One of my favorite photos of my precious niece. I went back and spruced it up a bit.
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Sunday, July 12, 2009
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Sunday, July 5, 2009
Last of the swing pics...until next time
Here's the last two swing pics I wanted to include. If the moving one makes you sick, sorry, if you want to know how its done, here's how.
No its not photoshop, its all in the shot. You do need a camera with some manual controls.
1. Set your camera to shutter priority
2. Set your shutter to something slower. This photo was done at 1/15
3. Pop that flash up and set it to "rear" mode. This means the flash ignites at the end of the exposure so the movement streaks are behind the subject in motion.
4. As the subject moves, move the camera with it and snap the picture during movement. The slow shutter will create the streaks while the flash will freeze the subject.
5. You want the flash to freeze the subject only. You don't want the "flash" look. So turn down the flash power until it looks natural.
6. The more zoom you use the more motion streaks but the harder it will be to follow the motion.
7. Have fun doing something different! Oh, and take lots of shots. Expect to do a lot of deleting before you get that one.
Let me know how it goes. Enjoy.
Also notice that 3 of the 4 photos were taken with the sun behind the subject as the sun is going down. This makes for a much more pleasing photograph by highlighting the subject away from the background.
Swinger
Rowan experienced his first swing experience and of course loved it. I think his favorite part was the taste of the fine rubber seat. What's best is that I got to experience one of Rowan's firsts for once. This was a father son only outing.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Windows = great photo ops
Rowan is digging the window and now that he can hold himself in a standing position (he'll be mowing the lawn in no time) he has created some great photo opportunities. Windows are a great way of getting some nice soft lighting indoors and best of all you don't have to use the nasty pop up flash unless you want to fill in some shadows. I personally like my drama.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Accidents on the accident
I thought I might take this photo further. Let me know which you like better.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Happy Accident
Put down your torches and your pitch forks. The happy accident is not the boy. This picture was terribly over exposed but I still really liked it so I made it work in Photoshop. Now its one of my all time favs. Thanks Photoshop.
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