Through Tam’s Eyes

Since I have decided to jump back into “people” photography, I put an ad on Craigslist, basically saying “I am working on my portfolio, if you let me take your (or your children’s) pictures and give me a model release, you can have a cd of the pictures free.”  I got an incredible response and had my first session on November 8th.

I am so happy with these pictures and I believe, their mom was very happy too.  So…here are the first “people” pictures I have seriously taken in several years.

This picture’s shutter speed was 1/60, f-stop at 8.  My focal length was 48mm.

This picture’s shutter speed was 1/125, f-stop at 5.6.  My focal length was 26mm.

This picture’s shutter speed was 1/60, f-stop at 5.3.  My focal length was 45mm.

My aunt got married last winter and had their reception in March.  I did not take many pictures but this was one I could not pass up.  I thought it was very pretty and not a regular wedding reception picture.

This picture’s shutter speed was 1/20, f-stop at 4.2. My focal length was 30mm.

This is a lemon blossom that we had growing last spring.  I did do some burning as the leaf in the bottom, left corner was super bright.  Otherwise, I made no digital changes to this picture.  It was actually taken mid-to-late morning and I still got fantastic shadows!

This picture’s shutter speed was 1/320, f-stop at 8. My focal length was 55mm.