Saturday, December 31, 2011

Friday, December 30, 2011

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Holiday Cheer Pt.1

Christmas dinner this year was a special treat. We usually celebrate at Samantha's parents place, but this year we did it at her brother Pete's house. He and his wife Julie had spent most of the year renovating after gutting the place because of water damage. The light fixtures over the dining room table were beautiful and were perfect for capturing the rich colors of the season.

This is the first in a series of table pictures.


Monday, December 26, 2011

Christmas Dinner Portraits

These are a few portraits I took around the dinner table on Christmas Eve. I was happy to be able to work with the available light from the fixture over the table. The photos are of my nephew, my brother in laws wife and my mother in law.





Sunday, December 25, 2011

The World In A Christmas Ornament

I caught this image by accident. I was just taking the picture of the bulb. I was 8 feet away from the tree and working in low light. I strolled the 55 - 250 mm all the way out and snapped the photo. In post production, after a small crop and a little bumping up of the exposure I realized that the bulb was mirrored and the room was reflected in it. That is me in the center of the bulb sitting behind the table in the corner. 1/15 sec, ƒ5.6, ISO 1600.