i love my M9 - Page 6

I really like seeing these photos of your daughter. I said this before in this thread, I know. But I really miss when my daughter was so young like this. Life is different when you have a daughter this age--at least for me.

Everything is interesting and fun for them. You can see it in your daughter's face in the photo in which she faces the sun with her eyes closed. You can see it in the shot in which she is pointing at you on the path. Or in the photo in which she's trying to balance the small stick on her head to better understand gravity, but also to see how fun it would be to have a stick balanced on her head--when did we last do something so simple to see how fun it would be? You can see her brain processing information as she squats down on the pavement and studies a leaf. Sorry to be Zen or Franciscan like in a photography forum, but it's like she is in conversation with that lone leaf on the ground, like they have a friendship and a kinship. It reminds me of the song that Louis Armstrong sang, "What a Wonderful World":

Quote:

I hear babies cry. I watch them grow.
They'll learn much more than I'll never know.
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.

In some ways this is what we try to accomplish, at least some of us sometimes, in photography: to show how wonderful is the world, to remind us of that.

More than all of this, I envy the way she sleeps so peacefully without disturbing dreams in which she has to work through emotional problems of the day, and I envy the way she lies in bed and looks at you taking her picture. She knows that she is safe and loved with you and her mother. Most of us spend our whole life trying to find that level of peace again. I miss my daughter at that age. When you have a child like that, you can see that peace in her and share in it, because you help to create that protected world for her.

chandler_chou · 01-10-2013

Quote:

Originally Posted by sreed2006

Congratulations!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by menos

Congratulations Chandler!

Quote:

Originally Posted by JuJu

Congratulations! Chandler. Year of dragon is cool!

Thank you!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by russelljtdyer

I really like seeing these photos of your daughter.......

Thanks for your words.

xdayv · 01-10-2013

Quote:

Originally Posted by chandler_chou

>>> w/ 35lux FLE

陪女兒上廁所 by 錢得樂, on Flickr

priceless shot.

chandler_chou · 01-11-2013

Quote:

Originally Posted by xdayv

priceless shot.

Thank you!!
to me, yes, it is priceless.

chandler_chou · 01-11-2013

fish, w/ 35lux FLE.

魚兒們捧場的吃著姊姊丟給牠們的飼料 by 錢得樂, on Flickr

chandler_chou · 01-13-2013

>>> w/ noctilux

上演肉麻戲碼的兩人 by 錢得樂, on Flickr

raid · 01-13-2013

I took these photos this morning. They are unadjusted in any way and come directly from the M9.

raid · 01-13-2013

Congratulations, Chandler.
Also, your photos are awesome.

chandler_chou · 01-19-2013

Thank you! raid.

chandler_chou · 01-20-2013

she is playing, i'm photographing...
w/ 35lux FLE.

早上朋友來探視過後，姊姊突然多了許多玩具 by 錢得樂, on Flickr

reflection by 錢得樂, on Flickr

不怕高的小孩 by 錢得樂, on Flickr

趴在落地窗看著下面的車流 by 錢得樂, on Flickr

在會客區畫畫等媽媽餵完妹妹 by 錢得樂, on Flickr

cnell · 03-12-2013

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vince Lupo

If you love your M9, you might love it even more with the M9 grip. I just got one last week, and it really makes a difference in the way you can hold it. Definitely well worth it!

I love my Leica grip too!!
Claudia

cnell · 03-12-2013

Chandler_chu, all your photos are a joy/pleasure/inspiration to view. I've gone thru ALL and I thank you for sharing. I love my M9 and one little lens too.
Claudia