Ok. I am so not a nature photographer, nor do I pretend to be. Like 8 or 9 years ago when I bought my first camera I would mess around and take shots of flowers and leaves and if I was lucky a cool bug, but I was just shooting with a stock lens and shooting on auto settings so my results were not really all that awesome. I have been really, really wanting to try out a macro lens for awhile now but just never had the time to actually make the call to rent one and then drive all the way down to SLC and, well, you get the idea. However, lately I have been wanting to try even more lighting techniques, photograph more than just people, and well, keep those creative juices flowing in general. So I made the trip, rented the lens, and holy craaaaaap. I am so glad I did. I was waiting for a bride to show up to her bridal shoot and I realized I was surrounded by all sorts of cool flowers, flowers that I am not sure I would have noticed otherwise. That is one thing I have really enjoyed about photography. It has forced me to see the beauty in all my surroundings. Wether it is an old barn, an empty field, or a dead flower for heaven’s sakes, I finally notice the unique characteristics of each. So here are some images that I took using the 105mm f/2.8 for Nikon. Again, not anything spectacular, but hey, for my first time ever really trying to shoot some cool nature photographs, not too shabby. I didn’t want to overly edit these photos to keep them as natural as possible so in Bride I just upped my blacks/contrast a tad, my exposures were spot on, and in Photoshop I did a soft light layer at 10%, sharpened and voila’! Pretty fun!
P.S. Don’t forget to check out my Back to School Special under this post. It is valued at over $350! I am also running a special for Mentoring sessions the month of August. Call or e-mail me for details!!
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You know that time that we love and hate all at the same time. We wish we could continue to spend our summers sleeping in, spending long days at the swimming pool, and late nights playing outside. But ya know, by mid-summer my kids are kinda-sorta sick of the pool, we have pretty much gone everywhere and done everything, and really exhausted all our options for entertainment. Enter children who are bored, mis-behave constantly, and even though they don’t know it, are ready to go back to school. And I think I am ready to haha!
And I am sure we can all relate to those cheesy photos that are done the first few weeks of school. You know the ones that every year we keep getting, and every year we end up pissed off because our child’s eyes are closed, or they have a huge hair sticking out of a pony tail that they just had to have that morning for their picture, and did we seriously just waste money on that?!? If you can’t tell that has happened to me…a few times. But you know what I mean.
Here’s what I’m talking about: Sessions are $175. This is a session for 1 child, each additional add $20, pretty please. Sessions are 30 minutes in length, with 15 minutes between each session. You can choose an Urban, country, or a studio session. There will be 4 openings available for each.
Here’s what you get: {2} 8×10′s, {3} 5×7′s, {2} sets of 8 wallets (you get to choose your images for print), and 8 images on CD with copyright release. Pretty smokin’ deal!! Package is valued at over $350!!
August 16th:::Studio sessions
11:15 – Jansen
12:00 -
12:45 -
1:30 -
August 21st:::Country sessions
6:15 -
7:00 -
7:45 – Eldridge
8:30 -
August 22:::Urban sessions
4:00 -
4:45 – Peterson
5:30 -
6:15 -
Email me with your session type/date/time to check availability. Session fee is DUE upon booking.
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