the bench family...

Finally had the chance to shoot some photos of the Bench Family this afternoon.  Tyler did most of the photography (the creative part anyway), but I shot my share of photos using my Leica M8 and Olympus PEN cameras.  This is one of the first shots that caught my eye.  It was taken with the M8 and converted to black and white using NIK Silver Efex Pro.  To me, one of the best part of having friends is being able to photograph them...

jimmy and kathleen...

So sometimes I like to procrastinate, but this is probably to the extreme.  This was the first of two photo shoots that I did a few weeks back.  The photos were "engagement photos" that were done a little more than two weeks before they were getting married.  We had been planning on doing the photos since late January/early February.  I processed the photos and had them developed quickly so that they could be displayed at the ceremony, but I kept finding other things to do instead of posting them.  Well, here they finally are...  

two more...

Here is two more from this past weekend.  I have more, but I will probably wait for awhile to post them.  Feel like I need to move on to something else.  This is a good thing...  I was able to take several "keepers" in a little over an hour of shooting.  I was able to get shots from my Canon 40D, my Olympus E-P2 and last, but certainly not least (for Sherri), my Leica M8.  Both of these pictures were taken with the Canon 40D and a 24-70L series lens.  Both were edited using one step in separate editing programs.  The black & white one was edited in Silver Efex Pro using the "high structure" setting with a vignette added.   The other was enhanced in Color Efex Pro using the "tonal contrast" setting.  Love them both in their own way.  The black and white is a vintage looking image with the white background looking like old/crinkled paper.  The color image has alot of "pop" to it.  To me, it has depth and almost seems like a 3D image.  The setting does add a bit of roughness to their face, but I really like the effect.  All in all I had a great time exercising my cameras and improving my skills.  Hope to do it again soon...

Elizabeth

Some pictures that I took of little miss galyean a couple of weeks ago. What a fun time!