My First Angel

I am a volunteer photographer for the organization called 'Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep.' I provide a free service to parents who give birth to a baby who is likely to pass away or has already. I received a call a couple of nights ago from a coordinator who asked me to photograph a baby who would was not likely to survive the night. I was at the hospital in less than 30 minutes. There I met Rudy, a sweet Angel who was born at 34 weeks gestation. He has a condition which is "not compatible with life" as the nurse explained it. I spent some time with this grieving family and took some photos of them. It was an experience I'll never forget.





As of Sunday, March 30th, Rudy is still fighting for life.
Last update: Rudy passed away, he spent 8 days with his family which was a miracle!

Finally, a baby to practice on!

I took pictures of a 1 month old baby and his older sister. They were both easy to work with, although, I've learned a few things since. I will remember to turn off the light, it causes a little yellow glow (which doesn't look terrible, but I want all natural light). Also, I'm going to wait until the babies are a bit older for the teacup.

My latest

I'm really liking the ease of this camera, the lighting was just right and I had very little editing to do. Here is my latest shoot....

Here's a fun one. I'm thinking he is a bit too heavy for her to carry.... but she did get one leg up.

Night Shots

I love taking pictures of things in the dark, especially things that reflect in the water.

Challenge - Movement

This month's challenge is to capture movement. I did a few things to achieve this, one is panning. Panning is where I set my shutter speed to a lower speed, perhaps 1-2 seconds, and follow a moving object after I've fired the shutter. The picture is open for those 1-2 seconds so the moving object should be in focus (or somewhat close) and everything around it should be blurry. You're suppose to see that it's moving.

It was an adrenaline rush to be this close to a moving train as it passed me. The force of it's weight and size shook the ground around me. Again, I practiced panning.



In these pictures, I slowed the shutter speed down to capture the light streaks.



Another technique to cause motion is to take the picture while zooming in or out. I don't think you can do this with a regular point-and-shoot camera. You need to do it manually with the lens.

Baby Bump!

One of my dear friends is having a baby, she let me take pictures yesterday. Here are a couple of my favorites.

Wedding Weekend!

I photographed a wedding on Friday and a reception for another couple on Saturday. Both couples were fun!



This bride went against the 'norm' and wore yellow shoes, I love it!

Engagement Pictures

These are my latest clients, they got married last weekend so I'll post pictures soon. They were fun to work with!

Sunset Behind a Barn

I was on my way to photograph a wedding reception and while driving up a hill, I saw this beautiful sunset behind a barn so I pulled over to take a couple of photos.