Two pics from tonight…
Here are two shots from tonight that I would like to share.
This was taken on the back-roads of Elgin TX, across a field.
Canon 30D + 85/1.8 – 1/500 – F/2.8
And this is a shot of my daughter. Lighting was done with a small halloween toy. Also, I did a bit of strategic desaturation… 
This is rapidly becoming part of my PP’ing style (in select situations)…
Canon 30D w/ Siggy 24/1.8 – 1/50 – F2.2 – ‘natural’ light…
Pumpkin Carving…
When I got home from work last night, I found my wife and kids about to carve a pumpkin. Those are ALWAYS fun times, mostly because they are slimy, messy times! My favorite thing to do with my camera is to shoot candidly, so of course I did. (Pardon the mess, we are in the middle of something)
These are all with the Canon 30D and Sigma 24/1.8.
Strobist: What Strobist? These are all with ‘natural’ light, in the kitchen, after dark.
The 85/1.8 and the Bee…
I had to share this. I took it with the Canon 30D and Canon 85 F/1.8. This is almost a %100 crop (just under %100 to fit in this blog neatly) from a bigger shot, and I am amazed at the quality at full res. Wow!
Inked… v.2
Session 3 last night, and grabbed a few pics. I thought I’d share. These are all taken by me, as usual, and with the 30D + Sigma 24/1.8. All are wide open @ F/1.8 as well… On to the pics…
Last time, I showed you the needle that I dubbed Godzilla, which was actually 13 needles in one structure, used at the same time. A pretty hardcore needle. Well, this time we took it up a notch. This is “King Kong”, 23 needles at one time. Very, very hardcore…
These are some of the inks that Rock just got. We used the red last night, and blue will come soon…
Rock:
Now on to some random action and what not. All we used all night was King Kong, so these are ALL with that 23-mag ‘needle’…
Landscapes & Flowers
Last night on the way home from work, I had a bunch of errands to run, and I was pretty stressed out. I needed to calm myself a bit, so I decided to stop and take some pics, as holding my camera seems to smooth me out. There wasn’t really anything substantial to shoot, and I pulled off in the middle of nowhere (between Elgin and Manor, TX), so I tried to make due.
Usually, when there are flowers or small objects involved in my shots, it’s my style to make them a large, almost overpowering force in the capture. I wanted to do something a little different (for me), so I took a stepped-back approach to these. While some little aspect of shot still holds a main attention/focus point, I tried to let it blend in to the pic more, rather than stealing all the attention. I have grown to be a HUGE fan of Bokeh, almost more-so than the in-focus area, so I went out of my way to let this lens do what it does well, and include a hefty amount of Bokeh.
This is what I came up with…
Al shots in this series: Canon 30D with Sigma 24/1.8, wide open @ F/1.8, ISO500, natural light…
Sigma 24/1.8 v.2…
The more I use the Sigma 24mm F/1.8 on my 30D, the more I love it. I am pretty amazed at how close I can get to a subject, as well as the %100 crops I get wide open @ F/1.8. I took a few at my desk, just so I could share this.
These are taken very close to the ’subject’, and wide open @ F/1.8… Here we goooo….
The NFL logo on my Vince Young jersey…
And %100 crop…
My Longhorns Hat. (Hook Em!)…
%100 Crop.
Shelby.
%100 Crop.
