Daddy Daisy Mini Session

We did a dry run of a mini session in Andrews Park. Unfortunately, we left a little too late and lost the perfect light but we still got almost half an hour of shoot time. Andrews Park in Vacaville has a playground, a small elevated garden, art pieces, and an inexplicable wall with a doorway. Incidentally, this piece which makes zero sense, is good for pictures. Another session was taking place there so we stuck to the grassy hills and benches.

This bridge is pretty fantastic. Rustic and modern all in one.

This is one of Daisy's favorite toys. She takes the stethoscope and listens to all of our hearts. She also tells us if we're going to live.

Daisy loves to fly.

Daisy and her dad share Eskimo blood. (Yes, really) They are truly allowed to share an Eskimo kiss.

So who do I get to take out there next?

SOOC - Daisy in the Arboretum Tree

Davis has a beautiful arboretum. At pretty much every season, the arboretum offers a plethora of photo opportunities. Flowers and trees abound, benches are strategically placed offering great places to relax and enjoy the day.

The top photo is very cool in color.The sign on the tree is also unsightly to the final photo as well.

I warmed the photo with just a slight tone adjustment and cropped the photo to just above the sign. Nothing else really needed to be done to it. (Thankfully)

My Goldfish

Not an actual goldfish, but my daughter moved from her infant/toddler swim class to the Goldfish class. She starts on Monday. I'm thrilled. Naturally I have no photos of her swimming today because I was swimming with her. Either way, we went to the Davis Arboretum and took pictures for a couple of hours afterwards.

I would love to take a family there for pictures. It's a beautiful place especially in the spring. It should be in bloom for the next few weeks.

SOOC Sunday: Flowers

It's SOOC (straight out of the camera) Sunday! Today's subject: Flowers.

I took some photos before church today. Poppies are popping (pun fully intended) up all over the place around here right now.

Here's what it looks like now with a bit of editing. Some cropping and color adjustment:

Much better. 195mm, 125ISO, f2.8.

Accidental Perfection

Picture this (no pun intended): I get a new lens, a new toy if you will. It's raining (bummer!) and while the lens is hardy, it still makes me very nervous to take it out to play with it. Finally, the sun clears the clouds and I immediately run out to play. I see one of our daffodils has popped out of the ground and I immediately go to snap a picture of it:

Then I think, if I could get a bit lower, I could see inside of that flower. Not wanting to get dirty, I resorted to an old photo trick, lower the camera, point, shoot, and hope for the best. I got something I didn't even know I wanted. Perfect. Accidental. Like...Teflon. If only this accident made me a few million bucks.

What I love about this is the contrast of the dark brown bark against the bright green spring grass. I also love the hint of the rain droplets in the background and how sharp the foreground is while the background has a nice bokeh about it.

- FFR