So while I know it’s not proper per se to rely on plugins to finish your photos; that the photograph should be properly composed in the camera and the computer process be only for optimizing the photograph you already created in-camera, I can’t help but experiment with new toys.  I’m trying out some B/W film emulators and the such, so I had a short impromptu shoot today with Angie and Alyssa.  It’s quite funny because just after I posted yesterday’s comment about how Alyssa loves to have her picture taken, today she wasn’t having it.  Probably for the first time ever.  Such as life though, right?  There are a couple of pictures here of her reading me the riot act, it’s pretty funny.  And then of course, Angie mocking her.  I managed to get some semi-posed portrait style shots of Angie and Alyssa, something I’ve not done to date.

Enjoy

So my little girl has been one of my most faithful subjects. Anytime I drag the camera out she’s constantly like, “Take a picture of me!!” And then I take a pic and she absolutely HAS to see it on the camera, no matter how crappy the picture turned out. I love her to death. I’m both glad and dismayed at her enthusiasm at being photographed. I’m glad because she’s so photogenic and always willing to be posed even at the tame age of four. I’m dreading this same behavior around spring break in 2022. (She’ll be 18 then for those playing the home game.) Anyway, here’s some of the latest set that I had with her.. I love her to death my little dork pride and joy!

So I have to start redoing dev-inspire.com’s flash site.  I’m not sure what the hell I’m going to do, I think a main site and two sub sites are going to fit the bill.  (Sorry if I’m ripping off a theme here, Vanessa.)  Except I’d like for the main page to contain the main information about the business and then I’ll have sub pages for portfolio as well as wedding and event photography.  Then of course, there’ll be a link to this blog as well.  This way I can have something that’s somewhat easier to update than most flash sites.  Even the simplistic flash/AJAX flash galleries are a pain in the ass because you have to add one photo at a time.  If I want to add my entire collection of finish photos then I’m going to be hurting after the first hundred or so. 

I think what I’m going to practice and learn to do is, again somewhat like what Vanessa does which is when she posts something to show it off, she makes a collage and a single image.

We’ll just have to see how it’s all going to work out.