D-270 & D-271 lots & lots of editing . . .

First let me say that Saturday I had a photo shoot with this lovely young lady. Miss H - she's gonna be 8 in a couple of days.


and yesterdays Daily Shoot was: The Daily Shoot #314: Make a photograph that shows an interpretation of your favorite indulgence or guilty pleasure.
Here is definitely my guilty please, sigh, don't know why I cannot just walk away from them.


and today's challenge: Fences and walls can divide or demarcate. Make a creative photo of a fence or wall today.
A fence to separate


Read Portraits and Vision Mongers and viewed some Flickr images
Sammy Collazo's Flicker
Loren Zemlicka's Flicker

Hope Everyone has had a great weekend.

D-245 Vintage Dress

This dress belonged to her grandmother (me) and her mom and aunt also wore it. It was originally a gift from my Godmother right after my baptism. My mom has saved it for many years.



I didn't take my time setting my camera up because photo shoots with this little one go really fast. Unfortunately my settings were ISO 1250 f22. Not ideal settings for studio work.

More in my flickr account.

D-244 Another Studio Session

These kids are so cute but I tell ya - you have to have lots of energy to keep up with toddlers - LOL

The baby is only 2 weeks old and she was awake for most of the session. The little guy has grown up so fast. I'm happy to see him healthy and right up to date with his age group. He spent the first three weeks of his life in the hospital but thank goodness he's perfectly healthy.




Images viewed: Memories Portraits
Pages read in Nikon D700 User's Manual 151

D-232 3 Sisters Portrait session

I'm just gonna post a portrait of each and them I'm calling it a night.
I read, I studied but . . . I'll update later.
Gorgeous sisters





Thanks and good night.

D-225 The great outdoors

Yes I've been so lucky to have great customers the past few weeks. I have been busy in the photography business and it feels great.

We did a couple of outdoor shots before the mosquito's chased us inside then we finished the session off in the studio.



Tasra Mar's Theme Thursday is Blue
I think this qualifies.

Read Nikon D-700 Users Manual 94-114
Viewed images on google

D-142 Diversity

Today's Tasra Mar's Thursday Theme is Diversity.
Diversity stems from the word diverse. Diverse differing from one another: unlike 2: composed of distinct or unlike elements of qualities syn different

Meet Don,
He let me take his portrait for a fee of $2.00. I got the idea from the $2.00 portraits.


This was a huge milestone for me. I was really nerveous approaching him. This is something I've wanted to do for some time. After the portrait was taken and the money was paid - I was very proud of myself. Lucky for me I carry my camera with me and I happened to have my 50mm 1.4 lens. Yes!


My Reading corner:
Nikon D-300 User's Manual Pages 120-121
Getting Things Done by David Allen Pages 167-178

Today I read Digital Photography Visual Quick Tips by Gregory Georges. This is a good book for beginers. It has great tips.
Images viewed:
The Art of digital Photography by Hohn Hedgecoe. Another great book. For beginers and intermediate photographers. I really liked this one.