I got a chance to finish the session with Tonya yesterday. Thanks for giving me a little more of your time! The pictures turned out so great! (Its amazing what daylight can do for your pictures!) I used a custom white balance (from a grey card) and I love the results. I don't plan to do much editing, maybe just some color fun! Here are a few that I am excited about!


The picture above is the same as the first one, only with natural color.

Look at her eyes in the picture below! (You might have to click on the picture to view it larger)

They look amazing!

Tonya

After realizing that time was short and we were losing our light supply, we started messing around with slow shutter speeds. It was a lot of fun trying this shot over and over again. This one turned out the best. The blur to the right is Tonya's friends Bry and John walking past the camera. It may have worked better if I had positioned Bry just a few feet closer to me in the beginning so the flash didn't catch her. But I still think its a really fun shot!

Still here...

I'm still here! I have just been working on a session that is not going online. So, nothing new to post. But, I just finished it and will soon be posting a few more from my Tuesday session last week.
I can't remember if I mentioned it or not, but Bry (from Tuesday's session) was so great! (Well, they ALL were!) What I mean is that she has a great eye for detail. She is a hairstylest at Hot Rod Hair in Salem. http://www.hotrodhair.com/ She knew how to fix her friends hair just right for the shot and had great ideas for different poses. If I ever decide to start shooting weddings I am definitely going to consult her!

Tonya & Bry and John

Tonya and Bry seem to be the best of friends and John and Bry are recently engaged! (Congratulations again!) I spent most of the night laughing at the girls antics and John's good natured attitude! Bry is a hair stylist in Salem and just about found a new job last night. She had great poses and did a great job with making sure Tonya's hair was "just right"! Thanks Bry, you made my job easy!

I made my first major mistake last night...I walked out the door without a battery in my camera! I was incredibly embarressed! But Tonya and her friends were patient and happy to let me take some time to solve the problem. They had a chance to get some dinner while I decided what to do. I could drive home to get the battery but took the chance we would end up completely in the dark by the time I got back. So I decided to find a local camera store to buy a backup battery. (Which I planned to do someday anyway!) Fortunately the battery had a partial charge (about 1/3) and I headed back to the park.

So at about 6:30 (an hour after our original appointment.) we got started with the shoot. I have to apologize one more time! But again, I was so thankful to have a laid back group who took it all in stride!

While I am not going to claim to have taken my best set of shots, I did get to play around with lighting and such, since by the time we ended the session is was completely dark! I really got to learn lots of new things! Hopefully I will get some of those pictures posted later in the week.

Well, off I go to get my editing done...only 3 1/2 sessions to finish! (I am about 1/2 done with Kelly and Ken (from Saturday) and I will post a few more pictures of them tomorrow!)