two month old abby ...

i seem to love babies, here's 2months or so abby, such a little cutie and a great little subject ...

and some more ari ...

it's clearly been insane lately, finally had time to sit back down and blog some tonight. here's a few more of ari from a few weeks ago, such a little character.

ari, preview ...

annat had her baby (i.e. my first maternity shoot) about three months ago, went back to shoot little ari. here's a teaser, will be processing this weekend after travels.

andrew and michelle engaged ...

here's the slideshow set of andrew and michelle's engagement session last weekend ... click here for the slideshow ...

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

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

birthdays in the club ...

club shoot this past weekend, difficult lighting, but a lot of fun, gary fong diffusers on both cameras seemed to work great, fair amount of post processing required due to lighting but also adding vignettes.

tyler and andrew ...

had a chance to shoot a friend's twins this past weekend, what great kids they were to snap.

tuesday play of the day no 9 ...

so my cousin lan got me hooked onto another blog this week, what's your play?, great idea, post up someone else's picture and ask the community what would they do with the picture in photoshop ...

here's the original ...


and here's what I did to it:
... applied motion blur
... applied layer mask to remove blur to boat
... applied sepia filter
... cropped


(click on image to see larger version and better detail)