Official Photography Thread

[RobinFinderson]

Robin: Fantastic. Those shots of your son are exactly the kinds of photos that appeal to me. Very very nice. Can you explain a little about what a macro lens brings you over, say a 50mm f1.8 or f1.4? How does it work?

There is nothing special about the macro lens, when it comes to taking portraits. If the subject is someone that you just want to gobble up, and you want to get closer and closer and shoot their eyelashes and cheek velvet, the macro lens will let you focus as close as you like. It is really pretty remarkable in that sense.

I absolutely love the 50mm f1.4. The colors that lens produces are magical. I feel like this 100mm is getting some of the same color, but at at f2.8, which is still pretty decent. One of the great things about this 100mm is that it has IS, which means you can shoot at fairly slow shutter speeds. All of those portraits of LR were shot at 1/50s, handheld, yet they are reasonably sharp! That isn't so easy at 100mm. The IS makes it possible. Shooting macro, handheld, can be a real challenge, but I think lens can make that workable in a wide range of situations.

I'm heading up to San Mateo for Maker Faire tomorrow, and I am going to try taking this 100mm as my only lens for the trip. Hopefully I'll have some interesting things to show when I get back.

[RobinFinderson]

Sorry for posting some repeats, but I'm digging this split tone process I've worked out for creating blue/yellow 'monotone' images. The French press is new, and the reflection offers a glimpse of my living room.

[Scott R Nelson]

I took this photo with my wife's Canon Digital Elph while in the swimming pool at a resort in Mexico. This guy pretty much went wherever he wanted there.

[Katy Lied]

very nice.

[RobinFinderson]

It is a living dinosaur! Watch out for the tails on those suckers... they can be vicious.

[scandell]

I took my youngest son to the J. Paul Getty Museum on Monday for a photo shoot. It’s easier to take a photograph of a Sasquatch than it is to take a good photo of this kid. He squirms and spins, runs and dashes all over the shot. Usually pictures of him are just a blur. However, this time round he tried his hardest to please his dad. I would say “smile”…and he would contort his face into what he thought a smile might be. Passerby’s were cracking up at the sight of this little red-headed beauty. After many attempts that looked like the following, I eventually got a few great ones.

[falafel]

I took my youngest son to the J. Paul Getty Museum on Monday for a photo shoot. It’s easier to take a photograph of a Sasquatch than it is to take a good photo of this kid. He squirms and spins, runs and dashes all over the shot. Usually pictures of him are just a blur. However, this time round he tried his hardest to please his dad. I would say “smile”…and he would contort his face into what he thought a smile might be. Passerby’s were cracking up at the sight of this little red-headed beauty. After many attempts that looked like the following, I eventually got a few great ones.

He's the michelin man's illegitimate child.

[Katy Lied]

oh fer cute.

[The_Tick]

I took my youngest son to the J. Paul Getty Museum on Monday for a photo shoot. It’s easier to take a photograph of a Sasquatch than it is to take a good photo of this kid. He squirms and spins, runs and dashes all over the shot. Usually pictures of him are just a blur. However, this time round he tried his hardest to please his dad. I would say “smile”…and he would contort his face into what he thought a smile might be. Passerby’s were cracking up at the sight of this little red-headed beauty. After many attempts that looked like the following, I eventually got a few great ones.

That cracks me up. He looks like a 3 year old Chris Farley. I would frame that one Scandell.

He dresses like an attorney on the weekend. I like the look.

I love everything going on in the background, in comparrison to him working hard to stand still.

Good photo.

[Surfah]

That cracks me up. He looks like a 3 year old Chris Farley. I would frame that one Scandell.

He dresses like an attorney on the weekend. I like the look.

I love everything going on in the background, in comparrison to him working hard to stand still.

Good photo.

My first thought exactly. What a cute kid.

[scandell]

He dresses like an attorney on the weekend.

Love it.

[RobinFinderson]

Faith's grandfather served during WWII. When he died a few years ago we inherited a canister he sent home to his wife in 1945. His last field duties were to drive around officers to survey the damage. As part of that job he would visit the places of displaced Jewish families whose homes had been appropriated for Nazi officers. He, and all of the other soldiers in similar situations, were allowed to take souvenirs from the abandoned Nazi stuff. Here are some photos I've been taking to document the contents of the canister:

[RobinFinderson]

[RobinFinderson]

[beefytee]

Cool stuff RF.