I guess that “melee” is not the right word to use. But I’m already feeling like I might have been involved in a melee, and the weekend is only half way over. Friday, I shot a Kid Zoom exhibit at one of the Opera Gallery spaces. I’m not going to lie, I am not a huge fan of the gallery, since they still have Mr. Brainwash tripe on display in their Spring St. space. But, whatev. I enjoyed shooting KZ’s work. How often do you see spray painted bears?

Which brings us to Saturday. We were up early and headed to Jerz. Yeah, the garden state. We took a little jaunt to the Paramus Ikea. It was ok. Our friends the Adams came with us. So that made it bearable. After our trip across the Hudson, Sam (Adams, not my brother Sam) had to work. So we dropped him in Manhattan. Meanwhile, Anna (Adams) came with us to W-chester to visit PJ. Below: a shot of Piper hanging out on Anna’s lap and playing with the new elephant hand puppet that Anna brought for her.

Piper was sleeping when we arrived. She was bit groggy during our entire visit. But that wasn’t about to stop her from climbing up for some airplane rides.

We don’t normally shoot Piper with flash. But the blinds in her room are currently broken, which makes it tough to get any natural light. Some of them turned out pretty cute.

I’m sure that the other kids in the room appreciated the occasional burst of light. Sorry, Piper’s roommates.

After a relatively decent visit with Piper, we were Manhattan bound to start working on our Christmas cards. Yes, we celebrate Christmas around the Breinholt house. Try not to get offended, those who celebrate Hanukkah or Universe-mas or some other vaguely agnostic/religious holiday that occurs toward the end of December.

Doing Christmas cards (late) is no easy matter. So we took a break and did a quick photo shoot at our favorite local bodega.

Reagan was rocking this dress from one of our designer friends who operates out of Brooklyn. Reagan had the idea of shooting in a bodega, and I loved it. So, I cleared it with the owner a couple of days ago. It was a lot of fun. The store was still open for business and everything. I had to hurry and move the strobe stands every time that someone was trying to get through, hahaha. Sunday: back to the garden state for a wedding. Happy this-n-that!