Re-post June 2011
As all of you are aware, my wife gave birth to a beautiful baby girl 2.5 weeks ago. Like all parents, we are taking plenty of pictures and videos. Recently, I took this picture after her bath. I love how her hair is standing up and how she is looking towards her mommy. Even though, she is still too young to focus in on objects, you can tell she already has a tight bond with the people that love her.
I’m typically working on a project or sleeping when I’m on a plane. I decided to put my shade up and was amazed at the beautiful horizon. I quickly grabbed my camera and snapped a few shots.
ISO 160 1/125s f/1.4 50mm summilux
This is the final shot I took a few weeks ago of our baby girl dancing. Definitely brings a huge smile to mom and dad’s face.
ISO 160 1/750 f/.95 50mm noctilux
I find it exciting to follow my little girl around. She’s always searching for something new.
ISO 160 1/500 f.95 50mm
My wife and I have always been big movie people, going to the movies at least a couple of times a month. Obviously, we don’t get to go much anymore because of our baby girl (that’s not a bad thing). Last summer we were anxious to see the last Harry Potter movie. We hopped in the truck and drove to the drive-in. I caught this picture when I was walking back to the truck.
ISO 800 1/30 f/1.4 50mm
Almost a year ago my wife and I were sitting in our living room and I looked out the window and noticed a beautiful cloud formation. We rushed into the car and drove west. I was able to capture this with my 35mm summicron.
ISO 160 1/750 f/2.0 35mm
I don’t typically discuss my post-processing but today I thought I would mention a few programs that I routinely use. I store all my pictures in Apple’s Aperture 3. Most who read this blog are probably familiar with it or know of it. It’s basically a program to easily store and file all your pictures (i.e. library). You can also make adjustments to your pictures without making permanent changes. Most, use Adobe’s Lightroom or the casual photographer will use iPhoto. I’ve used all 3 and iPhoto is definitely more for enthusiast.. Lightroom and Aperture are very similar and I really wouldn’t say one is better than the other.
I use Adobe Photoshop 5 or more recently 6.0 (beta). I use this when needing to make more complicated fixes or needing to layer my pictures.
Last, I routinely use Nik Software’s Silver Efex 2 and Color Efex 4. Both allow very controlled and unique changes and I highly recommend both.
I’ve posted a prior shot of this guy with cars flying by him. This is just one shot when he was patiently waiting for traffic to clear long enough for him to go. This shot was edited with Aperture 3, Photoshop 6, and Nik Software Color Efex 4.
Here’s the previous post.
ISO 160 1/30 f/1.4 50mm summilux
