Family Archives - RodneyCurtis.com

Feb

16

Baby Photography

For a professional photographer, having a granddaughter is like a chef discovering an all-new ingredient.

My baby daughter delivered a baby daughter who immediately became my favorite person to read to, love and photograph.

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My baby kisses her new baby.

Jan

22

Hammerin’ Hank

<img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8300" class="size-full wp-image-8300" src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_1920,h_887/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Hammerin-Hank-Aaron-triptych-LOW-REZ.jpg" alt="" width="1920" height="887" srcset="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_1920/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Hammerin-Hank-Aaron-triptych-LOW-REZ.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_300/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Hammerin-Hank-Aaron-triptych-LOW-REZ-300x139.jpg 300w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_900/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Hammerin-Hank-Aaron-triptych-LOW-REZ-900x416.jpg 900w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_150/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Hammerin-Hank-Aaron-triptych-LOW-REZ-150x69.jpg 150w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_768/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Hammerin-Hank-Aaron-triptych-LOW-REZ-768x355.jpg 768w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_1536/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Hammerin-Hank-Aaron-triptych-LOW-REZ-1536x710.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_108/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Hammerin-Hank-Aaron-triptych-LOW-REZ-108x50.jpg 108w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_650/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Hammerin-Hank-Aaron-triptych-LOW-REZ-650x300.jpg 650w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_1000/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Hammerin-Hank-Aaron-triptych-LOW-REZ-1000x462.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_50/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Hammerin-Hank-Aaron-triptych-LOW-REZ-50x23.jpg 50w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" />

My 26 Hank Aaron baseball cards, saved from when I was his biggest fan.

The text came in from my cousin, “RIP Hank Aaron.”

“Damn,” was all I could respond.

Jan

08

Papa Razzi

<img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8277" class="size-full wp-image-8277" src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_1920,h_972/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Some-Good-News-low-rez.jpg" alt="" width="1920" height="972" srcset="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_1920/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Some-Good-News-low-rez.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_300/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Some-Good-News-low-rez-300x152.jpg 300w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_900/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Some-Good-News-low-rez-900x456.jpg 900w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_150/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Some-Good-News-low-rez-150x76.jpg 150w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_768/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Some-Good-News-low-rez-768x389.jpg 768w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_1536/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Some-Good-News-low-rez-1536x778.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_99/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Some-Good-News-low-rez-99x50.jpg 99w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_650/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Some-Good-News-low-rez-650x329.jpg 650w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_1000/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Some-Good-News-low-rez-1000x506.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_50/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Some-Good-News-low-rez-50x25.jpg 50w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" />

Taylor, Rex and Baby Avery

Throughout these Times of Covid, I’ve been able to photograph my pregnant daughter and her dog from a safe social distance out on their front porch. Now that baby Avery has arrived, I get to share the fun photo series. She was conceived and born during this international pandemonium and we are thrilled that everyone is safe and happy.

Jan

02

Beginnings and Endings

<img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8259" class="size-full wp-image-8259" src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_1920,h_788/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Judy-and-Avery-low-rez.jpg" alt="" width="1920" height="788" srcset="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_1920/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Judy-and-Avery-low-rez.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_300/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Judy-and-Avery-low-rez-300x123.jpg 300w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_900/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Judy-and-Avery-low-rez-900x369.jpg 900w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_150/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Judy-and-Avery-low-rez-150x62.jpg 150w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_768/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Judy-and-Avery-low-rez-768x315.jpg 768w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_1536/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Judy-and-Avery-low-rez-1536x630.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_122/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Judy-and-Avery-low-rez-122x50.jpg 122w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_650/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Judy-and-Avery-low-rez-650x267.jpg 650w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_1000/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Judy-and-Avery-low-rez-1000x410.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_50/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Judy-and-Avery-low-rez-50x21.jpg 50w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" />

Judy Watson and her great-granddaughter Avery Yau.

Our sweet, sweet granddaughter entered our lives on Sunday night.

Her great-grandmother — my wife’s mother — left us on Wednesday night.

Oct

12

FedRex

Since our granddoggy Rex loves bringing in the mail so much, we got him a mail dog outfit to make it official.

May

31

A Funeral For a Friend’s Father

Before the funeral, he is curled up in a little ball on his daughter’s bed. Outside, Saturday happens. Lawnmowers whine, trucks bang by; his subdivision is subdivided.

Dec

04

Popping Kernels

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The yin and yang of popcorn. Photo illustration by Rodney Curtis

I’m popping popcorn. Standing at the stove, I slowly turn the little handle on our ancient popper as one or two kernels escape the vat. It’s unusual for me to be doing this at this hour, 4:30 in the evening. As the kernels twirl, the emotions swirl behind me.

Aug

20

Lapsed Time

I exist between Space and Time. But I’ve become accustomed to it; it’s only for a week.

Aug

03

Elizabeth and Lawren’s California Beach Wedding

I got to attend my nephew’s wedding along the Northern California coast over the weekend, but they didn’t have an official photographer. So Uncle Rodney kinda/sorta took over using his trusty ol’ iPhone. What a fun time! Navarro River and Mendocino were almost as charming as the couple themselves.

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Elizabeth and Lawren are a very playful couple.

Jul

20

Touring Tortola

<img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7602" class="size-full wp-image-7602" src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_1920,h_770/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Touring-Tortola-001.jpg" alt="" width="1920" height="770" srcset="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_1920/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Touring-Tortola-001.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_150/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Touring-Tortola-001-150x60.jpg 150w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_300/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Touring-Tortola-001-300x120.jpg 300w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_768/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Touring-Tortola-001-768x308.jpg 768w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_900/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Touring-Tortola-001-900x361.jpg 900w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_400/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Touring-Tortola-001-400x160.jpg 400w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_125/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Touring-Tortola-001-125x50.jpg 125w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_650/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Touring-Tortola-001-650x261.jpg 650w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_1000/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Touring-Tortola-001-1000x401.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_50/https://rodneycurtis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Touring-Tortola-001-50x20.jpg 50w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" />

The sun sets from my vantage point perched atop a mountain on Tortola in the British Virgin Islands.

The moon is reflecting off the bottom of the pool. I look down to see up. Directly in front of me is infinity and I see the saints; John and Thomas, rising up from the sea. No, I’m not dreaming and no, the drugs haven’t just kicked in. This is me taking a late evening dip in the pool, atop a mountain on the outer edge of the Caribbean Sea.

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