Taking this picture is getting more difficult because she’s always on the go. Thankfully, I only have 2 more months before making the 1 year mark.
ISO 160 1/90 f/2.8 28mm elmarit
Our Future @ 10 months
Evening Nap
Bath time
We are very fortunate that our baby girl absolutely loves bath time. In greater than 5 months she has not once cried or got upset during bath time. It’s also a great time to take a picture of her. Here is a recent picture after her bath.
Repost October 2011
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Keep Going
I have been extremely busy the past few weeks. When that happens unfortunately the first thing that has to be put on the back burner is the website. Don’t worry though, I still find time to take pictures.
I had the opportunity to take a few pictures while in Dallas. I never know when I go to these meetings if I will have the time to shoot but I try as much as possible. This picture was taken with my new Leica 21mm Super Elmar. When focused, the images are razor sharp. It’s very compact and very easy to use. Anyway, I was shooting from the hip while walking trying to catch people in motion. I think I accomplished what I was looking for?
ISO 400 1/45 f/3.4 21mm super elmar
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Almost Walking
This past week has been crazy busy. I’m currently lecturing at an AO Basics Course (teaching residents how to use implants). On Sunday, I realized that I had to give a lecture that had not been given before, thus I worked night and day and got it done (gave the lecture about 2 hours ago).
Here is a recent picture of my baby girl. She has successfully mastered standing with support and you can see from the picture she can easily do it with one hand. In the past week we find her standing more and more without any support. I don’t think she has realized that she can successfully do this. When she does, I’m sure she will be walking all over the place.
ISO 800 1/60 f/.95 50mm noctilux
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View Point
Repost July 2011
I find flowers nice to look at but don’t typically consider them good enough subjects to take pictures of. Probably, because so many people already take pictures of them.
Another reason why I don’t like taking pictures of flowers is because of the composition. Composition is a combination of what you have included in your picture and the way or perspective you took it. For example, when taking pictures of flowers almost always, you stand over them and point down towards the ground. This allows for the flower to be in the foreground and dirt in the background. Dirt obviously is not very eye pleasing and rarely allows for enough contrast between it and the main subject.
One way to change the composition is to be creative an attempt pictures from different vantage points, one in which you typically don’t see. The picture below is an example. Near our driveway we have an island of landscape that is elevated. Because of this I was able to lay down and allow for the sky to be used as my background. This allowed for the tulips to really stick out.
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Puddle
I originally posted this picture back in August 2011 after attending the Leica Akademie Shooting Experience in Chicago. It was probably my favorite shot and was taken from the hip using Leica 24mm.
ISO 160 1/250 f/8 24mm
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Streets of Chicago
Keeping my theme from the past few days I figured I would post a few more street shots I took while in Chicago. Both of these shots were taken from “the hip”. Meaning, I just set the camera to the proper exposure and started firing shots when I saw something interesting. Both pics were taken while holding the camera near my waste (shooting from a low angle can give the viewer an interesting perspective).
In the first pic “Keeping it cool”, it’s a candid shot of a guy walking and waiving while holding his smoke. Even though the subject is out of focus, it gives the viewer a feeling of movement (or at least it does me) and has a three dimensional feel to it.
The second shot “lets go out” is two people having a casual conversation. In this shot, the sharpness is dead on. If there was any lost of sharpness here, the shot would be ruined.
Repost August 2011
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Barn by the Road
February of this year my wife and I went to Wisconsin to visit my sister and family. We’ve never traveled to Wisconsin and never realized how hilly the landscape is. I didn’t have time to take too many pictures but we were driving around and found this barn only feet from the road. The sun was setting and thought it would be a great picture opportunity. I love the sun rays coming through the branches. Enjoy.
Repost June 2011
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Sony NEX-7 – Our Future @ 9 months
I recently posted pics of our baby girl on our couch at nine months. The picture posted was taken with my Leica M9 and Noctilux. I also took a few pictures with my Sony NEX-7 and Zeiss 24mm. Because, Aperture does’t process NEX-7 RAW files currently, I’m using Capture One Express and finally got around to processing them.
I have to say the images in my opinion are comparable to my Leica M9. The sharpness is dead on and the colors are great. I even noticed that the Leica M9 output causes some red tones in her skin that is not seen on the NEX-7 (I’ve heard others comment about these red tones but I never really noticed other than when shooting at high ISO’s). Let me know your thoughts?
P.S. If you want to see the full size images let me know and I can email them to you. Last, even though I speak very highly of the Sony NEX-7, I still love shooting with my Leica. There is something I find fascinating shooting with an all manual camera (I suppose I like the challenge).
ISO 100 1/200 f/1.8 24mm zeiss
ISO 100 1/200 f/1.8 24mm zeiss
ISO 160 1/1000 f/.95 50mm
