Why I Love My 50mm

Just a fantastic lens. It gives the most dreamy images. On our first fishing day I took some pictures of these cute little shells. The out come was fantastic. I just love how the photos almost look like macro shots.

And here is a shot of me, taking these shots! I'll do what it takes to get my shot ....

Joshua David Vest

Two days before I left Pretoria, South Africa I did my very first photo shoot with a new born baby. Joshua, Pam and Jim made it a very memorable experience. Here are my favorites.






And finally I put these two together.

Taking a break after this

One last black and white photo before I leave for my trip to Victoria Falls.

Drugs, drugs, drugs ... some are good ... some are bad

On a day when I felt like I was having to take too many pills I did this little shoot ... with all my pills. I was just getting over a back spasm and it seemed like the right thing to do.

Self Portrait in the Bathroom

Did the title catch your attention? Well get your mind out of the gutter. Yes its true I got the idea for this while on the toilet, but its not a naughty picture. Here is the story .... I was at dinner after taking a run with my running club. When I went to the bathroom I looked up and was there was a mirror. I immediately thought of my film camera that was in my purse. So I set it up and just went for it. This is what I came up with ..

The roses and the tea pot

A little photo shoot I did in my old apartment involving roses that Gary gave me and my tea pot.

Wedding Photography Course

I just realized that I never posted photos from my wedding photography course! So here are three of my favorite. Picked one of just the bride, one of just the groom and one of them together. I really enjoyed this workshop and I think the photos look great in my portfolio!

Self Portrait with Masquerade Mask

I received an awesome masquerade mask from Gary when I fist arrived in Tbilisi, Georgia over a year ago. For the longest time it was just a wall decoration. But when I was living in my first bachelor apartment, looking at it every day on the wall, I felt I just had to do something fantastic with it. And since I'd been wanting to do self portraits I decided I would wear it. Its a fairly simple portrait, simple lighting coming from my window .. I wanted the focus to lie on the mask. And even though I only used window light I think it created great high lights and it still has detail in the shadows.


There are some more shots that are similar to this and they may show up here eventually. But I still have so many other film pictures to put up. And I only want to post once a day .. so slowly but surely :)

Some More of Me

I needed to take a break from editing some engagement photos I took tonight.
Sooooooo .... Another self portrait! I like this one because Im just peeking around the camera. I really do like being behind the camera, but Ive decided that I need to do some self portraits. Ive got a few more from my black and white film that will come out shortly. I also like how grainy this film is. Very retro.

It's Not Always About Glamour

Ive been working with Black and White film a lot lately. Here is a self portrait I did. This was taken after another self portrait I did and while I was scrubbing off my make up I decided to take a picture. After developing the film myself, I got the negatives scanned so I could work with them in photoshop.

I thought that this one deserved a before and after because the negative started out really really flat. I did my best to bring back the detail of the water on my face and the make up under my eyes. Would love to hear any constructive criticism.


BEFORE
AFTER

Studio Work From B&W Course

Here are three of my favorite shots, done at the National College of Photography's Studio. This was for my Black and White class where we developed film and did our own printing. But these photos were done with my digital camera.

Headshots

On Sunday I had the pleasure of photographing Kirsten. She is a musical theater student from USA and she wanted me to take some headshots for her just before returning to school. I had so much fun working with her. We did a variety smiling and serious poses in a couple of different locations. Here are three of my favorites.