Mom and Baby in Natural Light
Last week I was asked to photograph this beautiful 2 week old baby at the family’s home in Charlotte. This photo of her mom holding her is one of my favorite images I’ve made. Maybe it’s because her expression reminds me of my own daughter; maybe it’s the natural light; maybe it’s just a sweet portrait of a baby with her mom.
Engagement Portrait (photo by kilby)
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I rarely encourage models to sleep through photo shoots, but it’s perfectly acceptable for a newborn photo session.
This weekend, I was honored to capture some photographs of Jake & Nicole’s now 3 week old baby boy. We’ve come full-circle. A few weeks ago we were strolling through Fort Mill, SC shooting their maternity portraits. They’re proud parents with a handsome boy, and even though he won’t remember any of it he did great!
I shot these photos with my D300, 60mm/f2.8 and 2 SB-28dx flashes at the family’s home. One flash was on the camera. The other I positioned in random spots around the room, triggering it with my Pocket Wizard remotes. I’ve come to love the Nikkor 60mm Micro lens for portraits. The lens’ sharpness is perfect, and the macro focusing capability allows for tight, intimate people pictures. See a few more at Facebook.
New Family Portrait
Baby Trace (and his mom and dad) let me shoot his first time in a swing. He loved it. I love this shot. It’s got the essentials, but I love it for what it doesn’t have almost as much. It doesn’t have any motion blur… doesn’t have any cheesy lens effects… doesn’t have a parent pushing him (not that his parents aren’t cool). We’ve all seen those photos. This is just a kid super-stoked in a swing. We’ve all felt it. We all like feelin’ it. And, Trace, we’re with ya in this one buddy!
Beautiful family and awesome friends at Kure Beach, NC.
We had great weather for a shoot last weekend in Virginia. The clouds were amazing, and added so much good depth to the landscape I tried to work them into a bunch of the shots. Even though it was turning summer, there were a few blooms left for shooting around as well. These shots pretty much came out of the camera like this. I wanted to keep this shoot clean and simple. Sky Meadow is a great place to shoot! I’ll post some more from this venue some time.
I liked this shot as an image of a teen in transition, walking away solo, personality and skill in hand, headed toward something unknown. Cool stuff for a senior session. Although it’s not likely to be a huge print seller, it’s a cool image.
This photo was shot in Fort Mill, SC behind a Chick-Fil-A restaurant actually. I used the Nikon D1x (of course), a 20mm/f2.8 and SB28dx. I ran a Cross Processing action on it in Photoshop CS3. I wanted to give it a little atmosphere.
We had the pleasure/pain of working around gray skies and intermittent rain, but ended up with some great captures for the day.
Shooting a high school spring formal last week I got a couple GREAT moments on the dance floor. It’s well known that when people aren’t paying attention to the camera the photographer captures real personality. I like these. They’re natural, playful and innocent moments between partners. I shot these with a Nikon D300 and a Nikkor 17-35mm f2.8 lens.
Nate and Emilee wanted to take advantage of one of the best fall days this year, and get some portraits. We shot photos all around Fort Mill, SC, and the 2 of them made for some beautiful images. I like coming away with shots like this that show some interaction between people. Shooting with a small, portable camera kit is key. I need to be able to move quickly and shoot from the hip without worrying about tripping on light stands, or moving reflectors around. For this shoot I used the D1x, a shoe mounted SB28dx with a Lumiquest soft box and a broken Nikkor 18-70mm DX lens.
