Pixel Darkroom Photography

Today I had the chance to spend some time with some friends and make some images for them as a family. This is one of them that I really liked. I’ll probably spread some of the others throughout the website, under people, or somewhere. I’m also going to work on updating the entire website (I hope) and that will take some time. I’ll see if things work out. These guys have been up here visiting for some time and they’re leaving in a few days. We had lots of fun, playing Settlers together and hanging out until late hours of the day/early morning. We’ll definitely miss them.

This was definitely not the intended outlook of the photo shoot but I thought it would be a great image for the blog. She fell behind the tree since the step stool was too little for both of them and then her shoe came off. I don’t know if he was helping her or tickling her. I also shot a little HD movie of them playing around in the grass. I tell you what, the movie looks amazing shot with this professional lens. I might edit it at some point and publish it, but I tend to be slow on those things. If not, it’s all for private viewing or for the grand parents. Here goes another blessed Day 196.

Strobist info: 580 EX CL via Pocket Wizards shot at 1/128 80mm zoom. Small obvious tweaks in Lr.

Today I saw a short film with a man who was comparing the domino effect and the decisions in our life. They are so many and they influence other decisions, other people and so many other things. The key thing was that we take so little time making so many of these decisions and the effect applies so quickly, just like the domino pieces, as they move from one to the other so quickly. It made me think about my decisions.
I thought about building the image below with the empty chair because so many times we are not even “there” as we make decisions. Most of them happen fast, little time goes into making them and we want to move on to the next thing. Then we might end up wondering why our life is the way it is, why our children are the way they are, why our relationships are where they are and many times we are looking for someone else to blame. Just a thought.

Strobist info: 580 EX II CL with snoot and blue gels, CR with snoot and red gels, and CL on the chair in the background with a coroplast (corrugated plastic) grid-spot. Shot at f22 with a diopter filer and flashes anywhere from 1/4 to 1/2 +/- EV.