Jer & Min Photography

Strobist: Single bare flash at 1/16 power triggered by Cybersyncs.

I’m really loving the lighting in this home we are staying at. A whole new set of natural lighting possibilities are available.

Headshot of my daughter.  It was hard to get this shot in the noon day sun, but we moved to the shade and used a silver reflector to fill in the shadows on her face.  I picked this tree as a background because it creates nice bokeh dots.  It is Wednesday right?

Our skies are pure blue, no sign of storm at all so when my son was crying and my wife holding him, I took a shot.  I feel semi badly about exploiting his sadness for the photo, but my wife was comforting him, there was little else I could do.

My wife will probably not be too happy I posted this photo. The purpose wasn’t to do a portrait shoot, but to play around with my lights and the wonderful sunset. It was for practice.

So here she is after a long day of controlling the three little kids and the one adult who too often acts like a kid.

To shot this, I first exposed for the sky and then brought in my flash to the appropriate level. It was a fun exercise.

Strobist: single flash shot through a shoot through umbrella camera left.

Mother dear, I love you so,
Your lovely, shining eyes
Are like stars the twinkle
Way up in the bright blue skies

–Maud Belnap Kimball

I’ve mentioned before that my children have very expressive, sharp, and reflective eyes.  They get it from their mother.  When I saw eyes were the challenge, I knew I would shoot her.  Happy Mother’s Day Melinda, you are wonderful mother and I love you very much.

This is a shot of Brinci just outside of our campground while we were at Zion National Park.

I didn’t use any powered lighting for this portrait, the sun was in the back and I had a silver reflector in the front camera left.

My beautiful wife Melinda is one of the most kind, caring people I know.  She has incredible patience (a must to be around me) and a great sense of humor.  This month we celebrated our 11 year anniversary.

This picture is #5 in my 100 People I know set.

I caught this photo of Toby resting his head on Min’s shoulder as I was chimping my exposure getting ready to take a few family portraits.  I liked the peaceful look on his face.

Strobist: ISO 100, f/5.6, single flash camera right shot through a shoot through umbrella.  Triggered with CyberSyncs.

Toby is a very interesting boy.  There is something about him that draws people to him.  He has the ability to wiggle his way into anyone’s heart.  He is a fun loving boy who let me shoot a lot of photos of him last night, (100+) and in everyone he had a different facial expression.  He likes to make people laugh and is very good at it which sometimes gets him in trouble!

This picture is #4 in my 100 People I know set.

My beautiful daughter Brinci allowed me to take a portrait of her this morning.  I was interested in trying out some directional natural lighting provided by a window in our house that doesn’t have direct sunlight coming in.

I think it turned out quite well.

Brinci is my oldest child and only daughter.  Daughters, especially only daughters seem to have a special place in a Father’s heart, it doesn’t mean I love my sons any less, its just a different sort of feeling.  I admit, I spoil her as anyone who knows me can attest.