Jeremy and Heidi are a year older now. What better way to celebrate than with a little off-camera flash practice. Mostly hand-held flash, but I experimented with placing the flash on top of various surfaces, as well. Shooting in raw mode saved me. My screen was too bright, and I wasn't paying attention to histograms when I shot these pictures.

Labels: family, photography, portrait

The Utah Photo Safari group met at the Salt Lake City Public Library to shoot strobist-style minimal off-camera flash photos. It was a lot of fun, and I eventually figured out how to fire my brand-new SB-600 with the remote CLS system built-in to my new Nikon D80.

Not much, but it's a good start. This is day two with the new camera, and I clearly need more practice with it. Here's a shot of the new kit:

Labels: photography, portrait

Last night I fixed my broken tripod, and decided to test it out with some mirror self-portraits. Here are the results.

Labels: me, photography, portrait, self

Lately, I've been trying to shoot some photos every day, whether I have a paying gig lined up, or not. This time around, I convinced Monster to pose for me. It took a bit of prodding, but he eventually agreed. This set is the result. Again, my taste for long exposures comes through, and it makes for some very interesting effects in these photos, because Monster is not capable of sitting still unless he's fast asleep. Actually, he's sleeping on my arm as I type. Too bad I don't have my camera within reach. Enjoy.

Labels: cat, cats, monster, photography