Tag Leica
It’s Her Fault
I’m a bit late with this one… we had to take the little one, pictured below, back to college on Friday. Still cute but not so little anymore.It’s all Courtney’s fault! I was really really happy photographing executives, stomping around factories, and photographing industrial parts in the studio. But then she came along and changed everything. When…
5 Things to remember when picking a camera.
After last weeks post on getting your camera ready for the Holidays, I received a few questions on picking a new camera. The camera market has been in continuing turmoil ever since the iPhone was released. The industry has been shifting away from traditional Single Lens Reflex (SLR/DSLR) style cameras with moving mirrors and viewing prisms…
Spray and Play.
Ok, so I took a big risk to get the shot. Nothing more dangerous than a little kid with a hose. I thought it was a great opportunity with Courtney spraying the hose with the sun backlighting the water spray. She touched her fingers in the stream and sprayed herself with a little water. Of…
The Fun in Her Eyes
Nothing like a backyard pool on a hot summer day to get the fun going. Mmmmmm! Leica M6, 50mm Summilux, Tri-X
Sisters in Spirit
Certainly, they look like sisters, don’t they? But they are cousins. We sure have a heavy Nordic strain running through our family. This image is of Courtney and her cousin Charlotte from about 15 years ago. I’m fascinated by how we value family images over time. When I’m going through my family images just after taking them,…
Not So Fast!
Can’t you just hear the conversation….. Oh, you want some? Too slow! The expression is everything to a portrait; sometimes it’s the hardest part of the session. Just think of all the discussion about da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and her smile. Why is her smile so compelling? Psychologists to Scientists have attempted to explain why. I…
Sisters…
The farther apart they are the more they seem to communicate. It has been interesting noticing how the conversation has changed between the kids with our oldest of to school. The family of 3 months ago is gone, passed into the ages like crawling turns to walking. Not bad, mind you, just change which has…