Reflective Surfaces Pt.2

On January 2nd, I had to go to my sister in laws' for dinner, and decided to walk the 10 blocks for some air and to stop in at a grocery store on the way. I had been pretty busy at work the week leading up to and the week of Christmas and had avoided the main drag in our area of town, Wellington.

For the holidays they had installed huge 18" ornaments on every block. Some were gold, some silver, but the red ones really caught my cameras attention. The clearing sky reflected in the background is awesome. Just another reminder to always carry your camera with you.

Low Light Portraits

Over the New years weekend I had some great opportunity to work in low light/ high ISO situations. Working without a flash lets people be themselves and forget that there is a camera in the room. I can't wait to get a 50mm lens that will allow so much more light in in these situations. But for now, it is just about finding the slowest shutter speed at the highest ISO and then taking the grain out of the images in post production.

Capturing Candlelight

At a family dinner around New Years, I took some time to play a bit with capturing candle light in low light situations. I was particularly happy with the backgrounds on these images.

Snowman On A Chair

Playing With Reflective Surfaces

Rememberance Ornaments

These two Christmas ornaments are memorial charms for two sisters that my mother in law has lost to cancer. I had written in a previous post about Ramona's fund raising commitments when it comes to the fight against cancer.

New Years Eve at Work

These are some shots of an oyster duo that we served as the amuse bouche course at work last night.