Something Sunday --- Favorite People Photos

It has been said that I do not photograph people.  Let me set the record straight.  I do photograph people and enjoy doing it in certain situations.  I am still learning a lot about how to capture the true emotion a person has and posing well we will not even go there...  My largest group so far has been 386 folks yes in one photo (got to love the church photo right).  The smallest has literally been a just born child now that was fun.

I was asked recently why I do not photograph people as I said and I was shocked.  Now I must admit on the blog and I think I may have said this before I usually do not post them for folks to see.  It is a moment in time between my clients and me and I do not have the right to post them that is up to the client as they see fit.  I have seen photos I have taken on Facebook and it just makes me smile that they thought enough of their pictures to share it to the world.  I have taken some fun ones lately and would like to share with their permission of course so enjoy.

This is the son of some great friends.  He recently was in the play Fiddler on The Roof.  Here is one I captured of "The Rabbi" that I liked

This is M when I heard it was going to be her birthday I think I set a post processing record to get this one done and it is posted first.

Sometimes in spite of my shortcomings natural beauty just makes the shot happen.

Here is A about as natural a smile as can be even though I think she was cursing me under her breath it was a little cold don't let the moon and sun fool you.

Here we have another A.  I wonder when I see where she is looking what plans they have for me...

Meet Dr T.  He told me a while back he was a rock climber and it always stuck.  With learning HDR and some other techniques I wanted to try something different for him.  I like it!

 

Something Sunday --- More Sports

Wow in an effort to become a better sports photographer I learned something new...  I know can you believe it.  I now know what a Jammer is and a Blocker or the Pack.  Yes I am speaking a foreign language but thanks to a great person I was invited to the Junction City Roller Derby match.  It was incredible as I did not know what to expect!  Here are some of my favorites of the evening.

This is C an amazing photographer he helped me understand what was going to happen and how to photograph this event

Keeping the other team from scoring!

Ref is not saying anything so that must be a legal play???

Lot of action going on in this shot nothing else needs be said.

Something Sunday --- Sports

Thank you Thank you Thank you that is for all the veterans past present and future, of which my father was one, that have sacrificed something if not all to protect the freedoms we have today!

I love certain sports playing volleyball for me is just down right fun!  I like watching basketball and have been known to be at a football game every once in a while.  So to take two things I like enjoy and put them together was just flat awesome.  A friend volunteered her children for me to do some football shots.  Thanks to S for letting me do it I walked 4.2 miles and got some awesome shots.  Here are a couple of my favorites.

Turning the corner!!!

Looks like he is going down right.  Not so ran on...  Please note the advertisement for Wilson help support my family just kidding.

About to get the party started on this one.

You are going down.

Great example of team tackling he was down.

Incredibly fun day.  Enjoyed and had a lot of fun shooting this day!

Something Sunday --- H

I know my best looking and willing model.  I do not see her as often as I would like to, but when she does visit we have a shoot! She has been asking for the photos from our last shoot while she was visiting.  I know I know I do not post a lot of people pictures but I do enjoy them and wish I could learn and do more!  Here is the beautiful H.

I can still hear her say my photos are good cause she is so beautiful...

She is probably right but we sure have fun spend time together and have the photos to prove it!

Experimenting with HDR

I have been working on HDR photography lately and learning a lot about it.  Here are some of my first attempts.



Sometimes being with friends have some advantages.  While out during a full moon (but of course)  I took this image it is a 30 second exposure.  In the original the ground just did not look right and I did not like it.  This is what I ended up with in HDR

This summer the fires were all around us and created some awesome affects on cloud cover sun etc.  I did not like the exposure of the sun in the original.  So here you go.

Last one finally uploaded!!!

I have a lot to learn about HDR so far but I am liking the effects you can get with it!!!