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.

Polaroid Colorpack II and Fuji Instant Film

I picked up an old Polaroid Colorpack II camera the other day. I've had a newer SilverExpress Polaroid camera that takes 600 film for while, but alas, after Polaroid stopped producing the film, its just too expensive. You can still get 600 instant film from the impossible project. Even there's its a bit much. But I've always had this hankering to shoot with instant film.

Well, I recently learned that Polaroid sold Fuji Film the rights to its 669 film (the kind the Colorpack II takes). So, fuju now sells color and black and white instant film. I have a pack of fp-100b, which is ISO 100 black and white film. You can pick up the film at most major camera retailers, like b&h or calumet

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Lumopro lp120

My Lumopro lp120 made it back from its repair the other day. Just wanted to give a shout out to MPEX for their fast and friendly service.

New flash

Had to test out my new Metz 50 af-1 as soon as it got here. Manual power works great. It goes low enough to let me shoot at f/2 for portraits with amazingly thin depth of field. My Lumopro lp120 is getting serviced and should be back soon, with more power. Can't wait.