I shot this years ago while I was still working at The Palm Beach Post. I came across it today and thought I would share it. I like it because as I shot it, the mom of these two brothers came to me and said that the little one was autistic and rarely showed signs of affection. She was thrilled that I caught the fleeting moment. I was happy to do it for her.
I photographed this cutie and her family one day before the surgery to have my collar bone properly attached with the help of some metal and a skilled surgeon. Back in January I broke my collar bone while learning to ski. Four months later, it still hurt and a second opinion confirmed that something was wrong. My bones were experiencing "non-union". So, now, four days after surgery, I am slowly on the mend. As I am incapable of sitting still, I just finished editing and color-correcting the collection for this little one's parents.
Because I seem perpetually dissatisfied, I took some more photos of the Brennan kids tonight. I like this one of Lilly...
I went with the Brennan family to Lynch Park in Beverly, MA today to take some pictures of the kids. We got there in the morning in hopes of missing the crowds and finding some good light. When we first set-out, it was perfect overcast, but the sun began to shine and that made it a bit trickier, actually. Still, it was a nice place for me to photograph them while they explored. I did get some standard group family shots, but I like these the best...
Today I was hired to photograph an Under-10 boys' soccer game in Malden. It worked-out well, I think and it was a fun shoot. It included the quintessential trip for ice cream after the game.
Here are some pics from the jewelry shoot I had today. It's a challenge, shooting product. It was interesting to see how some backdrops worked for some pieces and didn't work for others. I shot these for the owner of The Silver Clay, a nice little shop here in Wakefield.
Check it out at www.silverclay.com
I went with my friend, Maureen to a small art showing in Somerville yesterday. This is a piece by Ben Bray.
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Wanna photograph some pretty food? Get it into a window for some nice light!
I couldn't resist photographing this cutie during my one-on-one photo lesson with his mom, Lindsay, at right, this morning!
My parents have hired me to photograph some of the places they have designed for documentary purposes, but hopefully soon for their company website, Scott&Scott Architecture.
I have photographed interiors many times in Florida while I was still on the newspaper staff. But, somehow, this is different. I think maybe Florida had more light in general, and shooting interiors in a large room where there is little light like the one I attempted the other day is quite challenging. There's a reason why architectural photographers get the big bucks. It's like, wicked hard 'n' stuff.
My friend and colleague, TJ, told me about the "sandwiching" technique, used in Photoshop. The premise is that you shoot one picture with the light in a certain place in the very dark room, then your move the light to light another location in the room and shoot another picture. The camera remains on a tripod the whole time. Then, in Photoshop, you sandwich the two images together and viola, you have a perfectly exposed image.
I tried it out the other day and while I had no issues photographically, I could not get the sandwiching to look right in Photoshop. One of the challenges is that I am getting my lesson online from others who have done it and written about it in their blogs.
While I did attempt the effect without the blur, I couldn't seem to get it right. I did use the technique from that website to make a funky filter effect out for a portrait of Oliver though.
