My New Business Cards

...arrived yesterday! iPrint.com do good work!

Snow

We had fifteen inches of snow last night, with more promised for today. On top of that the wind chill is -20 Celsius (-5 F). Staying in today, with hot drinks and good movies....

Shelley Family Portrait Shoot

My second shoot of the day was of the Shelley kids - Tina, Zachary and Zander.

Krueger Family Portrait Shoot

My first "victims" were Marjory Krueger and her children Toby and Cam.

Classroom Studio

I set up today for tomorrow's two studio family portrait sessions, in the Prairieland Herbs classroom. This is a converted barn extension that is used as a storeroom, chandlery, classroom (among others), and tomorrow it will be a photo studio. It's not really an ideal setup, being a bit (OK, a lot) on the small side, and the ceiling slopes down to just over five feet, so it will be an interesting challenge.

Here's my basic setup - a grey backdrop and my two White Lightning X1600 lights. I will also have my Nikon SB strobes at hand, and a selection of modifiers and reflectors.

First light test. In the absence of a better subject, muggins sat in. I hope tomorrow's pics look better :)

On the Ball

Messing about in the studio on a Sunday morning, with an old 28mm lens ($10 from the bitza bin in the local camera shop), some strobes, and a pen. I need to practise more with this type of shot, but here's this morning's effort:

Photoshoot in the Park

I did my first family photoshoot today, in Nile Kinnick Park in Adel. Jaden (age 3) was not entirely sure about the whole thing, while Bryce (4 weeks) wasn't overly concerned. I am reasonably pleased with the results.