The Wind is free - Senior Session

I wanted to take a moment an talk about the wind. The wind can be a wonderful asset while photographing people. It can add details, movement, and playfulness. It can also can make for a terrible session. This session the wind was in my favor.

Soccer Individual Pictures

I took some team and individual Soccer pictures the other day at Northview High School and decided I would tell you a little about my set up. As you can see by the first photo - I had four lights. You might be thinking, "Four lights?! I only see three!" In photography, always assume your number one light is the SUN. I was standing/shooting at the bottom left corner of the image above. The two lights facing the chalk lines making "X" were my fill flashes. the light in the back was my rim light. The fill flashes were at 1/4 power and the rim light was at full power. Here is a test shot I took of myself before I started taking shots of the players. you can see the rim light was used to put light on my back and make me "pop" out of the image by "rimming" me out.

Place mats as a background

This is going to be a quick note. I just wanted every to see how I took this picture of Lincoln today. I wanted to get a close up of his face in natural light. He has some huge and cute eyes!

I didnt want to use a generic black or white backdrop, so I took our dining table's place mats and placed them on the ground next to our sliding glass door in the kitchen.

Content is Key

I recently attended a wedding in Birmingham for a friend that has been in our lives (myself and my wife) for a very long time. We have had wonderful memories with Adam and his wonderful family! It is always refreshing to (1) see friends get married and (2) not have to worry about photographing the entire wedding.

What if you saw a cow doing a backflip?

The title of this note is only a portion of what I want to talk about. It is one of MANY questions we ask our boys (& clients) in order to get their attention. Asking weird and intriguing questions to your subjects is one of the best ways to (1) get their attention and (2) get a real reaction and expression. They are caught off guard and will give real results.

"What if you saw a monkey on your swing outside?" "What if backhoe knocked on your bedroom door and asked you to play?" "What if a trash truck said, "ooooooooooooh yeah!!! ?" "I think YOU smell like a trash truck!"
Here are a few results.

Baby Photography: Minimal Materials, Large Results

I have a new born baby, actually he is already three months (!), and today I decided I really need to get some images of him before he gets all chunked up like my other children did (if you know my other children, you know what I mean)

Lincoln is the perfect subject - always smiling!

Product Photography: Strawberries and Martini's

This photo was taken at F4.5 and 1/200 for the shutter.. I was bored one day and decided I wanted to shoot strawberries in a martini glass. I simply placed a

Senior Shoot for Lambert High School

I had a need for some High School Senior Representatives for Lambert High School. The White family came right to my mind. I have known their family for over 10 years now and I know that they currently have two girls at Lambert. Macy invited her friend Taylor to come to the shoot. Below are a few shots I took during the session last week. We first went to an open field of Ga 20. It is an abandoned paintball facility. It has great "big" shots and has perfect lighting while the sun is fading away after a long day. We then proceeded to shoot at downtown Cumming.
All of the "field shots" were taken with my 70-200 2.8L Canon lens. I shot them with my 40D at 2.8 and 1/200 of a second. I have an on camera flash set to 1/8 power as well as an off camera speed light set to 1/4 power.

Kayla's Senior Session

Check out our latest High School Senior Session.
Kayla shoot was very fun! We went to Pooles MIll Park in Cumming. There is a million places to shoot around this park. Cascading waterfalls, covered bridges, and a wonderful riverbank.
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Triplets!

Wow - I thought photographing single babies could get hard! Although this was a difficult photoshoot, it was also extremely fun! These three precious babies were very photogenic and actually slept for 1/3 of the shoot.
Enjoy!