This image from a recent shoot to update Dr. Brandon’s website reminded me of the eTrade commercials with the talking babies. I wish I had Dr. Brandon when I was younger. His philosophy is to create a non-threatening environment for both parents and kids. My pediatric dentist drilled without novocaine and watched sports on TV...
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Keris Collage
While in Honolulu visiting family last August, I received a phone call from Katie. Hearing her sweet voice, memories of their beautiful wedding day flashed back. Her voice softens to a whisper as if to tell me a secret…she and Todd are expecting. My husband rolls his eyes at me as I’m shrieking with high...
“Let’s Go to The Beach!”
When your dog looks as you as if to say “play hookey” and “let’s go to the beach!”, it is hard to turn him down when the weather was perfection!
Techie Talk – On Location Bio Photo
In a previous post, I talked about playing with a directional light set ups using my camera flash units, Nikon SB-800’s. The image above is using the Lastolite 15″ softbox + SB-800 on the subject and another SB-800 bouncing off an umbrella to light the Wells Fargo stage coach in the background. ISO set at...
Techie Talk – Softbox vs. Umbrella for Flash
For those who have been following my “Techie Talk” posts, I’ve been playing a lot with Nikon’s CLS (Creative Lighting System), i.e. using my D200 built-in flash in “commander mode” to talk wirelessly to SB-800 off camera flashes.
Over the holidays while searching for a good photography book for a friend, I stumbled upon “The Hot...
“Girl Talk” Reduces Stress
I recall hearing a clinical research study which found health benefits when women get together for “girl talk”. Seriously!
“The 2000 study found that when women are stressed, they feel an urge to “tend-and-befriend,” which means that women want to talk with, or take care of, someone. When they do so, a hormone called oxytocin is...
Practice Your Vision
I saw a piece on the National news about an ice festival in China and it inspired me to try to set up something different to showcase Françoise Weeks latest sculptures for bridal bouquets. Françoise’s vision requires a lot of technical “behind the scenes” research in terms of structure, architecture and materials to create such...
New Year’s Resolution
My new year/decade began with a “bang” by cleaning out my desk drawers where I shoved things collected over the past 2 years “meant to be filed or reviewed” – most of these went into the recycling bin. A pile was formed for “idea” clippings and another pile for “business planning/strategy, etc.” stuff. Those piles...
Love the Curls!
I love this image for so many reasons.
From the technical aspect, the “halo” effect comes from the subject being “back lit.” This means the strongest source of light (in this case the sun) is behind the subject.
In this “back lit” situation if you let your programmable camera select the settings for your exposure, most likely...
Arthur
This little Pomeranian puppy altered my view of the “little yappy dog.” He never barked while I photographed his human owner. He is pretty stinking cute and such a natural in front of the camera. These images were taken within a short span of minutes while we were waiting for his human to grab a...