I spent some time shooting with my brother about a week ago and we turned our parents driveway into a studio for the night. We had some interesting looks from a few passersby since we were out there pretty late . Anyway, when you don’t have studio, you just make due with whatever you do have. In this case, a driveway and motor home on which we taped up our fabric background. At least the weather was perfect. I had been wanting to...

Since I work from home 90% of the time and Kayla is in school and Amy works, that leaves…. well myself and Nathan to practice various lighting techniques on. And, of course, it’s a little difficult to shoot “dark” photos of a handsome little 3 year old. His “cuteness” factor is just too high. So that leaves just me most of the time. I like the way this one came out. Amy called it my “mad at the...

I turned the living room into a temporary studio (again) so I could try out a few lighting techniques. Amy just loves it when I do that! Here is one of my favorite shots from today. The first one is the shot right out of the camera. The other two are obviously altered. Click the photo for a larger version. I think I like the middle one the most (upped the contrast and then...

We spent some time this past weekend doing a little photo shoot in the back yard. I got really nice shots. Nathan had the attention span of a goldfish and Kayla was doing her best to be difficult but it was worth it. Here’s how Nathan spent most of his time. Once Kayla got in the groove, we got some really nice...

Just a fun shot I captured of Nathan peeking from behind a tree. There is a flash behind him (blocked out of view by the tree) that produces the highlight effect around his head and on his shoulder. Don’t forget to click on the image for a larger...