365 Day 300*

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Around and around and around and around we goooooo!
Fuck I love that little tiny person as seen.
If you look realllllllllllly carefully, at this shot that is, you can see her total fucking insane glee from her beautiful tiny face just screaming full fledge at you.
That little person is going to grow up and become an awesome woman. She is going to be a leader. She is going to be successful. She is going to be independent and strong. She will influence millions. She will leave her mark on this planet, if I have any say that is.
I was actually reading her a book tonight. Which is customary because I’ve been reading to her almost every night before I put her to bed since she was … oh … as tiny as a baby that couldn’t talk or even walk.
And now, with her being in second grade at the age of 7, I am reading her CHAPTER BOOKS.
Yeah that’s right bitch. For those of you who don’t know a 4 year old from a 10 year old, a 2nd grader who just turned seven reading full on chapter books is way out of their league. She rocks. Not trying to compare Chloé to her peers. But… clearly she just rules. Ha.
I can’t get this kid to stop reading books.
Here is the situation getting ready for work on any given morning:
* I wake up.
* I wake the babe up (half the time on my OWN bed if she sneaks in the middle of night).
* She is pissed.
* The babe grumbles.
* I order her to get up.
* She stumbles out of bed as I am in the kitchen making her “babemeal” (otherwise known as oatmeal to normal people).
* I make her “babefast” (otherwise known as breakfast to most people).
* She stumbles out of bed (with her miniature robe that she insists to put on).
* She sits down to eat.
* I get in the shower (with full instruction that she must be dressed and fully have eaten her babefast by the time I get out. I get an exceedingly long shower. Don’t ask for details, thanks).
* I get out of the aforementioned really long shower.
* The babe is typically in her room fully dressed READING A FUCKING BOOK.
* I instruct her to start brushing her hair and her marmalades (don’t ask? marmalades is our language for “teeth”).
* The whole fucking time she is reading a book. Like … she carries around a random book with her during the course of the morning routine.
Seriously. I can’t strip the fucking kid of any given book. She is attached by the hip to any arbitrary book she can kind.
To the moment we walk out the door Chloé is reading a random book!!!
The most common and most spoken element out of my mouth most mornings:
“Babe, put the goddamn book down and …..(enter random thing here to do on any given morning to get ready for school)”.
The shot at hand? Well dude, it was HARD to do. I knew day 300 had to be special. So I took my kid down to the beach after work. And I set the tripod up to face the sun as it was going down. I had maybe 10 minutes before the sun went down over the horizon. I repeatedly did the twirl of the fucking 60 pound kid on a 12 second timer to get that flare right between our heads.
I think it came out pretty good.
I think I almost kind of nailed it. Almost.
The album below? Well let’s just say this is about as close to the genre of “alternative” that you’ll find me listening to. It’s catchy, cool, and fun. The song highlighted will always remain in my soul till I die. I just heart it, for reasons I won’t get into.
Location: Alameda Memorial State Beach; Alameda, California
Taken: September 30th, 2009
Posted: November 12th, 2009
Album of the Day: Language. Sex. Violence. Other? by Stereophonics
Video: Dakota by Stereophonics
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186 responses to 365 Day 300* Photographs
i absolutely love how the flare is between the both of your heads, its really beautiful and the sun rays are zomg
i love the beach too!
wow fantastic shot
love the sunset <3
you nailed it. and the routine narrative is awesome. i was the girl with the book, too!
I love what u wrote here…… heart warming…… "put the god damn book down"…… i think most parents will be so proud of a babe like her.
this is my favorite shot ever!!!! I am a sucker for sunflares and that together with the movement and this heartwarming compostion makes for a perfect 10! Absoultely amazing! You did nail it. As for the books, my son is the same way. I just love that about him. It’s all good.
Dude, seriously? Fucking rocks! You outdid yourself for you 300th photo
Thanks for the chuckles today and yay for the babe loving to read. She’s gonna be Somebody.
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I love the picture, the flare, the movement, the innocent capture – everything! What I love more though, is the way you and her seem to live in your own ‘babeworld’ (not to be confused with the inside of Hugh Hefner’s mind). It’s unbelievably cute!
Perfect timing!
again with the cute. and the perfect fucking flare, jesus christ.
Stuff like this…moves me. Bizzaro (Steff)…again…more to follow…
Ok, this is one of those photos that you have printed and blown up and it hangs over your fireplace mantle. Fantastic shot! And the morning routine is hilarious. Every other 2nd grader is eating Fruity Pebbles and watching Dora the Explorer first thing in the morning. Mad props to your little one!
Nicely done.
wow wow wow fantastic photo.
really wooow.
autumn colors!
oh wow the placement is perfect! Gorgeous shot Ryan!
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Great shot with the movement and the placement of teh sun! Works really well…

Be careful – Babstar might wanna call it girly, it’s so sentimental
Tiny people rock!!
I’m an uncle to a niece I never met, but hopefully will do before her 2nd birthday
Why the fuck didn’t I see this days ago when you posted it? This is so priceless.
this. is. perfect.
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dude
this is pretty much
AMAAAAAZING
is she yo rdaughter?
this is such a great pic
fave
the effort you put into this shot shows 200%. its effin perfect.
make sure she reads the phantom tollbooth. PLEASE!
i absolutely love reading your insanely funny/interesting/amusing/long stories that you attatch to these photos. this one is incredible! i think i even saw it on explore! ?
sooo cute! XD
This is so fucking cool! Such a beautiful moment and shot right there! Oh and "Babe, put the goddamn book down and ….." LOL! Tooooo funny! That’s a beautiful thing though. Right on Pimp!
man….I have a couple of contacts that you are contacts with and aside from the rocking pimp name, for some reason (funny ass comments, etc, etc, etc) I peeked every now and then on your stream, but never added you. I took the time of going back on your stream and instantly a contact.
That flare is just amazing, how many times did you throw up from the twirling dizzyness?
LOL
You’re an awesome dad
wonderful capture!
I saw this photo in a collage at Things I Love Thursdays!
Well I’d say you nailed it! Great photo (:
its not like this needs anymore comments…
but it totally deserves it.
love this so much.
Nailed for sure. And love the routine. Kids who love to read should never be parted from their books…
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RYAN, I adore this!!!!!!!
Aawww, you’re amazing Ryan. This is just too good… never mind "pretty good".
I love that she is so into books. I was exactly the same as her at that age. It got to the point in junior school (age 7-up) where they would send me to the infant school (age4-up) to help them learn to read, while everyone else my age was being taught to read themselves. I was just like chloe with a book permanantly attached to me.
I seem to have taken to a life of permanent education though, since I am still obsessed with reading and learning stuff. I hope you can live with her potentially turning into a big geek?
(I’m a cool geek though, haha, and I’m sure she will be too).
365 Day 300* Photographs
You have become my most favorite person of the day~ Loves to you and your little gal!
this looks so unreal and beautiful.
This is the most amazing shot ever. I’m jealous and pissed at myself for not being a better self-teacher regarding the whole self portrait with the kiddo thing.
Ahhh Ryan….one of THE most beautiful photos I have ever seen…truly…I can so see babe’s face in the shot too…hilarious…total glee..LOVE this..Fave!!! Well worth the effort and the constant hoisting of that 60 lb. sack to get the shot just perfect…
yep – i totally get it
this is killer
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