Monthly Archives: May 2010
Mine on Monday {5/10/10}
Happy Monday everyone! Hope you all had a nice weekend and Happy Belated Mother’s Day to all you fabulous mama’s out there. We had a nice weekend despite the lovely rain on Saturday! (Which rained out my AM session but we did reschedule for next week so stay tuned for that.) On a good note, I actually got my kids outside to do their birthday portraits. I know, I should have told you sit down before I sprung that one on you. LOL! Anyway, what’s even more amazing is they actually cooperated for about five minutes and I got some AMAZING shots! Pretty sure it was the best Mother’s Day gift I could have asked for. Here’s a just a few. Have a great day!
P.S. Today my oldest, Emma, turns FIVE! Happy Birthday sweetie, we love you!
Decorating with photos
Friday is upon us once again. And I finally had a chance to sit and read the ever growing magazine pile on my desk. Most of you probably don’t know this but, I am a self-professed magazine junkie. I am a very visual person and find so much inspiration for all things in magazines. I subscribe to about 5 magazines and get countless catalogs as well. I pour over each and everyone, ripping pages and taking notes. I know it sounds kinda silly but it really helps to inspire me. I have even started a large binder for all my clippings and have them arranged by category. It’s nice to just flip through the binder before a session, or when I need some decorating inspiration, a craft idea or whatever I am in the mood for.
Anyway, before I run off to begin my super busy weekend I wanted to share an article I just read in Country Living Magazine. I know my clients often have tons of favorite images from their sessions and are always looking for ways to display them. So when I saw this I just had to share. The article is called fresh exposure and can be found in the May issue of the magazine. In the article, they feature 5 creative ideas to display your favorite images from a new book written by photographer Monica Rich Kosann called Living With What You Love.
You can read the article online here, as well as enter for a chance to win a copy of the book. So you should definitely check it out!
Or if you are like me and just can’t wait you can purchase a copy of the book here. Have a great weekend!
What’s that Wednesday {Depth of Field Contest}
*Yawn*, Happy Wednesday morning everyone. I’m beat, Scott and I spent last night with Scott’s Aunt & Uncle in Boston. (Thank you guys for a great night!) We had a yummy dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and then went to Fenway to watch the Red Sox beat the Angels! Needless to say we got home very late and of course had to be up very early. But it was totally worth it! Oh and a big shout out to Grammy & Grampy for watching the kiddos! Thanks guys!
Now onto today’s, What’s that Wednesday post. Last week we had guest blogger Lindsay Lehmann here to discuss depth of field. If you missed that post you can check it out here. She and I also challenged you guys to try and create a photograph using DOF to enhance your image. I sweetened the deal by offering a $50 gift certificate to the best image. Sadly though, we only had one entry. I have to say I was surprised and a bit disappointed. But the image we received was a GREAT example and I am very pleased to tell Kellie … you won! I’ll be in touch soon with your certificate and thank you for participating. Check out her image below!
I also promised to critique the images. While critique can sometimes be hard to take, it is very helpful in the learning process. (Or at least it has been for me.) So anyway, to critique Kellie’s image, I had to first review her meta-data or camera settings. Here’s what I found:
Honestly, the image is a good example of DOF and was a perfect entry. The exposure looks right on however the image was slightly out of focus. And really that is just being very nit picky. It definitely was acceptable focus but I prefer super sharp images. When I reviewed her settings I found the reason. Her shutter speed was only 1/50 which is a pretty long exposure to hand hold and explains the camera shake. Kellie, next time try to keep your shutter speed at least double your focal length to avoid camera shake. In this case, the focal length was 39mm so 1/80 shutter or faster would have produced a sharper image.
Thanks again Kellie for participating! Hope you had fun!
Mine on Monday {5/3/10}
Happy Monday! It sure was a crazy weekend around here! We celebrated all the kids birthdays this weekend. So you can imagine all the prep and cleaning required for a triple toddler party! Not to mention the chaos of the actual day! LOL! All in all though, the kids had a great day and really that’s all that matters. So you are probably thinking, great now let’s see the pics! Well, I’m not done editing them yet…I know, I know but it’s been crazy busy here. And I do need to finish my clients session’s first. Next week I’ll share all the party fun with you guys.
For now, I thought I’d share with you my newest accessory! You guessed it, I had to get glasses. They are only for reading and computer work so you won’t see me showing up to your next session with them on or anything. But here’s a quick snap of me sporting my new glasses.
