We take our baseball seriously here. My son playing catcher for his championship series game. Great light that day.
Friday, July 3, 2009
A Rose
...is a rose is a rose. But we have this beautiful rose garden in Minneapolis. It is a site for many a wedding portrait. Sunday when I visited it was also the site for many a quinciera shoot. Teenaged Hispanic girls frilled and frumped pulling up in grand extended Hummer limos.
I strolled through the gardens and breathed that slightly pungent fragrance of roses. All natural light. All natural wonder.
I strolled through the gardens and breathed that slightly pungent fragrance of roses. All natural light. All natural wonder.
Serendipity
My cell rings and my friend is looking for a studio space to shoot with potential model. I book him in and have to go back to my paying job. I test the lighting and the PWs to be sure they are working. I think I set this shot at ISO 100; 1//125s and f/5.6 before we actually checked the lighting with the flash meter. So here we go.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Cogs
I am tired and will be taking a nice long weekend for relaxation and peacefulness. I have seen more and heard more than I can bear right now. Death and ugliness have circled my camp. The virtual wolves and lions are watching the vultures overhead and hoping for my eventual demise.
But I do have energy for photography. Getting behind the camera will give me new energy. It will give me renewed purpose and reasons to be again. See you when I get back.
But I do have energy for photography. Getting behind the camera will give me new energy. It will give me renewed purpose and reasons to be again. See you when I get back.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Pansy
Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. I had not noticed how drab my photos had become this most recent winter until the splendiferous array of color assaulted my viewfinder. Reds, orange, yellows. Even the grays look brighter. Go out and enjoy the sun. It is here to stay. Study it - there is morning sun...the many variants of mid-day sun that we think of as harsh and evening and twilight sun. Each period of the day carries its own wonderful kind of opportunities to shoot and experience the light.
My son's baseball team played in the "harsh" light of mid-day. I could have avoided taking photos or worked my brain a bit and used the sun to my best advantage. That however is another post.
My son's baseball team played in the "harsh" light of mid-day. I could have avoided taking photos or worked my brain a bit and used the sun to my best advantage. That however is another post.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Drought
So very much has happened.
Too much to try to recover. You read the newspapers!
Summer is approaching us here in the norther latitudes. Warm days, yet cool evenings. No bugs yet. Life is good. We joined a CSA (community supported agriculture) after I finished a book by Jane Goodall on the horrors of our food sources here.
I am still in the studio. It is almost paying for itself.
Have to think about charging. Weddings booked almost for the summer.
See you all soon!
Too much to try to recover. You read the newspapers!
Summer is approaching us here in the norther latitudes. Warm days, yet cool evenings. No bugs yet. Life is good. We joined a CSA (community supported agriculture) after I finished a book by Jane Goodall on the horrors of our food sources here.
I am still in the studio. It is almost paying for itself.
Have to think about charging. Weddings booked almost for the summer.
See you all soon!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Lauren
She called me one day out of the blue asking if I could shoot together with her soon. Thing was that she was planning to go to London the following day. We managed to squeeze a few great shots into a couple of hours. This is one of my favorites.
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