Tuesday, October 23, 2007

I'm moving...

Hi everyone. I finally did it and made the move to Typepad. I just didn't want to take any chances with all the "inappropriate" blogs on Blogger. My new home is

http://www.blissphotobymishelle.typepad.com

Please bookmark my new address. I'll keep this one up for awhile, but will not be adding any new posts. See you on the other side!

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Mitchell

It's a sneak peak into a session I had yesterday with my friend Jessica and her beautiful family. We had absolutley perfect weather, and Mitchell was so much fun in front of the camera, and warmed up instantly. He was a little leaf eating machine, too. Gotta love it. We got so many great shots, I'd love to add them all. But I guess this is supposed to be a sneak peak,ha! Jessica and Kyle, thanks so much for such a great session, it was fun!

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

No words tonight...

Just Jillian in her halloween costume!

Lesson three

So on to lesson three... food. Our assignment this week was to be any food item, cropped and/or showing a different perspective. In typical Halloween fashion, I grabbed the first food item I could find in the house...chocolate!I don't know why I had such a hard time with this week's assigment, I'm the first to admit I have "too much tilt syndrome", and thought it would be a breeze, ha! So an hour and 2 glasses of wine later, I was able to come up with my shots.I've been struggling this week. Must be Libby taking my creativity with her. I hope not, but the chocolate sure was yummy when I was done.

Here's the first - shot with my 50mm 1.4, at f/2.0 1/4096 (my 40D has some crazy shutterspeeds)The second - switched to the 17-55 2.8, (I feel so trapped in my 1.4 lately) shot at f/5.6, 1/512 +2 exp. comp. I actually like the colors in this one.And finally - again with my 2.8 for a more wide-angle shot, at f/4.6, 1/790. I like this one, too, just not all the deck stuff in the background, hence the crop.

Sunday, October 14, 2007

the definition of sweet

Cary and Jamie, here's a little peek just for you. What a pleasure it was spending time with you and your sweet, sweet little guy, Jonah. Did I mention I want to kiss those little cheeks as I'm proofing his pictures? And Presley - need I say more? You and your family are truly blessed. Isn't parenthood amazing... Welcome home, and I can't wait to see you in Atlanta!

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Hot mamas

Here's a little peek into a session that I did earlier this week for my friend Jessica, for her website. {see post below} . We had a great time!

Monday, October 8, 2007

Lesson two

lesson two...finding the light. Natural light, ambient light, all kinds of light in your home. I searched high and low for the best light at home. The office and upstairs bedroom were too dark, bathroom was too green, and Jillian's room cast a red tint to everything. Upstairs master bedroom was, well too cluttered. So I tried the open door trick and...voila! Beautiful natural light, and a georgous green backdrop. I am in love with the catchlights I got from using this technique, too. Of course, the trickiest part was trying to stop Jillian from crawling out of the front door!In the first pic, the frontal light was more indirect, coming from a southeastern sky. It was 10am and the sun was still in the Eastern sky, and over the house.Camera was set to AWB, and the early sun is nice and soft, not too flattening. I set to Av mode and a small aperature of f/3.2 since I wasn't going for a lot of depth. Amber's exactly right, a Southern sky casts more golden tones. It was right around 5pm and the sun was just starting to peek through the porch. Same lens, focal length 44mm. This time I set at manual mode, f/2.8. I changed my shutter speed to 1/256 to draw in more light for their faces. It worked. Oh, and a thanks to Aunt Jess, my baby sis :)

Saturday, October 6, 2007

Keith and Shannon

Oooh...a sneek peek at my session with Keith and Shannon. They were the sweetest young couple and are planning a summer wedding. We had a really great time at the Henry Ford Estate, despite the hot, hot weather. Isn't she adorable?

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

It's here...

My new camera arrived yesterday. After much research, I went with the Canon 40D and a new 17-50 2.8 wide-angle lens. These were the first couple pics to come out of the camera. I'm in luv and can't wait to get to know my new friend better!
If you're wondering what my beautiful subject is, it's a sling that was made for Jillian and I by my friend, Jessica of HeartStringSlings . Thank you, Jessica!

Oh, come on...what would a new post be without some crazy cute shots of Jillian? Ok, so here ya go!