Re-post from November 2011
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and black Friday. We decided to do our shopping online. No crowds, no stress, same prices.
As I was walking around the Lincoln Memorial with a friend I was trying to find someone interesting to take a picture of. Eventually, I found this couple enjoying a cup of coffee while resting on the steps of the memorial. They seemed unaware of everything around them besides each other.
Here’s a picture of my nephew. We were out taking senior pictures and came across this old church and cemetery. I made him get out and let me take a few pics.
ISO 160 1/750s f/2 28mm summicron
Re-post November 2011
One of the great things owning a Leica M9 and 50mm summilux is the ability to shoot in the dark. For most, this is only possible with the use of a flash. Personally, I try to shoot without one as much as possible because I like natural lighting. Shooting at low apertures such as 1.4 allows for shooting in almost complete darkness (the leica noctilux is probably the only one that truly will allow you to do this). It is much more difficult to focus, prevent blur, and you have to shoot at high ISO’s. Fortunately, the M9 can perform this at 1000, 1500, and even 2500 ISO. Unfortunately, I typically don’t like color pics at this high of ISO therefore I always change them to black and white. The noise at these high ISO’s add to the quality of black and white.
A friend of mine, Hiro Shibuya (he was my chief resident when I was a first year) and I were recently in Washington D.C. for a conference and decided to spend some time sight seeing and taking pictures. We were at the Lincoln Memorial and he was trying to get that perfect picture and I caught him in the act. In this instance, him being out of focus works because of the sense of movement the viewer gets. This was probably one of my favorite pics.
You can view Hiro’s pictures here.
I really enjoy catching unique moments. I don’t shoot too many “posed” shots because they have less meaning (at least to me) and also to be honest you have to be very creative, especially if you want to shoot something different from others.
This was a shot I took last year of some friends of ours with their kids. I was trying to catch a unique perspective.
As most of you know, our baby girl has officially turned 1 year old. It has been a wonderful and exciting year for both me and her mother. It’s truly amazing how fast she’s grown and we look forward to many more years of watching her mature.
Today’s post is an assortment of pictures taken through Lyla’s first year.
I was playing with my little girl and she noticed her grandma working in the kitchen. She quickly crawled to the fence and attempted to get her attention. Don’t worry, she was successful.
ISO 160 1/90 f1.4 50mm summilux
I took this shot some time ago. I’ve been waiting for a time to post it when it has some meaning. I still haven’t found any good meaning…
