recent snapshots
May 29, 2013
Check out my pals for their interpretations on this theme:
Fishing Guy,
Katney,
Imac and
Lew. We are each doing our own thing this week, just showing recent snapshots. Go see what my friends have been up to.
There was a lot of fun stuff going on as I have been exploring light in these shots. The header was an experiment to see how well I could separate his dark hair from the black background, without washing out the details from his fair complexion.
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| "Vadering." |
The trick shot where my daughter is using a force choke on my son, that
was a combination of the right time of day (dusk) as the backlight, plus
an over-head streetlight to give nice highlights in the hair, and
on-camera flash for front fill. He jumped from the concrete base of the
streetlight (off-camera) to give the illusion that he had been lifted
from the ground. She is on her knees to exaggerate the height, and I
shot the pic on my belly.
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| musician's promo pic |
A musician friend needed to put a promo package together real quick for a
new project, so I tried to get an artsy kind of portrait that mixes
warm, natural colors for her person, and cooler tones on the wall. She
was very cooperative as we tried a bunch of "scenes" and lots of tries
with different lights.
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| graduating from 8th grade |
My newest portrait is one that we needed for the graduates' bulletin
board at church. He's moving up from 8th grade. This was taken with
one off-camera flash high and to my left, and I held a second flash on
the other side of the tree to illuminate the background.
Craver: Cool snapshot of your son.
ReplyDeleteMagic from Craver eh, nice snaps my friend
ReplyDeleteNice work with the lighting and exposure in these shots. The header is great use of light!
ReplyDeleteI like what you did with all of these shots. Your header is wonderful, but all of them are wonderful. Very well done!
ReplyDeleteI love your experiments my friend.
ReplyDeleteCan't choose a favorite but I will say little Craver is a handsome young man. :)
the vadering shot cracks me up. well done. and the header i think you di. a great job separating the hair from the background. it's details like that which really make or break a shot. nicely handled
ReplyDeleteHi There, Thanks so much for checking out my blog... I loved doing that bird post...
ReplyDeleteYour photos are GREAT. You have such a handsome son--and so photogenic I like all of the photos --but the header is SUPER. Thanks for sharing.
Hugs,
Betsy
first off, your header portrait is absolutely fabulous!
ReplyDeleteyour son is very handsome!
love the photos here.
happy thursday!:)
You sure know a lot more about taking portraits than I do! I like your work!
ReplyDeleteYou are so knowledgeable, Craver.
ReplyDeleteI have been away and missed this blog, but I am glad I found it this morning. You know so many ways to enhance a photo using light...and then there's the one of you on your tummy (again)...while your son is jumping in the air. Great techniques. I love to come and learn what you are using and doing in your photography. Always great shots...
Your family is so lovely.
Hugs to all of you!
Jackie