Ha, ha, ha! This shot just makes me smile. I was running a test roll through the Contax G1 with my new favorite portrait lens. The Contax G1 is a little finicky with the 90mm but the results are well worth the hassle. I'm really looking forward to making some great portraits with this lens.
We'll be doing a portrait session soon, if you'd like to get in on that with us please let us know.
Portraits out in the back yard at the end of the day with great light. Kodak Portra 400NC is one of my absolute most favorite films. This is the look I go for when shooting digital. The saturation level is just right, the skin tones are perfect, just an all around great portrait film.
We'll be planning another portrait outing soon at either Duke Gardens or the NC State Arboretum. If you are interested in joining us please let us know and we'll keep you up to date on when we'll be heading out.
Posted Saturday, April 10th, 2010
We brought a couple of rolls of Kodak TRI-X to shoot in the Nikon F100. I first used TRI-X in Okinawa when I took my first photography class as a little kid on base.
It had been quite a while since I shot black and white film. I usually do the digital to B&W thing when I want that look. The real thing definitely has a look that is hard to replicate with digital so I'm glad we ran with the real thing for some of the wedding photography.
A shot of the kids while we were out at the NC State Arboretum with the Joyner's and the Brown's. The kids had a wonderful time running around and chasing one another. We got a lot of great photos and this one makes me smile. Sammy with her big laugh.
The Arboretum is a fantastic spot for portraits. There is always somewhere where there is great light and interesting little garden areas to use as beautiful backdrops.
The post-processing of all the images is done, hooray! This was a lot of fun shooting this wedding. Playing around with the D700, shooting a few rolls with my Nikon F100 and a couple of interesting shots turned out on the toy Holga. Thank God for blessing this work.
Congratulations Todd & Melissa Whitford!
The pictures are available here.
What a great little face! This is one of my favorite shots from a recent set of portraits we did with some of our friends and their children.
After having played with the D700 for a time I was pretty bummed to have to send it back. That camera caused no small amount of tension in the house as I declared how I was going to be buying one of those $2400 cameras VERY soon. Thankfully, God restored my sanity and I'll be sticking with the film cameras a little while longer for my personal work and just rent the big guns as needed. lensrentals.com has pretty much any set up you could need.
This shot was taken on my Nikon F100 film camera with Kodak Portra 400NC and reminds me WHY I still like film for portraits. The look could be replicated with digital of course but I didn't have to spend any time in photoshop with this. The colors, the saturation, the warmth, it just comes off looking "right" when I shoot film. Thank God for a great film based portrait outing right after having sent the D700 back!
If you are looking to have some portrait work or wedding photography done in the NC area we'd be glad to talk to you about that and see if our style works for you.
We are located in Apex but can work in the greater Raleigh area (Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill, etc).
