Sleeping 'like a baby' as they say :) I was fooling with the tripod and long exposures and snapped a few shots of Allan as the light faded quickly this evening. These were exposed anywhere from 4 to 8 seconds because it was almost dark. I love how the crib puts shadows on him. I just love these.
Nikon D70
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I know they're dark, but they're supposed to be :)
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Very sweet, and they make me feel like whispering. :-)
The making of precious memories here.
It does make you think you must whisper, so sweet.
I held my # 5 great grandson yesterday. He is 3 weeks old.
Beautiful shots, Jon.
Thanks :) I use the first one as my PC desktop background now. It's dark enough so it doesn't interfere with the icons on the desktop :)
oh........I just get the urge to kiss him on his little head......just a very light kiss....you know the ones you give your sleeping kids......
adorable shots...
I hope these pictures are not only on your desktop! I do quite a bit of photography (once upon a time I worked as a combat photographer and photojournalist for the Army and even taught for a while) and I know many who would spend money to have pictures like these of their children framed upon their walls. (me included!)
I can't even pick which one would be best to hang up if it were my own. Great lighting and timing by capturing the shadows. I can't think of anything that would have improved them. I love the unique angle as well, it gives the viewer the perspective that he/she is sneaking up for a little peak, the best pictures take the viewer to that very moment. (Just my luck, you're a professional with a studio and everything, right?)...excuse me while I go stare at my own sleeping babies (well actually 3 & 5, both boys, but always my babies).
OK, got curious and looked at some of the other threads you have started. My instincts were right, a seasoned photo-genius! Wonderful work to bless us all. Thank you.
-Garity
This message was edited Jun 24, 2005 9:36 PM
Would dearly love some of both of your input on photo techniques, etc in the Camera Talk forum.
Thanks for the great comments. I'm definitely no pro! :) If anything, I think maybe I just have an eye for what might end up looking good as a picture. I see something I like and I get the camera out. I usually don't spend but a few minutes taking pictures too. I guess I spent about 15 minutes doing these pictures, longer than usual. But for these I had to play with the settings to get it right. I never really used the long exposures before, so this was new to me. I had read about them and wanted to try it. I have seen nighttime city landscape type shots of buildings and so on and heard people mentioned how long they exposed the photo, etc. So I wanted to try it :)
Again, thanks!
As far as technique goes, I'm not sure I have a certain technique. I see something, I get the camera, I aim and shoot - for the most part. I've been playing with the settings and trying to learn more about them though. White balance, 'custom curves', aperature and it's affect on depth of field, etc. I just bought a book that's just for my camera (Nikon D70). It goes over how to use it of course and then examples of how to get better shots, etc. I don't have it yet. I ordered it.
Here's another I like. I delete probably 90 percent of the pictures I take. Just to give you an idea of how I shoot. I take as many as I can until I THINK I've got one that's worth keeping. Then I sift through them and see what I came up with. In this one, he was playing with his little thing that has toys hanging off of it (forget what they call it).
Same toy...but just hands & feet this time.
Same as the first black and white, but this time he's got a big smile on his face. I just liked the angle here and how everything came together.
See, you already know the secret of many photographers. For instance when one of us needed just one shot for a story we were doing it was pretty normal to go through and entire roll of film "just in case". This of course depending on how important the story was.
There is nothing wrong with deleting pictures. I unfortunately haven't jumped into the realm of digital photography. There is just something solid about a negative to me and I can't give them up. Of course, this means lots of $$$ and taking many pictures to get that perfect one isn't always in the budget. Oh well
BTW, just noticed where you are from, makes me think of Skyline Chili...mmmmmmm. You just solved my problem of what to make for dinner tomorrow night, I still have a Cincinnati Chili recipe somewhere. Gonna go dig it out....
Actually, I don't like Skyline. I like Dixie Chili the best - not many locations though. Second would be Gold Star Chili - many locations. I just don't like the Skyline flavor for some reason.
