Nasty Little Challenge
My friend Kevin has a blog http://kevinkeigley.wordpress.com/.He apparently has a problem with creepy dolls.  Not sure what that means but I still love him.  So anyway he was asking for submissions of said creepy dolls so this is what I came up with.  Just in time for Halloween.  Note that I have his blog up in the computer screen in the background.The lighting is a snooted 285HV for the key light and a bare, red-gelled 540EZ behind and below for the red accent.

Window Display
In an attempt to at least occasionally shoot for the daily challenge at PhotoChallenge.org I went looking for a window display.  Actually the whole family went.  We packed up the car and went to downtown Melbourne, FL looking for the right one.  My wife suggested the year-round Christmas store.  Which normally would be a great choice but the time of day wasn't very good.  The reflections in the window were stinkin' up the joint.  So we drove on down the street and she spotted this one.  Excellent.  I didn't really like the stre

Family Portraits At The Beach
Here's my most recent family portrait session.  I had a great time with them.  What a great little family with the new (ok not so new) baby.  We met at the beach with about 45 minutes until sunset with another 30 minutes of twilight.  First we tried to take advantage of the direct sunset light up on the boardwalk.  I tried as many different light schemes as I could come up wi

Hmm?
Here's a quick one that I captured tonight.  I used the preset "Matt's Vintage New York."  I like the muted tones.  I added a little brightness in the eyes to bring out some detail that went away when I applied the preset.Just used my Vivitar into a shoot-thru umbrella.  I slowed the shutter speed down until the incandescent light burned into the background.Be blessed.

My Girl
What a baby!  Oh I love this little one!  Just another one from the backyard.  Used a Lightroom preset called NV Pop.  I really like the overexposed look.  But most of the presets go a little overboard.  I like to turn down the exposure just a little bit to recover a little detail in the highlights.