My son

March 18, 2013  •  Leave a Comment

When my 16 year old son asks to have his picture made, I jump and ask how high! He has never asked this before and I was really surprised. This is the boy who's hand shoots up to block his face whenever a camera points his way. Oh sure, I've managed to bribe him a few times to take his hand down, but 99% of the time, I get the hand.

 

We chose an outfit. I love the stripped shirt from Old Navy. The red stripes were my main attraction. Pair that with the red shoes, yummy! He found the red ball. The red ball was the finishing touch. A boy with a ball can be entertained for hours. He spent a lot of time in between shots throwing the ball to Trinity, our heeler. I'm surprised he got the ball back as she has not learned how to give back yet. Everything she gets her teeth on is hers and it doesn't usually survive her either:)

 

For the photographers reading this, these were shot with the Nikon D700 using window light at between 5000 and 6400 ISO. I used the 85mm at f1.8. Shutter speed was around 1/200. Yes, I could have reduced the shutter speed and lowered the ISO, but I was interested in us having fun and not worrying about him holding still, which I feel would have ruined the spontaneity. They are pretty grainy, but I don't care one bit! It's his smile and expressions I am in love with! Who cares about grain when I've got his face to adore in these portraits for the rest of my life! And yes, I will make them huge even with the grain:)

 


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