Thanks David. Yes, all the shots were taken hand held. I was holding my breath half the time trying to keep the camera as stable as possible :)

Thanks :)

Thanks Matt for your very kind words. :)

Merci beaucoup Blueman. Vous êtes très généreux. And thats about all the French that I know :)

The reason I didn't use a tripod was because I wanted to capture natural moments and since my son runs from one thing to another very quickly, I would not have had enough time to set up the tripod.

Let me know when you post some Canon HF100 videos. Would love to check them out!

Got lucky. He paused for a little bit for some unknown reason :)

Thanks Rehan.

Thanks Laszlo. :) I'm still in the process of learning... and am planning to buy a DOF adapter in the next couple of months or so to get a shorter DOF.

Thanks Editmon. :)

When it comes to editing software, I know that Sony Vegas Pro 8.0b (Not 8.0a) works really well with the Canon's AVCHD format. With a dual core 2.4Ghz PC, the performance isn't bad at all.

I have read that Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 8.0d (sony-688.vo.llnwd.net/dspcdn/releasenotes/moviestudio80d_readme.htm#WhatsNew) and Pinnacle Studio 11 also work.

As for DOF, there is an excellent tutorial about the different ways to manupulate it. It will give yo uan idea of how to play around with your camera's manual settings and where to place the camera relative to the subject and relative to the background to get the desired DOF. Heres the link:
vimeo.com/1136116

Hope that helps.

Thanks for the DOF link. By the way, nice shots of your kid.

No problem. Thanks Patrick.