katie is a cutie …

multiple family portrait sitting today, here’s a candid from the shoot. cropped, and processed with tiffen filter in photoshop for b&w and vignette

f/2.8 @ 200mm, 1/60sec-exposure, iso200, 0/6ev

comquats at a distance …

recently in florida, outside my parents house they had a comquat tree in full bloom. cute little buggers aren’t they … standing about 30 feet away from the tree.

f/3.2 @ 200mm, 1/2500sec-exposure, iso200, 0/6ev

tired smiles …

arjot, another friend’s 13month old baby, she was quite tired for her photoshoot, but held up for some great shots. need to improve background/hair lighting, otherwise the lighting setup was nicely exposed. two studio lights at +3.5 stops plus hot-shoe mounted flash with gary fong diffuser. no photoshop correction.

f/3.2 @ 90mm, 1/60sec-exposure, iso200 0/6ev

f/3.2 @ 70mm, 1/60sec-exposure, iso200, 0/6ev

she’s such a beautiful baby …

katelyn, a close friend’s daughter. very cute, very photogenic, a great subject to snap pictures of, although she did enjoy behind the screen as much as sitting in front of it. Very little processing, a bit of contrast, mild vignette if needed.

f/2.8 @ 18mm, 1/60sec-exposure, iso400, +4/3ev

f/2.8 @ 50mm, 1/60sec-exposure, iso400, +4/3ev

f/3.5 @ 40mm, 1/60sec-exposure, iso400, +4/3ev

nyc hotel view hdr’s …

here are a few hdr’s i processed from last week’s trip to nyc. there’s definitely some sharpness missing in each photo, need to shoot at a bit higher f-stop. colors are terrific, these are all straight out of the camera into photomattix, no post processing required.

f/2.8 @ 18mm, 1sec-exposure, iso200, -1/3 :: 0 :: +1/3ev

f/2.8 @ 18mm, 1sec-exposure, iso200, -1/3 :: 0 :: +1/3ev

f/2.8 @ 18mm, 1sec-exposure, iso200, -1/3 :: 0 :: +1/3ev; sharper than the previous but mildly de-saturated in the buildings

most people ask, are these images artificial or rendered? no. it’s just the beauty of hdr.

hotel room …

had to go to nyc this week, have to process some hdr images, but here are two non-hdr’s that i liked. second shot was in complete darkness at high iso’s.

f/2.8 @ 18mm, 1/13sec-exposure, iso400, 0/6ev

f/2.8 @ 18mm 2/5sec-exposure, iso3200, 0/6ev