled across the street to the Copley Church.

Kelly and Tom are awesome. We had a great time shooting. Fun, relaxed, couldn't have gone better.

Here is a LINK to their shots.

Here is a preliminary ALBUM we put together:

Thanks guys!

Christmas Eve

We spent Christmas Eve with Auntie Nanda, Uncle Marc-ee, and Baby Jane. We called our mother and she asked us to get a picture of all of us together. I don't usully like posed shots, group shots especially. But one thing I love is pictures of people assembling to get their picture taken- shots of them waiting around until everyone is ready. Like the first shot above.

The second shot was an in between shots shot. Sara is aware that I'm shooting but the kids aren't.

The last shot is our official group shot. The camera was on a table and I shot using the self timer.

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Lighting the Menorah

At CoHousing we celebrate everything and try to be faith inclusive. Last Monday we decorated a Christmas tree in the common house and today we lit the Menorah. All the kids took turns playing with fire.

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Lights, Ornaments, and the Smell of Pine :)

This is the first year since Dash's birth that we got a real tree. Man, what a difference! I love the smell and the look. The kids had a great time putting up ornaments.

We even got a couple of robot ornaments. They will serve in our robot army (that we are amassing to take over the world) but they will be covert agents. They will stay in the basement in the box marked "Xmas Ornaments" until the uprising.

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Magali Likes My Treo

Sara and I ditched Cingular for Verizon Wireless. Supposedly, it has the highest customer satisfaction and it has the best coverage for Boston. For the first time, we can use our cell phones IN our apartment rather than having to run out into the yard to get a signal.

We got Treos which are cell phones and palm pilots in one. Now instead of having to carry my "brain" and my phone I carry one. Of course I still have to carry my ipod and pager for work. How about it science? Anyway, for some reason I usually first decide to install cool applications that the kids will like and THEN think about whether or not it is a good idea for the kids to be playing with this thing.

They write notes that say "hug papa" and then set an alarm to go off in five minutes. Then they look at the note and guess who gets hugs? Not Sara. She doesn't let them play with hers. :)

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Go Team

Gimme a "C" Gimme a "R" Gimme a "E" Gimme a "A" Gimme a "M"
Gimme a "C" Gimme a "H" Gimme a "E" Gimme a "E" Gimme a "S" Gimme a "E"
What's that spell?

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Happy Birthday to Sara

Today is Sara's Birthday, and Magali wore a crown all day, perhaps in commemoration. We went to IHOP because that's what Sara wanted.

Dash wanted to give her a gift certificate to the Gap. He HATES the Gap. He calls it a "Mama store" and complains whenever we go in one. So it is cool that he wanted to give her the gift. I suggested that she might like a gift certificate to Target even better than the Gap and he said, "Yea, but then it won't be what I thought of." Gap it was.

She has a cool tattoo with Dash's name on it:



It is on the side of her tummy where he used to kick a lot when he was in utero.

But she doesn't have a Magali tattoo. So I took the kids to our favorite tattoo parlor and we bought her a gift certificate. I told Magali, "You BETTER NOT tell Mama what we got her for her birthday!"

When we got home Magali ran inside and told Sara, "We went to the bookstore and to the cafe and got a mango juice and... I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT YOUR PRESENT!" She practically screamed it. She closed her ears with her hands and ran out of the room. But she didn't tell her what we got.

When our neighbor, Lucy, turned five we bought her some presents, dolls and such. We told Magali that it was very important that she not tell Lucy what we got. Sara went to go check the mail or something and when she got back all of Lucy's presents were displayed on the floor and Magali was showing them to Lucy. "Magali! You weren't supposed to tell Lucy what we got!"

And Magali said, "I'm not TELLING her. I'm SHOWING her."

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Noah and Judy

A few weeks ago I got to photograph little Noah and Judy, et al. in the woods. Man, this family is cool. Not only are they artistic and quirky, Joan (Mom) actually asked me to photograph their shadows. How cool is that?

I made an album which can be viewed HERE

Dash, The Evil God

Dash has started to like real time strategy games and he decided to use his own birthday money to buy Black and White 2. This is a "God" game. Basically, you are a disembodied hand and you rule an island inhabited by tiny people and a huge creature. You raise this creature and train him to do good or evil as you see fit. You can help villagers and nurture the land or you can destroy them. You can bend them to your will using benevolent acts or fear. Guess which side Dash is on?

The above picture is his reaction to his ability to pick little villagers up with his hand and huck them across the landscape. He picks up villagers and drops them in the sea. Then he picks up a huge rock and drops it on top of them.

The game is very cool in that it shows consequences of good or bad actions. The terrain and architecture change to reflect the disposition of your rule. Unfortunately, Dash is evil. I hoped he would be good. But he is evil.

Now, I suppose, I should turn my attention to Magali and cross my fingers.

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Dash's Birthday Party

Sara's supermom. She made Dash a super cool Star Wars party. She made PB&J sandwiches and just PB sandwiches and even just J sandwiches. They couldn't make a Star Wars cake at the bakery so she bought a regular cake and Star Warsed it up.

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Sarah and Teddy

Sara and Teddy Album : HERE

Here's a few shots and a photo album from a recent kid shoot. Sarah loves the camera and was constantly directing me, "Take a picture of me like this!" etc. Little Teddy has some adorable nicknames like, "T-Mobile" because he tends to just shoot off in a direction. He basically doesn't stop. They are both awesome and the whole day was fun and easy going. Just likes I likes it :)

That's My Boy!

My six year old son, Dash, took this picture of me. While it's not amazing that he holds the heavy D2H nice and straight, he also directed the shot. He asked me to hold the leaf up to my face (like I had just asked him to do) but then he said, "No, move it down a little... Over a little, YEA! Right there." Then he clicked once and handed me the camera. I FREAKIN' LOVE THIS SHOT! I told him this shot looks very professional and he said, "Yea, that's because I want to be a professional when I grow up."

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Nightmare Before Christmas

It's no secret. I love Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas. In fact it holds the record as the movie I have seen the most times in the theater (excluding Rocky Horror Picture Show). I saw Nightmare five times in the theater. I saw Toy Story four. I've talked about my being a grown up sized kid in other posts.

Anyway, they are playing the movie in 3D in the theaters now so we all went. The kids loved it as much as I did. The 3D is amazing and the movie lends itself to the technique because the camera work is really great. The camera gets inside those tiny sets with very cool angles and sweeping motions. It really works in 3D.

At the end credits they had original sketches come shooting out at you in 3D. Dash was amazed and kept running around the theater trying to reach out and snatch the drawings. That's what the bottom picture is. There is no light in the theater so the shots look like spy camera footage. Cool!

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