Yes, I've been a little on the "proud-papa" side lately, but while I'm finishing up a big batch of client work which I'll be sharing soon, I thought I'd hit you with another of my kids. Here's the latest of the littlest of my presidents, Madison and Monroe, in the studio.
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Nikon D3, 24-70mm (at 42mm) f/13, 1/250s, ISO 100, Post: Photoshop CS5, Lightroom 3
So I know the the general policy of this website is for me to refrain from bombarding you with personal photos of my family and my kids in particular, but I just can't help myself... here's another one from our Independence Day weekend. My oldest two daughters playing in the backyard pool.
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Nikon D3, 24-70mm (at 55mm) f/6.3, 1/125s, ISO 100, Post: Photoshop CS5, Lightroom 3
Hello all. If you're here in the States, hope that you had a wonderful 4th of July. We headed down to my folks house outside of Richmond, VA along with all the extended family on my mother's side. It's a tradition which stands as a testament to the love we share as 18 of us packed into their house for three days. We all had an absolute blast.
Just before I left our place on Thursday, the UPS truck dropped off that oh-so-joyous delivery... a B&H box! Inside, a brand-new B+W 10-Stop Neutral Density filter to play with on vacation. (thanks for the recommendation, Chris)
I'll save a future post for a detailed review of this filter (in summary, it's fantastic) but for now, I have a fun family photo to share which required the help of two of my cousins (thank you, Taylor and Stephen).
What is the benefit of a 10-stop filter? It reduces the amount of light coming into the camera by a factor of 1000. This means in full sunshine I was able to set my aperture to a shallow f/3.2 and still meter an exposure of 0.6 seconds. Very cool.
Hoses just seem more fun when the water is blurry...
Nikon D3, 70-200 (at 90mm) f/3.2, 0.6s, ISO 100, Post: Photoshop CS5
Wanted to share a couple photos I shot of the wonder twins in the studio on Sunday. Thanks for obliging a proud papa when he wants to show off his babies!
These were done with a three light setup (all AlienBees 800s) and my standard studio camera rig. The twins are on the floor (for safety sake), on a pillow with a blanket thrown over top of it, propped up on the back side so they could support their own weight for the shots.
Nikon D3, 24-70mm (at 70mm), f/11 at 1/250s, ISO 100
Hello all. Rose headed down to Atlanta for a long weekend to visit her buddy Susan from college. After having her gone for four days and the kids in my care (my folks did come to help over the weekend), I have found a new, indescribable respect for what the lady does for our family, day in and day out. Wow. Four kids ages four and under is no small task and to do it with such grace (all while maintaining her sanity) is amazing.
Welcome home, angel.
With that said, thanks to my folks for helping me stay on top of the photography responsibilities Saturday and Sunday. We did two engagement shoots on Saturday (I'll put up some sneak peaks soon), and recorded a portion of the photography segment for Start to Finish, episode 2 down in DC on Sunday.
Here's a shot of "The Three Soldiers" that I snapped while downtown shooting S2F.
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