The Cadence of our world: Family

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Trevor "Shaw" Brown III

On March 4, 2009, my life changed forever in ways that words cannot adequately explain. My wife Kristin gave birth to our first child, Trevor "Shaw" Brown III. In the two weeks that have followed, I have experienced some of the deepest emotions of my life, all of them joyous.

Since January, I filmed Kristin's journey through her pregnancy with Shaw. The video that I have posted below is the final product of this odyssey in which Kristin had to deal with bed rest and gestational diabetes in addition to the extraordinary changes a pregnant woman's body experiences. Despite these difficult experiences, she kept her spirits high and didn't lose sight of the finish line.

While nothing will be able to completely express what I have felt over the past couple weeks, I hope this provides a glimpse into the whirlwind that has brought me to tears out of pure happiness.

Enjoy!

TSB2

You can watch it below, or you can also see it in full HD here

Expecting Shaw from Trevor Brown on Vimeo.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Dos Para Pescar

If you live in Denver and haven't been to Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, you need to find the first nonstop flight you can to Cancun (preferably on Frontier since they go there all the time) and get down there! We stayed at a house with my parents, my brother and his wife Meghan, their 3 daughters, Addie and twins Emmy and Gigi, and their babysitter Michele.

We had a great time, ate well, relaxed and I even got out to shoot a little bit which was great.

I think what I love most about Playa is that it is a nice mix of authentic Mexico with all the amenities you need as a tourist. You can walk into town and go find some fine fashion at any of the boutiques that line the main drag, or you can get off the beaten path and flirt with getting a date with Montezuma's revenge by sampling some of the local fare at any of the dozens of carnicerias in town. You do have to be a little careful in doing this since many of them wouldn't even come close to passing the health standards that we have here in the US, but there are several that are safe to try (at least I thought so and I haven't met Montezuma since I got back). One morning I had some of the most delicious cheese empanadas I've ever tasted and washed them down with some orange juice that I watched a little boy and his father squeeze right there at a cart on the sidewalk.

I have loads of pics from this trip, so here is the first group. I shot a bunch with a 90mm tilt shift lens and fell in love with the various effects you can get with the lens.

Enjoy the pics!

-TSB2

The yummy cheese filled empanadas I ate for breakfast one morning...