I took my camera out on for some fresh air a couple times this past week.
The rest are in the gallery: Walking In U City
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The other night I pulled out my soft box and spent a little time with my favorite models exploring light.
With Olivia I went with a powerful light from a couple feet away to get all of her well lit.
With Mia I pulled the light in real close and powered it down so the light would quickly drop off.
It is pretty amazing how the same light modifier can produce significantly different results. See the photos above and a few more in my Playing with a Soft Box Gallery.
Mash-up (noun) "a mixture or fusion of disparate elements"
With it being a snow day, Jennifer decided cookies were in order, so Mia and I took on the task. As Mia is refining her cooking/baking skills and has made these cookies many times at her grandma's house, she took the lead and really did most of the work.
As is usual, I decided to overboard and pull out the SLR and flash. A simple snap from my phone just wasn't going to be enough. My original desire was to get a cool image of a freshly baked cookie. (What do you think?) Instead of simply sitting, pretending to supervise, and waiting for a finished product Mia and I mashed-up baking and photography.
Naturally I did most of the photography and Mia did most of baking, but she did let me participate a little and she took a number of photos.
We hope you like what we made. A lot more are uploaded in a Baking Cookies gallery.
Nothing special, except getting to go on a walk with my daughter. That's special to me.
Just outside of St. Louis is Lone Elk Park, a wildlife management area, with bison, wild turkey, waterfowl, elk and deer. Today I took my daughter (and camera) to see what we could see.
The great advice I got was to go about an hour before sunset. It paid off with elk so close to the road you could almost reach out and touch them.
If you are near St. Louis check it out.
More photos are uploaded in two galleries, one of the girls playing and one of the animals we saw.
