I tried to over expose the picture some, to blow out the highlights with the intention of making it a black and white picture.
I like the way it turned out!
Let me know what you think.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
43-52 - Beach White Out
We were in Florida visiting my brother and his wife. We wanted to get our son out to the beach for the first time, so we all went down there. My brother and his wife were walking down towards the water together, holding hands and I wanted to get a quick picture of it for them.
I tried to over expose the picture some, to blow out the highlights with the intention of making it a black and white picture.
I like the way it turned out!
Let me know what you think.
T.
I tried to over expose the picture some, to blow out the highlights with the intention of making it a black and white picture.
I like the way it turned out!
Let me know what you think.
42-52 - White Brick Wall
I've got a new photo of our son from a couple of weeks ago. We've got a great brick wall in our house and I've wanted to get a shot of him in front of it for a long time. He was getting close to bed time and I really wanted to get a picture of him, so we set up really quick and got this one. He looks a little sleepy, but we got the picture done.
Let me know what you think.
T.
Let me know what you think.
T.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
41/52 - Silhouette
OK, well, it's been a really long time since I've posted, so I'll have to play a little catch up.
A lot has happened since I've posted last time. We sold our house, moved to Chicago, lived in a hotel for 2 months, bought another house, and changed jobs.
Our little boy is continuing to grow up and I've caught some pretty good pictures of him, so I'll get those put up here sometime soon too.
One of the other things that is new (at least to our family) is Pinterest. My wife is pretty infatuated with the website and pins quite a bit. She also finds new pictures that she wants me to try to get...which is where this picture came from.
The picture was pretty easy to take, it just involved one light. The light is behind Paige, obviously. So, all I did was set the shutter to the max sync speed and dial down the aperture to kill off any ambient light and shoot away.
T.
A lot has happened since I've posted last time. We sold our house, moved to Chicago, lived in a hotel for 2 months, bought another house, and changed jobs.
Our little boy is continuing to grow up and I've caught some pretty good pictures of him, so I'll get those put up here sometime soon too.
One of the other things that is new (at least to our family) is Pinterest. My wife is pretty infatuated with the website and pins quite a bit. She also finds new pictures that she wants me to try to get...which is where this picture came from.
The picture was pretty easy to take, it just involved one light. The light is behind Paige, obviously. So, all I did was set the shutter to the max sync speed and dial down the aperture to kill off any ambient light and shoot away.
Let me know what you think.
T.
Monday, November 7, 2011
40/52 - Photo Ops
So, we've had our baby home for almost 2 weeks now. I didn't get quite as many pictures as I'd liked to have gotten that first week since Paige was back in the hospital for a few days, but I've managed to get a few.
Over the last week, I've tried capturing several of the images I've been waiting to get of my newborn. I'll use this post to show off a few of those.
I had a list of several different kind of shots that I wanted to get. Some I still can't get yet since he isn't strong enough to completely hold up his head, some I just haven't had the chance to get yet, but I've been able to capture a few I am quite fond of and even a few that I hadn't planned on getting yet.
Isaac is a pretty content baby. He doesn't fuss too much and sleeps quite a bit, which is very helpful when trying to get his picture. He doesn't react too much to putting him in different positions or to moving him around to get the best light, so he has actually been very easy to work with.
It's been a lot of fun having him for these last couple of weeks and I can't wait to see what all we can get with him in the near future!
Let me know what you think.
Over the last week, I've tried capturing several of the images I've been waiting to get of my newborn. I'll use this post to show off a few of those.
I had a list of several different kind of shots that I wanted to get. Some I still can't get yet since he isn't strong enough to completely hold up his head, some I just haven't had the chance to get yet, but I've been able to capture a few I am quite fond of and even a few that I hadn't planned on getting yet.
Isaac is a pretty content baby. He doesn't fuss too much and sleeps quite a bit, which is very helpful when trying to get his picture. He doesn't react too much to putting him in different positions or to moving him around to get the best light, so he has actually been very easy to work with.
It's been a lot of fun having him for these last couple of weeks and I can't wait to see what all we can get with him in the near future!
Let me know what you think.
T.
Monday, October 24, 2011
39/52 - Isaac David Roberts
Friday morning, 10/21/11 @ 10:03am, my life changed forever.
My son, Isaac David Roberts, was born.
6lb 9oz and 19 3/4 inches.
He is perfect.
Thank you Lord for this unbelievable gift.
T.
My son, Isaac David Roberts, was born.
6lb 9oz and 19 3/4 inches.
He is perfect.
Thank you Lord for this unbelievable gift.
Let me know what you think.
T.
Monday, October 17, 2011
38/52 - Fall DOF
Fall is finally under way in North Carolina. Bringing cold weather and beautiful leaves. Between Illinois and North Carolina, I will take NC Fall every day. The weather is beautiful and there are more trees, more mountains and better foliage this time of year. It's a great place to spend the fall.
Since the leaves just started falling, I wanted to capture a very simple image of fall...one single leaf laying on the deck rail. I really just wanted to focus on the leaf and nothing else, so I knew my 50mm f/1.8 lens would be perfect for the task.
Since I didn't really have any leaves sitting on the railing, I grabbed one from the yard, and placed it on the railing. I knew I wanted a lot of railing left over in the background, in order to have some leading lines and have more of the scene out of focus.
It was really a pretty simple photo...I had to snap the picture fairly quickly because if you move the camera much at f/1.8, you will quickly lose focus on your subject, so as soon as I locked it in, I needed to shoot.
Some slight tweaks in PS later (mostly just making the color more vibrant and adding a little contrast) and I had my picture.
It's pretty simple, but I like it.
Let me know what you think.
Since the leaves just started falling, I wanted to capture a very simple image of fall...one single leaf laying on the deck rail. I really just wanted to focus on the leaf and nothing else, so I knew my 50mm f/1.8 lens would be perfect for the task.
Since I didn't really have any leaves sitting on the railing, I grabbed one from the yard, and placed it on the railing. I knew I wanted a lot of railing left over in the background, in order to have some leading lines and have more of the scene out of focus.
It was really a pretty simple photo...I had to snap the picture fairly quickly because if you move the camera much at f/1.8, you will quickly lose focus on your subject, so as soon as I locked it in, I needed to shoot.
Some slight tweaks in PS later (mostly just making the color more vibrant and adding a little contrast) and I had my picture.
It's pretty simple, but I like it.
Let me know what you think.
T.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
37/52 - Baby Name
So, here's another maternity picture...a recurring theme in my photos. We're getting really close to the baby showing up, so we're both really excited about it.
Technically, we've got 9 days left, but he could really show up about any time now. I've had this picture in mind for a little while. Shortly after finding out Paige was pregnant, I did a few searches on-line for maternity pictures and this was one of the first ones I saw that I really liked. I saved the picture in a file of 'maternity pictures to take' and stored it away until Paige was pregnant enough to actually ge it.
Finally, her belly was big enough to get the picture I had in mind, so we set up the other night and went about trying to capture it. It was really a pretty simple picture to take. We used her 'Moby' wrap as the cloth wrapped around her. While the wrap is designed to hold a baby, it works pretty well as a body wrap too.
The set up for this picture is pretty similar to many of the other ones I've done. After capturing the image, I brought it into Photoshop, adjusted it a bit, then extended the background to make it look like she's standing in a much larger room than she actually was.
We've decided on a name for our little guy and I wanted to incorporate it into the image. Isaac is my middle name, which I've always really liked and have always wanted to name my child. David is a pretty regular name between both of our families and I thought that it flowed really well with Isaac. I like the way the two names sound together and can't wait to actually use it to him in person.
Let me know what you think:
Technically, we've got 9 days left, but he could really show up about any time now. I've had this picture in mind for a little while. Shortly after finding out Paige was pregnant, I did a few searches on-line for maternity pictures and this was one of the first ones I saw that I really liked. I saved the picture in a file of 'maternity pictures to take' and stored it away until Paige was pregnant enough to actually ge it.
Finally, her belly was big enough to get the picture I had in mind, so we set up the other night and went about trying to capture it. It was really a pretty simple picture to take. We used her 'Moby' wrap as the cloth wrapped around her. While the wrap is designed to hold a baby, it works pretty well as a body wrap too.
The set up for this picture is pretty similar to many of the other ones I've done. After capturing the image, I brought it into Photoshop, adjusted it a bit, then extended the background to make it look like she's standing in a much larger room than she actually was.
We've decided on a name for our little guy and I wanted to incorporate it into the image. Isaac is my middle name, which I've always really liked and have always wanted to name my child. David is a pretty regular name between both of our families and I thought that it flowed really well with Isaac. I like the way the two names sound together and can't wait to actually use it to him in person.
Let me know what you think:
Update:
I found a couple flaws with the photo above and tweaked it a little more. I cropped in a bit, centered the text properly, brightened Paige and edited out a white line in the top middle of the photo. Also added a signature. I like this version better.
T.
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