Parental Portrait

Looks like I actually took a photo other than pretty girls for once :) These are my parents in their backyard.

Strobist Info:
High speed sync technique at 1/4000 sec with my backup camera, the entry-level E-420. My parents were mostly shaded in the trees just out of camera left. Very bright afternoon sun at camera right catching part of my dad, and Fl-50r at full power camera left into shoot-through umbrella.

Ideas Flowing

Often times I'll sketch out ideas of what I'd like to try in my future photoshoots. Then I'll file them away for when the right situation and/or willing model comes along. This way I don't run out of ideas when do shoots. The lighting I don't go too nuts about at this stage; I just want to get the pose/general look down. Lighting scenarios will play out in my head. Here are a few, and I'm already in talks with a couple models open to giving them a try:






As these ideas come to fruition, I will present them here :)

Pentax Lens on my Olympus

Sorry I've taken so long to post. Been busy, yadda yadda...

Anyway, I inherited an SMC Pentax-A 50mm/1.7 prime lens not too long ago. Thanks to some kind replies over at the forums at fourthirdsphoto.com, I got a PK-4/3 adapter so that I could try it out on my Olympus E-3. After waiting FOREVER after I've purchased it from some Chinese seller on eBay, I finally received it. Here are some fun, experimental pics (click to make bigger)...






Of course, no additional flash as I wanted to try it out wide open. I do like the bokeh quality it gives. Since it's all manual, I'm still practicing with focus as admittedly I'm not too experienced there. It's fun, though. I hope to take real portraits with this lens soon.