Sleepless in Ottawa

Last night was yet another sleepless night that I thankfully cannot blame on the kids. All I could think about was a particular image (which turned into other images) that I just couldn't get out of my head. How to get this image into pixels was the problem to solve for the night.
This morning the little fella and I searched around town for clothing for him to wear. Among other places we went to a local costume shop. Besides being way over my budget they just didn't have what I was looking for. The girl who was helping us though was also getting excited about the idea which got me going more! It is amazing how working on an art can elicit so much passion in people. Photography is *not* all about getting people to stand in front of a pretty tree and say cheese. It can be so much more than that. (Of course, that type of photography definately has it's place)
I have never had a passion for an art before this - now I understand! Many more sleepless nights are coming so please excuse the red eyes.
The image hasn't come into pixels as of yet. We still have wardrobe issues and have to wait for the right light.

Since we can't have a post without an image, here is one. If you read this far (sorry for the book) you will see that you can mouseover to see two different versions. I couldn't decide which one I liked best but they both had a different feel for me.


{and for those fellow coding geeks out there - GRRRRR javascript - I don't miss you (the javascript, that is) at all!!}