Jer & Min Photography

I made this photo as John (one of our maintenance employees) was entering our garage at work.  I saw him coming did a quick spot meter out one of the windows and turned and snapped just in time to get him walking through the door.  I was surprised that I was able to get it all done in the time needed.  I literally saw him coming 5 or so steps from the door as he passed the window.

If I had the time or it was a setup shot, I would have framed the shot a bit better and included the light that spilled onto the garage floor, but it was truly candid and I’ll take what I got.

My son Toby is rather difficult to photograph, he doesn’t like to model or to pose nicely.  He does however, love to pull faces and to goof around in front of the camera.  Every time I need a photo of him, I have to do it on the sly which makes for some challenging shots, but shots that truly show him and his character.

This first shot is an exception as he was actually posing for the camera.

We sure love you Toby!

Last night my son Gage was crying and my wife was trying to comfort him.  I was in the process of getting a couple of photos of my other son Toby when I turned around and saw my wife.  It amazes me just how much love someone can express with their body language.  As I saw my wife holding Gage and soothing him I snapped the shutter.

Last night we carved pumpkins.  It is so fun to watch my children explore new things and to see the excitment on their faces.  Last night was especially rewarding.

I shot these photos with my Nifty Fifty (50mm f/1.8) in rather low light.  The lens did amazingly well.  I then processed the photos in Lightroom 2 using some presets I found on http://x-equals.com/blog/.  They have some great presets over there, I recommend checking them out.  That being said, the last two photos I wish I would have reviewed a bit more as the preset I used on them added some odd artifacting that I’m not too fond of and should have addressed.

More photos from this and our Halloween adventures may be found on our Halloween 2008 set.

Saturday evening I talked my daughter into letting me take a few pictures of her.  While I was scouting out a good background and workable light I noticed she was occupying herself with some little leaf project.  I have no idea what she was up to or trying to accomplish, but I decided to take a few pictures of her gathering and transporting the leaves.  She seemed almost frantic to get it done.  It was fun to observe and the results were the best shots I made that evening.