Photo of the Week 04/26/12

I got to meet the fun young lady, seen here playing with her mom's scarf, this past weekend and caught this moment. I love the interaction and expression in this picture. I made this image using my Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens at an aperture of f/1.4 and exposure of 1/640th of a second at ISO 800.

Photo of the Week 11/2/11

This past weekend, I went to a gathering of my fiancé's college friends to celebrate what they call "Fake Thanksgiving." It is just like Thanksgiving but done on a Saturday and with friends rather than family. I caught this image of one of the celebrants and his son on Sunday morning shortly before we left. I made this image using my Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 lens at an aperture of f/1.4 and shutter speed of 1/800th of a second at ISO 1600.

Photo of the Week 5/23/11

This week's photo of the week is of a more personal nature. I took this photo of my nephew with his brand new sister, who is about a week old in this photo. I made this image using my Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens at at aperture of f/2.2, exposure of 1/80th of a second, and ISO 200.

Photo of the Week 5/9/11

This weekend I had the opportunity to photography a friend on mine's 6-month old baby. I particularly liked this image of the little guy that I caught near the end of our session. I made this image using my Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens at an aperture f/2.2 and exposure of 1/320 at ISO 400.

Photo of the Week 1/10/11

Okay, I'm biased but I have one of the cutest and happiest nephews around. I took this picture of him after a bubble bath and getting ready for bedtime story reading. I made this exposure with my Nikkor 135mm f/2.0 DC lens at an aperture of 5.6 and exposure of 1/200th of a second at ISO 200. I used an on-camera flash bounced off the wall and ceiling behind me to get the soft light I wanted on this subject.

Photo of the Week 01/03/11

My first assignment of the year was the christening of my friends' daughter (the young lady featured in my Photo of the Week for October 4th, 2010). At the party following the christening, I caught this nice image of one of the younger guests having a snack. I made this image using my new Nikkor 135mm DC lens at an aperture of 2.0 and exposure of 1/160th of a second at ISO 800.

Photo of the Week 10/4/10

One of things I love about photographing children is that with them almost all photography is candid. Unlike adults, they quickly disregard the camera and go back to their exploration of their world. This week's photo comes from a recent portrait session with the one year old daughter of my friends Luis and Diana at Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington, DC. Shortly after sunset, I was shooting with a fill flash when my subject discovered the light in the sidewalk. I quickly turned off the flash and adjusted all of my settings to accommodate the unique light this scene provided. This image was captured using my Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens at an aperture of 2.8 and shutter speed of 1/2000th of a second at ISO 1600.

Photo of the Week 8/9/10

Some of my favorite photos are the spontaneous ones of everyday events. This image of my nephew at the celebration of his second birthday falls in that category. This image was captured with my Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens at an aperture of f/3.5 and exposure of 1/80th of a second at ISO of 800.

Photo of the Week 5/31/10

The year I found myself in Syracuse, NY for Memorial Day Weekend and not surprisingly at a BBQ with some friends. I took a few pictures and particularly liked this one of the host couple's almost 2 year old son on the swing set. I like photographing children because of the emotion they readily display as they go about their lives. Here you can clearly see the excitement and happiness in this child's face at the simple act of swinging. This image was captured at 1/400th of a second at an aperture of f2.5 and ISO of 400 using my 50mm f1.4 Nikkor lens.

Photo of the Week 4/19/10

After a bit of a break, I am resuming posting my photo of the week. I captured this image of my young friend Grant blowing out the candles on his third birthday a little over a week ago. This image was captured using my Nikon D700 and my 50mm f1.4 lens and using only the light from the candles at an aperture of f5.6 and shutter speed of 1/100th of a second at an ISO of 2000. Given the high ISO I also utilized noise reduction software in the post-processing of the image.

Photo of the Week 11/02/09

I captured this image during a recent kids' football game. While I was focused on capturing the action shots, I am always watching for moments like this as the coach of the team gives instruction to one of the players. This image was captured using my Nikon D700, with my Nikor 70-200 f2.8 lens at a focal length of 160mm. The exposure time was 1/1000th of a second at f2.8 and ISO of 500.