While not quite daily, new photographs here posted with some regularity as we try different things out. Feel free to let us know what you think.
![09/29/2011
***We rented an 85mm 1.8 prime for the cowgirl shoot with Celine. When a lens gives you clarity like this in the eyes, why keep renting it? We bought it.
[edit by david: I'd been eyeing 85mm/1.8 lenses on Craig's List for a while but had not committed to buy. We'd rented a Sigma 85mm/1.4 from the local camera store because the Nikon lens they normally had was out. We went to rent that one again, but it was a one time deal and they no longer had it in the rental stock, so we took the Nikon 85/1.8. We went around shooting Celine in various places around town. Jacci liked it, so when a lens popped up on Craig's List last week, I jumped on it and bought it for her.
I bought the hat at Goodwill. There was no price on it, so when I asked at the checkout how much it was, I was told it was $15. I told the clerk that I didn't want it that badly, but just before she finished ringing me up, I told her to just add it. When I got home, I found out that she'd rung it up at a reduced $3.99. I'm glad I took it because it's a real cowboy hat.]](http://www.sundayschildsnapshots.com/Portfolio/Todays-Child-2011/i-vMn88fN/0/Ti/DSC_4049-Ti.jpg "09/29/2011
***We rented an 85mm 1.8 prime for the cowgirl shoot with Celine. When a lens gives you clarity like this in the eyes, why keep renting it? We bought it.
[edit by david: I'd been eyeing 85mm/1.8 lenses on Craig's List for a while but had not committed to buy. We'd rented a Sigma 85mm/1.4 from the local camera store because the Nikon lens they normally had was out. We went to rent that one again, but it was a one time deal and they no longer had it in the rental stock, so we took the Nikon 85/1.8. We went around shooting Celine in various places around town. Jacci liked it, so when a lens popped up on Craig's List last week, I jumped on it and bought it for her.
I bought the hat at Goodwill. There was no price on it, so when I asked at the checkout how much it was, I was told it was $15. I told the clerk that I didn't want it that badly, but just before she finished ringing me up, I told her to just add it. When I got home, I found out that she'd rung it up at a reduced $3.99. I'm glad I took it because it's a real cowboy hat.]")
![09/25/2011
***Strike a Pose***
Celine at the North side of the Texas state Capitol. She is definitely learning to strike a pose.
[edit by david: For this photo, as I recall, I was in front of Celine and on the camera's left.
We used a "flash-sicle" with an umbrella. Athough I forgot to bring a pole and my painter pole adapter (http://blog.sundayschildsnapshots.com/wp/2011/09/diy/the-poor-mans-painter-pole-adapter), we did have a light stand with us, which is effectively the same thing. The flash was mounted atop the lightstand with an umbrella and extended.
The flash was fired using Nikon's CLS. (Did I mention today how much I like CLS?)]](http://www.sundayschildsnapshots.com/Portfolio/Todays-Child-2011/i-Lv83RsD/0/Ti/DSC_4145-Ti.jpg "09/25/2011
***Strike a Pose***
Celine at the North side of the Texas state Capitol. She is definitely learning to strike a pose.
[edit by david: For this photo, as I recall, I was in front of Celine and on the camera's left.
We used a \"flash-sicle\" with an umbrella. Athough I forgot to bring a pole and my painter pole adapter (http://blog.sundayschildsnapshots.com/wp/2011/09/diy/the-poor-mans-painter-pole-adapter), we did have a light stand with us, which is effectively the same thing. The flash was mounted atop the lightstand with an umbrella and extended.
The flash was fired using Nikon's CLS. (Did I mention today how much I like CLS?)]")
![09/24/2011
*** Well, howdy there, pardner.
[edit by david: It's hard to tell, but this shot was taken out in back of our church with the late afternoon (almost 5 pm local) in sprinkling rain. Although Jacci was kind of antsy to get going because of the rain, I wanted more dramatic stormy sky so I kept fiddling until I darkened the sky while keeping the flash's light on Celine right. Once I had the exposure and flash power settings right, I handed the camera back to Jacci and she took this one.
See Strobist for how to control the lighting ratio between the sky and the subject here: http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/06/free-custom-backdrops-delivered-daily.html]](http://www.sundayschildsnapshots.com/Portfolio/Todays-Child-2011/i-tf4Txdf/0/Ti/DSC_4074b-Ti.jpg "09/24/2011
*** Well, howdy there, pardner.
[edit by david: It's hard to tell, but this shot was taken out in back of our church with the late afternoon (almost 5 pm local) in sprinkling rain. Although Jacci was kind of antsy to get going because of the rain, I wanted more dramatic stormy sky so I kept fiddling until I darkened the sky while keeping the flash's light on Celine right. Once I had the exposure and flash power settings right, I handed the camera back to Jacci and she took this one.
See Strobist for how to control the lighting ratio between the sky and the subject here: http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/06/free-custom-backdrops-delivered-daily.html]")
09/29/2011
***We rented an 85mm 1.8 prime for the cowgirl shoot with Celine. When a lens gives you clarity like this in the eyes, why keep renting it? We bought it.
[edit by david: I'd been eyeing 85mm/1.8 lenses on Craig's List for a while but had not committed to buy. We'd rented a Sigma 85mm/1.4 from the local camera store because the Nikon lens they normally had was out. We went to rent that one again, but it was a one time deal and they no longer had it in the rental stock, so we took the Nikon 85/1.8. We went around shooting Celine in various places around town. Jacci liked it, so when a lens popped up on Craig's List last week, I jumped on it and bought it for her.
I bought the hat at Goodwill. There was no price on it, so when I asked at the checkout how much it was, I was told it was $15. I told the clerk that I didn't want it that badly, but just before she finished ringing me up, I told her to just add it. When I got home, I found out that she'd rung it up at a reduced $3.99. I'm glad I took it because it's a real cowboy hat.]
***We rented an 85mm 1.8 prime for the cowgirl shoot with Celine. When a lens gives you clarity like this in the eyes, why keep renting it? We bought it.
[edit by david: I'd been eyeing 85mm/1.8 lenses on Craig's List for a while but had not committed to buy. We'd rented a Sigma 85mm/1.4 from the local camera store because the Nikon lens they normally had was out. We went to rent that one again, but it was a one time deal and they no longer had it in the rental stock, so we took the Nikon 85/1.8. We went around shooting Celine in various places around town. Jacci liked it, so when a lens popped up on Craig's List last week, I jumped on it and bought it for her.
I bought the hat at Goodwill. There was no price on it, so when I asked at the checkout how much it was, I was told it was $15. I told the clerk that I didn't want it that badly, but just before she finished ringing me up, I told her to just add it. When I got home, I found out that she'd rung it up at a reduced $3.99. I'm glad I took it because it's a real cowboy hat.]
![09/29/2011
***We rented an 85mm 1.8 prime for the cowgirl shoot with Celine. When a lens gives you clarity like this in the eyes, why keep renting it? We bought it.
[edit by david: I'd been eyeing 85mm/1.8 lenses on Craig's List for a while but had not committed to buy. We'd rented a Sigma 85mm/1.4 from the local camera store because the Nikon lens they normally had was out. We went to rent that one again, but it was a one time deal and they no longer had it in the rental stock, so we took the Nikon 85/1.8. We went around shooting Celine in various places around town. Jacci liked it, so when a lens popped up on Craig's List last week, I jumped on it and bought it for her.
I bought the hat at Goodwill. There was no price on it, so when I asked at the checkout how much it was, I was told it was $15. I told the clerk that I didn't want it that badly, but just before she finished ringing me up, I told her to just add it. When I got home, I found out that she'd rung it up at a reduced $3.99. I'm glad I took it because it's a real cowboy hat.]](http://www.sundayschildsnapshots.com/Portfolio/Todays-Child-2011/i-vMn88fN/0/L/DSC_4049-L.jpg "09/29/2011
***We rented an 85mm 1.8 prime for the cowgirl shoot with Celine. When a lens gives you clarity like this in the eyes, why keep renting it? We bought it.
[edit by david: I'd been eyeing 85mm/1.8 lenses on Craig's List for a while but had not committed to buy. We'd rented a Sigma 85mm/1.4 from the local camera store because the Nikon lens they normally had was out. We went to rent that one again, but it was a one time deal and they no longer had it in the rental stock, so we took the Nikon 85/1.8. We went around shooting Celine in various places around town. Jacci liked it, so when a lens popped up on Craig's List last week, I jumped on it and bought it for her.
I bought the hat at Goodwill. There was no price on it, so when I asked at the checkout how much it was, I was told it was $15. I told the clerk that I didn't want it that badly, but just before she finished ringing me up, I told her to just add it. When I got home, I found out that she'd rung it up at a reduced $3.99. I'm glad I took it because it's a real cowboy hat.]")
09/29/2011
***We rented an 85mm 1.8 prime for the cowgirl shoot with Celine. When a lens gives you clarity like this in the eyes, why keep renting it? We bought it.
[edit by david: I'd been eyeing 85mm/1.8 lenses on Craig's List for a while but had not committed to buy. We'd rented a Sigma 85mm/1.4 from the local camera store because the Nikon lens they normally had was out. We went to rent that one again, but it was a one time deal and they no longer had it in the rental stock, so we took the Nikon 85/1.8. We went around shooting Celine in various places around town. Jacci liked it, so when a lens popped up on Craig's List last week, I jumped on it and bought it for her.
I bought the hat at Goodwill. There was no price on it, so when I asked at the checkout how much it was, I was told it was $15. I told the clerk that I didn't want it that badly, but just before she finished ringing me up, I told her to just add it. When I got home, I found out that she'd rung it up at a reduced $3.99. I'm glad I took it because it's a real cowboy hat.]
***We rented an 85mm 1.8 prime for the cowgirl shoot with Celine. When a lens gives you clarity like this in the eyes, why keep renting it? We bought it.
[edit by david: I'd been eyeing 85mm/1.8 lenses on Craig's List for a while but had not committed to buy. We'd rented a Sigma 85mm/1.4 from the local camera store because the Nikon lens they normally had was out. We went to rent that one again, but it was a one time deal and they no longer had it in the rental stock, so we took the Nikon 85/1.8. We went around shooting Celine in various places around town. Jacci liked it, so when a lens popped up on Craig's List last week, I jumped on it and bought it for her.
I bought the hat at Goodwill. There was no price on it, so when I asked at the checkout how much it was, I was told it was $15. I told the clerk that I didn't want it that badly, but just before she finished ringing me up, I told her to just add it. When I got home, I found out that she'd rung it up at a reduced $3.99. I'm glad I took it because it's a real cowboy hat.]