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Lauryn and Christina :: Senior

jOe — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:27:23 +0000

All shot with a 5DII on a 135/2 (except French Quarter shots done with the 24-105/4). Lighting was ambient, except last which was a strobe in a silver reflector umbrella. Post processing on ‘vintage’ was done in GIMP with curves and a very slight sepia filter.

Dr. David Crosby

jOe — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:53:39 +0000

David is the pastor of First Baptist New Orleans. Last Wednesday we had the chance to do some pictures.

Lighting was one a 580exII into a silver, reflective umbrella, probably around 1/16 or 1/8 power. Lens was the 24-105mm f/4 wide open at 84mm and 97mm respectively.

These are my two favorites:

Dad’s 55th Birthday

jOe — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:51:02 +0000

Dad’s birthday.

5DII w 35mm f/2 @ f/2.2, 1/200, ISO 1600

Bruce+Brandy Wedding

jOe — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:16:26 +0000

Christmas, part 2

jOe — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:51:13 +0000

Christmas, part 1

jOe — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 15:14:30 +0000

Hang on

jOe — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:25:12 +0000

Working on finishing a recent wedding, but after that the blog’s going to be quiet for a while. Focusing on some other things for the first parts of 2012. But I’ll still have pictures up from time to time. Thanks for watching!

Thanksgiving in TN

jOe — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:25:05 +0000

Here are some pictures from Tennessee. The me’s are by kristin.

Everything done with 135mm (except #5&6, those were with a 35mm), lowish ISO, usually wide open.

Marcel

jOe — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:11:54 +0000

I made some updates, both content and look and feel, on my portfolio. Check it out!

And, Kristin showed me this this weekend. Couldn’t stop laughing!

If you can’t get enough, here’s the first one from a year ago.

Kristin’s Bridal Portraits

jOe — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:17:25 +0000

Since before we hired our photographer for the wedding this past Summer, we planned to do Kristin’s bridal portrait ourselves. And also since we live in New Orleans, we decided we better wait until it got cooler. Our schedule finally opened up this past Saturday, and an hour or so before it was dark we went out.

Caroline, my sister, came with us to help with hair and make-up and those types of things.

Everything was done with one off-camera flash into a silver reflective umbrella. I chose to go the umbrella-route over the softbox because at 28″ it really doesn’t cover the length full body portraits.

The first two were taken outside on Marconi Drive near City Park. The last two were done inside when we got back. I used a collapsable background on the first, and one of her favorite chairs for the second. All were lit pretty much the same.

It’s true what they say about environmental portraits: 10% photography and 90% moving furniture. This was no different. Care knows.

50mm f/1.4 @ f/3.5, 1/500*, ISO 400

50mm f/1.4 @ f/6.3, 1/200, ISO 400

135mm f/2 @ f/2.8, 1/200, ISO 200

24-105mm f/4 @ f/4, 1/160, ISO 200

*On the 1/500 shutter speed, I used a long E-TTL cable so I could do high-speed sync (which for me is anything above 1/160-200).