My Beautiful Boy

Liam was my test subject for lighting at the Buhler shoot.

Hayley

My sister-in-law Hayley agreed to help me with my most recent quest of figuring out the mysteries of the Canon Speedlite. I'm getting closer, but still have some issues to figure out before I feel comfortable shooting with them.

Hayley was such a sport and did a great job.

Business and Pleasure

I found this ratty old house just South of our project in Malad, ID. It's the perfect kind of subject for HDR: lots of fine detail, large tonal ranges, and tons of color.

The Pepsi bottles are sitting exactly like I found them. In fact, it looked like sharp edges from the broken tops had been dulled by time.

I've take some heat on this one because of the bright highlights behind the bottle tops. Is it too distracting or does it pull the eye to the subject?

Comments appreciated.

Man, I'm a slacker! It's difficult to shoot, process, print, post on forums and blog all the pictures that I'd love to do. Nevertheless, here are a few of my favorites from the last couple of weeks.






This is Logan's first day of school! I'm so proud of my little buddy! He's such a beautiful boy. Smart, kind and extremely intelligent. He's my Hero.
















Then there's this one:



London is our little Sour Patch kid, and proof that there is opposition in all things! He is the family trouble maker and prankster, but he's also the sweetest dang kid I've ever met. I live for his Londie-Bear hugs.

And, the Beautiful Baby...



I don't know how you deny a little face like this! He's got such a purity to him. It's so disappointing to me when, for some reason, my boys stop looking me in the eyes, and it's nice to have that back in Liam. There's none of the pretense or discomfort that would come if you looked you neighbor in the eyes for 5 minutes straight. Just honesty.