Thursday, April 24, 2008

New Baby Josephine

Mary and I had an opportunity to vist some friends of ours, Valerie and Brent, and meet Baby Josephine. She is 8 days old and very, very pretty. She was also a very good model for these shots which I took in between bites of pizza. Mom and dad are doing great adjusting to their new life. Not getting much sleep as is the case but non the less doing great. I don't think anything compares to the birth of a child. What a miracle!






Sunday, April 6, 2008

Attended a Wedding....

I was an attendee of a wedding this weekend at the Presidio Chapel in San Francisco and brought my camera just to take some candids. I brought my fastest lens which is my Canon 85mm f/1.2 cuz I didn't want to be obnoxious with my on camera flash. And besides, the photographer the bride and groom hired for the wedding had a flash and I didn't want to mess up her flow.... Anyway, I love shooting with this lens cuz I can stay a good distance away from the action while getting some great close-up shots with just a little light. The bride was a classic beauty so I decided to go with some B&W Lightroom Presets in my post edit. Most of these shots were taken wide open at f/1.2 and between 1/30th and 1/40th of a sec. Check out some of the shots...

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

A Day in the Park

I spent last Sunday in the park with a senior... no, not my grandmother. A high school senior, Allie. She wanted to take senic photos so we went to a park near my house I call The Oaks cuz, well there are plenty of oak trees... duh! And the wild flowers in this park were also blooming. Beautiful! And I'm not just talking about the wild flowers. Check out some of the pics...