Since getting my new lens I figured I’d try to improve my skills at shooting people. I really only had that one shoot of Jana for the hat site some time ago and from then on it has been mainly my HDR and landscapes. So, I figured what better place to start improving but at home with my boys. They are perfect subjects.
In this set of shots; Baedon, Treyton and I had returned home from hiking around our housing development collecting specimens for Trey’s Microscope. They were completely into the whole process of making slides and seeing things they never knew existed. We dissected an earthworm and made slides of its segments and a few more from leaves they had collected. These shots are candid as the kids didn’t really know I was there shooting. Well, they knew, but paid no attention to me. I primarily used 1.8-2.8 aperture and a low ISO to keep the shots smooth with a very shallow depth of field ensuring I had the artistic blur with the exact piece of the shot I wanted in focus. Of course, I used my new lens, the 35mm FFL on my D90. I did a little post-processing in LightRoom adding some vignetting and adjustment of the colors to give it a somewhat rustic and muted feel. I love their expressions and their genuine interest in what they are seeing and doing. My favorites are the shots with both of them in them with one reacting to what the other one is seeing… priceless.
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