50's Style Glamour Session

     Been working hard with "28 days with Sue Bryce", who is a two time winner of Australian Portrait Photographer of the year award.  Finally got a great group of girls together for a 50's concept shoot.  Shelby Stephens and Shaunna Milenewicz did hair and makeup, Shelly Schmidt helped with lighting and general photography moral support, and our beautiful model Inna.  Here are some of the final photographs

 

Trying the "Breakfast at Tiffany's" look.

 

Thank you everyone that was involved for helping me make these beautiful images.

Kids Portraits

   After setting my studio up to work with a fellow photographer, I decided to play around with lighting and who better to use then my own boys.  

 

 

 Eyes have always fascinated me, I truly believe their the windows into your soul.  The problem is getting the pupils to be small, so we used a flashlight on the eyes to get that effect.

 My oldest loves to play his guitar.  I really like the relaxed look on his face and dramatic lighting.

Stopping a hummingbirds wings

  A hummingbird flaps it's wing 55 time per second and to photograph them is very difficult.  I have set this goal for myself to see is I could do it and to expand my photography skills.  To start off, I set up a feeder and 2 speedlights.  After sitting for about 30 min. this is what I got.

  I was unable to fully stop the wings, but I'm not giving up yet.  I'll be back at it in the spring with more lights and hopefully more knowledge.

Christmas photos

   Trying new ideas for Christmas family photos.  First of all, the idea of tying up my boys is very appealing to me.  So, I did it with Christmas lights.  In retrospect there should also be some lights in the background.

Baby Derek

   

   Stephanie and Jon brought Derek by when he was just 6 days old.  From the beginning I could tell they are very caring and devoted parents.  Derek was a easy going baby and loved to sleep (just what I wanted).  They are a lovely family.

 

  



This shot is harder to get then you think.  Even though he was sleeping, he did not want anyone to hold his feet still.

   How beautiful is this family.  I hope to see them again some day.

Baby Eros

    Aimee brought Eros by when he was 10 days old.  All I can say about him is that he was already picking up his head and was TOTALLY aware of his surroundings.  Grandma Dora also joined us for the session.  I had fun photographing this baby.

 

 

The only shot I got with his eyes closed.  The boy would NOT go to sleep.  This was just a long blink.

The connection between mother and child is so evident in this photo.

Sophie's Senior Photos

    Sophie is an outgoing, fun loving, beautiful young adult.  Her mother contacted me via email and we corresponded that way for a while before the session.  They wanted to wait for the fall leaves to come in and as we all know, mother nature does her own thing.  So, on the day of the shot we met at a park of their choosing and got to work.

 

We started by the water because that is where Sophie really loves being.  By this time of year the water in Eugene is pretty cold, as she will attest to.  But she was a good sport and suffered through it and we got some great photos.

After doing more photos around the park we decided to go to a train track to get an outfit and scenery change.  It is a challenge doing photos on a train track, especially if it is still in use.  We where there for about 15-20 minutes and two trains came by.  Of course we heard them and got off the tracks in time.  Sophie was once again a good sport about it and we had a laugh.  Nothing like mortal danger with your senior photos. I had fun and I hope they did too.