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Because it is hard to figure out what to do with those perfect photos of little hands in grown up hands. Simply click on the sample, download the photoshop document and replace the image you see here with your own.
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I recently got a Holga, which is a toy camera notorious for, err, low fidelity output. Working with it is rather like a theatrical trust exercise since you really have no control over settings at all AND the things tend to leak light like sieves. This is considered a feature. No, really. Sure, when you work with film generally the main idea is to keep it from getting an sort of light exposure other than the very controlled light through the lens. But with this $25 beauty the fact that light can, and probably will, leak in is NOT a bug or design flaw, oh no. It is a feature. What, you don’t believe me? I’m not kidding.
And, yes, I said $25. Multiply that by a factor of about 100 and you’d get the cost of what you see me carrying on a shoot, assuming I never actually change my lens. Of course, you have to add the film to that and I confess cheated on this roll and sent it out to a lab because I actually find developing pretty boring; what you see is a actually negative scan with some contrast added which I would do printing rather than a scan of a print. But for a toy to enjoy on days off you can’t beat the price!
A trifle of personal work to amuse before I start the all the Fresh Faces newborn portrait sessions of February and March.
Only photography could convince me to haul myself around in the cold. I spent about an hour the day I took this shot walking around the paths at Westmoor Park enjoying the silence and the peace. OK, maybe having toddlers makes silence particularly appealing as well, though I can’t QUITE articulate why that would be. Maybe it’s the jumping off the couch on a good day (and the window ledge on a bad day), the running in circles, or the screeching. Maybe it’s the stubborn insistence on the part of certain short people I live with that the cat wants wet food, which is created by adding the contents of the water bowl to the contents of the food bowl and the subsequent clean up thereof. Do you think those things might contribute to my appreciation of the calm of snowy woods?
Whatever the reason I remain amazed that for a photo walk I’ll go out into cold I would hide away from otherwise.
Taking portraits of one’s own children is more difficult than one might expect. Lollipop bribes were offered and accepted to get this one. And, no, she wasn’t that thrilled about it.
This little one makes me want another. She was one of those “don’t put me down” babies and I got to cradle and rock her while I worked to get her to sleep. She was such a sweetie. I have the best job – I get to cuddle babies and take their pictures!
Enjoy the sneak peek; the rest of your images should be ready early next week!
Make Sure YOU are in the Pictures
World Breastfeeding Week Poster
How to Take a Picture of a Toddler
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