So I know that these are WAAAAY overdue, but it’s been very busy for me lately. Honey and I recently got married 3/28/2009 and a few weeks before the wedding we decided that we needed some pictures of us to display at the Church. Well, what better way to do that but go shoot them myself. Of course, I can’t do anything simple either, I shot these Strobist style.
Strobist info: Vivitar flash bounced into umbrella, camera right at 1/4 power.
So in my previous post I alluded to my ulterior motive for being in Washington DC. Well, that motive was to ask my girlfriend to marry me! The first day we arrived in Washington DC, we went walking around the White House past the Washington Monument down to the Reflecting Pool where we sat at a bench to rest. While sitting there engaged in conversation and well…reflecting, I got down on one knee and asked Honey to marry me. Thankfully she said YES! (I knew she would)
Today the Flickr Strobist: Austin group had a portfolio shoot. This was a really fun shoot with a lot of models. We had the opportunity to shoot at Siena Restaurant. After shooting for half the day, I saw Kaitlin hanging around waiting to get her picture taken, so I offered up my camera 
This shot is probably my favorite of the day. The lighting, her pose and expression were all just what I envisioned.
Strobist info: 1 vivitar flash camera right set at 1/4 power bounced into umbrella
EXIF: 1/60 f/4.5 ISO 100
So, about 2 months ago I blogged about My Wonder Woman and how my girlfriend was such a trooper after major surgery in the hospital. Well, yesterday she got a brand new hairdo that floored me. When I saw her, I was in love all over again. After getting over the initial shock, I came to my senses when I heard "take my picture". Well, let me just tell you, that she rarely EVER lets me take a picture of her (without her usually blocking her face). Needless to say, I ran and grabbed my camera and lights and set up this shot. I actually have several great photos of this beautiful woman. This one stood out. It screams an "Aveda Hair Salon" shot. Oh, I’m probably a dead man for posting this, but I just can’t help it I Love you Honey
Strobist info: 1 Vivitar shot into an umbrella set at 1/4 power camera left with a sigma flash set as a slave for the hair light.
EXIF: 1/200 f/5.6 ISO 100
I’m really trying to push myself lately when taking photos of people. My main focus is the eyes. I’m working on learning how to bring the colors and brightness of the eyes out. Here I had my subject facing the sun, but had her turned slightly away, so that the sun was at about 3/4 instead of straight on.
This is a photo of my Mom, whom I love to photograph.
EXIF: 1/250 f/2.8 @ ISO 100
Eyes are one thing that draw me in to other people. Sometimes I can be completely captivated by someone’s eyes. Well, I was at a baseball game at the Dell Diamond last week with a bunch of other Farmers Insurance Agents (my day job) and saw this little boy. He is the son of another Agent. I couldn’t help but take a picture of him.
EXIF: 1/160 f/5.6 ISO 400 with Canon 20D
I have finally stepped into the unknown world of portraiture. Better yet, bridal portraits. I actually felt pretty comfortable shooting the portraits. It’s about the same as doing any other portrait session. I had a lot of fun switching between using an off camera flash and natural light. The above photo is a compilation of some of the images from that day.
Strobist info: When I did use flash, it was a Vivitar off camera, either left or right of the camera. Generally at 1/4 power or so…sometimes kicked up to 1/2 power or as low as 1/8.
Ok, I figured if I was going to get others to have fun in the photo booth, I should too.
Strobist Info: 1 Vivitar flash camera left set at about 1/8 power. 1 Sigma flash set at 1/4 power pointed at the background about 6 foot away from the subject.
EXIF: 1/100 f/2.8 at 68mm iso 100
My Mother recently retired from working at State Farm. Well, Saturday we threw a surprise retirement party for her. It was a really fun time, music, food and drinks. Well, I had this idea to set up a photo booth in part of the place and did portraits of folks. It was fun working with people on an individual basis, trying to get them to do funny things like they did when they were kids. Of course, I had to get my mom to participate also.
Strobist Info: 1 Vivitar flash camera left set at about 1/8 power. 1 Sigma flash set at 1/4 power pointed at the background about 6 foot away from the subject.
Exif: 1/100 f/2.8 at 42mm iso 100
This is another photo from the Austin Strobist meetup on February 17th. Natalie was such a trooper, putting up with a barrage of photographers. Once I had a chance to squeeze off a few frames, this image really stuck in my head. When I shot it, I was trying to keep with the Rule of Thirds. I positioned Natalie in the right third of the frame, with a vivitar flash set to about 1/2 power on camera left. Processing was pretty straightforward with the adjusting of the levels and boosting colors.
Exif: 1/125s f/3.5 at 54.0mm iso100
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