If there is one type of shooting that I am continuously stymied by, it has got to be doing a maternity shoot. You would think that this would be a simple task, especially considering that there is a central focal point of the entire shoot. For myself however, this is not the case. Over the years of reading about photography, I have seen so many bad or overly cliche pictures that I don’t want to misstep into one myself.
Once again, it is late Sunday night and I am watching a football game and updating my blog. The weekend was great, just too short as always. Below are some examples of what we saw followed by a few portraits I did for friends.
Now for the portraits. We ventured out to West Overton village and found some nice spots for pictures. This was my first time doing portraits here and I was pleasantly surprised. I hope to go back.
That’s it for now. Until next time.
Today I just have a few things to show off. Earlier, I was able to get out on a bike and get 20 miles in. On the way, I stopped at a decommissioned railroad bridge over the Youghiogheny river that I’ve had my eye on for a while. I first saw this bridge when I first started to date my wife. We were tubing lazily down the river with friends and once we got to it, we got out of the river and onto the bridge to jump off. This was the first time I’ve actually jumped from a bridge for a woman, and I’d do it again in a heartbeat.
Last week I got a text from a friends little brother asking if I could take some pictures of him and his girlfriend before their prom. I agreed, we set up a time and I started to pack the gear. We were going to meet a little after 4, so I knew the afternoon sun was going to be rough. As with all the prom-goer’s in our town, they wanted the pictures at a local park area. Almost all of the area was exposed to the bright sun and there was very little shade. I felt fairly well prepared for this since I had a plan going into it. Here is the first shot in a very harsh mix of shade and beams of light coming down through the tree’s overhead.
