People Pictures!Posted by drfl on July 29th, 2009

A couple of evenings ago I had the opportunity to photograph a couple of “little” subjects. No, these aren’t snails, or birds, or wild creatures of any sort – well they may be a bit wild.

We had a photo shoot with McCoy and Tommy – 2 little stars. They loved the camera, in fact they were extremely cooperative with most things we tried. Not my normal fare, but fun none-the-less. I told my wife last night that photographing these two was pretty cool and maybe I should become a “scenic-landscape-nature-wildlife-urban-baby” photographer. Her response? “Maybe you should just be a photographer”. Well said. Anyway, I know I was lucky with the lighting and the great demeanor of these two. I always have had the image in my head of the photographer trying to get a great baby shot with a camera in one hand and a toy in the other shaking it with desperation.  Now how do I get my 2 year old to sit still and look at the camera?

Technical Details:
All photos were taken with a Canon 5d (classic) and 70-200 f/4l lens.  Various apertures (usually f/4, f/4.5, f/5) and shutter speeds.

Tye and BrendaPosted by admin on April 14th, 2008

Last Wednesday I had the opportunity to photograph Tye and Brenda for their engagement photographs. We went to the arboretum and used several of the areas for backdrops, and I kept a shallow depth of field to focus on Tye and Brenda. In the above photograph these bushes were just starting to bloom and the yellow created a nice bright background, but not too bright to eclipse the cute couple. In the photograph below, I tilted the camera a bit to add something to the photograph, converted it to black and white and did a little platinum tinting for the final touch.

Technical Details:
Above: Canon 5d, 70-200 f/4l @ 200mm, f/4.5, 1/160 sec.
Below: Canon 5d, 70-200 f/4l @ 98mm, f/4, 1/400 sec.