In the new studio

Brian and Julie's Wedding

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Yongnuo Yn-560ii Photo Tour

I just received my new Yongnuo Yn-560ii flashes. These are the newly released and updated version of the Yn-560. New features are the easy to read LCD panel and the metal hotshoe, among other reliability upgrades.

Comes in a nicely designed box

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Tyler's Christmas Portraits

Tyler is a little more than 1 now but he's already walking fast enough to make taking his picture a challenge. I rolled out some white paper and tried to get some shots that showed how cute this kid is. Lighting was simple; large white umbrella camera left and hair light center back with the exception of the opening photo. The white umbrella was far to the side and no hair light and a Christmas tree in the background.

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Dayna Fashion Shoot

Dayna wanted to show off her new look so I set up an impromptu photo shoot real quick. The lighting was  simple but effective: Metz 50 af-1 at 1/2 power through white umbrella in front camera right, and bare Lumopro lp-120 at 1/4 power peeking over the center of the backdrop for a hair light.

Kelly and Dan's Wedding

I teamed up with Sean McCabe (from seanmccabephoto) to capture Kelly and Dan's wedding. It was a great chance to put my new Pentax K-5 through its paces and see how it fares.

Ill Family Photoshoot

We met up with the Ill family to do some family portraits. This was one of those situations where you have to have backup plans to backup plans. Their first choice of photo destinations was the beautiful Cantigny, a popular place for portrait photography of all kinds. However, the entire park was closed for a private wedding.