Here are some more photos of Sadi from yesterday afternoon. They were shot with my Leica M8 and Olympus EP2. Already looking forward to the next time that I get to take her picture again...
an afternoon with Sadi...
Sadi and I went downtown Greenville today and did a quick photo session in an old vacant building (no really! I had permission to be there)... It is good to have a place to take pictures inside on a windy day. My days are probably limited on finding buildings such as this in the downtown area. Amazing to have such good props. The photo below was taken in front of a window with a bare wooden wall behind her. You can see the filler putty in the voids between the slats. All of the pictures were taken without a flash so the shutter speed was pretty slow even though I had window light coming through. I used a tripod for most of the pictures to limit the blurring. This one was taken with the Leica M8 and the Zeiss 35mm f/2.0 lens. It was the one that immediately caught my eye because of the dark shadows on the right hand side of the picture... I will post more photos from the afternoon later on this weekend.
vacancy - seats available...
This was outside the Starbucks in the West Village. We stopped by there after we had Grimaldi's pizza a couple of weeks ago. After everyone else started walking back to the car, I stayed behind to take one last picture. I was using my Leica M8 that night, but it was on a high ISO setting (640). I converted it to black and white to create the mood and remove the color cast. Seeing the picture makes me crave coffee...
eye of the Pyper...
So this morning I was looking forward to the new coffee blend from Starbucks (and it was EXCELLENT), and after work I got to look forward to Pyper at our house. Unfortunately she was asleep when I got home... To make the best of it, I pulled out my camera and stuck it on a tripod to take some low light pictures of her face. Used a very slow shutter speed (0"6 seconds) at f/4.0. Decided on the Lensbaby to really draw attention and focus on her eye and the lashes.
tribute...
Can't wait 'til tomorrow morning... Bought some new coffee at Starbucks this afternoon: Starbucks Tribute Blend Coffee. Not drinking it tonight, because I want to sleep. Of course I had to get a picture! Now I am just waiting on morning... tick, tock, tick, tock
let it ring...
A couple more shots from last night using my Canon 40D and the Lensbaby Composer with closeup filters attached. The aperture was set at f/2.8. This lens really blurs and smears the background. The green wall and brownish/red chair make a great background. The purple stone texture and shape, of Sherri's ring, are really brought out in the first photo. Didn't realize that my cross ring was so scratched up...
and then Pyper smiles...
I would have to say that when Pyper smiles it makes me smile even bigger... Taken with the Lensbaby Composer lens on the 40d.
the eye of a needle...
A thought provoking subject... to photograph and examine...
the eye of a needle...
In Luke 18 Jesus said, "In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."
But in the verses immediately following that statement, He tells us something else... He said, "What is impossible for mere humans is possible for God."
I pray for God's continued grace and an extra dose of discernment in helping me fully understanding how these very verses apply to me today...
an afternoon on the town...
Took my 40D camera out on the streets of Greenville to try out a new lens that I bought. The lens is the Lensbaby Composer (www.lensbaby.com). It is definitely not a lens for the people who examine a photo for sharpness. I would consider it an artsy lens that gets your creative juices flowing. I bought it to use for some ideas that I have for Pyper and Sadi, however I wanted to take it around for a few days and photograph still life (things that don't move) to get used to the lens. As you can see, the photos generally have one area that is in focus and the remaining parts of the photo are way out of focus. If you are facing the sun, the lens flares really bad (see the first photo) across the photo. This is a feature of the lens, not a flaw. Everything about the lens is manual. I really had a great time with this lens and I honestly think you can create better photos when you have to think through all aspects of the photo prior to taking the picture. At least that holds true for taking pictures of things that don't move...
more Maci and Pyper...
Here are a couple of more pictures of Maci and Pyper from this past weekend. So peaceful... I love the closeup shots that isolate the emotions between them.
Took both of these using my studio lights and Canon 40D camera.
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