one more . . .

Here's one last pic that it wouldn't let me add.

Family Photoshoot

A really good friend of mine asked me to take individual pics of her 5 kids. They were troopers and stayed smiling for a 2 hour photoshoot. Here are my favorites.

You Have to Start Somewhere!

I'm so grateful for friends who trust me and give me the opportunity to experiment and learn with photography. This was actually my very first photoshoot ever,this past summer, before I even knew anything about shutter speed and ISO. I just took the advice of my good friend and shot it at F8, the rest was pure luck and a lot of Photoshop. Five of the six faces here were taken from other photos.

Here Comes the Rain

It started to rain on this photoshoot, so we took it inside. All I have is an external on-camera flash. I pointed the flash towards the ceiling, a trick I learned from Rick Sammon's Exploring the Light-- as to not cast shadows on the back wall, a little Photoshop (ok, maybe a lot) and voila!

Ready or not--Senior portraits are here!

Here is my very first experience of capturing Senior portraits. A good friend of mine trusted me enough to let me take her daughter's Senior portraits. I was so excited and very nervous at the same time. I really didn't know how to have her pose. Prior to the shoot, I studied a lot of pro-photographers' websites and thank goodness she's photogenic . . . afterall, I feel I captured some nice shots. This last shot was taken with a flash. I like the intense color in it.