April 16th, Jayden

May I present Jayden, who turned two years old today.  His proud parents asked me to take his birthday photos for them, he was a very willing model and as you can see just cute as a button.

This photograph should show that the lens is a formidable portrait lens.  This was taken with the camera metered off of the background, and then a flash was used at -1EV to balance the exposure on the subject, and make the image look more natural.

April 14th, Hands on a Stick

Ok my friends for today you get a two fer.  As the family and I were wandering around today we found near a field someones quaint way of keeping track of their work gloves.

The two images are the same file, however one was processed normally in color, while the other image has been changed into black and white, and then a sepia tint was added to increase the old look of the photograph, some grain was added to simulate film and viola.

My question is, which is better and why?   :P

April 5th, Spring Tulip

Ah Finally spring is here, and there is something a bit more interesting in my yard to photograph than a few brave Dandilions.  This beautiful specimen was nothing but a green bud yesterday, but with the heat and the sun, this is what we have today.
And tomorrow it may be gone, nothing but a flaming red memory…. and a photograph.