Personal blog of photographer, father, and technology geek Steve Jackle.
Sometimes things are planned and happen for a reason and other times they are spontaneous and unscripted. In my previous post, I tried a lighting technique on myself using a large soft box real close to my face. Besides that I am not fond of using my camera timer, I wanted to try the technique...
Just a few minutes before heading to Hilburn for the holiday show, I grabbed Sophie for a couple of shots. She was dressed up and did her own makeup because she was going to introduce a song that the 4th graders would be singing. She said she was the DJ.
It was Saturday night and my wife was out secretly shopping for Christmas. We accomplished the bath night duties and it was time for kids to play. They decided to have a little themed restaurant fun. Armed with a hand-written menu, some play money, staff name tags, Wisconsin Badger hats, and kitchen supplies, the girls...
We had our first STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) expo this past week which is a two hour event showcasing the STEM learning program at Hilburn Elementary school. Sophie presented information regarding the engineering design process in her 4th grade class session. Savannah worked with her classmates to design and build a house. Her kindergarten...
Recently, Sophie has been taking guitar lessons. I guess in sense she is following her old man’s footsteps except that my guitars only had 4 or 5 strings. I am really glad that she is showing interest in music. It’s really cool how music can unite people. We decided to head upstairs and take a...
Be sure to check out these previous Halloween 2011 posts. A Witch A Funky Dancing Princess A Vampire See you soon!
As you can probably can imagine, growing up with the last name of Jackle was not always easy especially in the fall when Halloween was approaching. If I had a dollar for every time someone called me Jackle-lantern, I would be a rich man. There were other names derived from Jackle too but we will...
Today, was the first day were both of our kids are on the regular school schedule. Last week, Savannah went in for one day for her kindergarten assessment. Last night, we found out her class assignment at the Hilburn open house. Today, they officially headed to school together hand-in-hand and happy. The Jackle Parent...
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