Constructive critiques welcome here :)
Please feel free to tell me what you really think. I want to know:
1. What I should keep doing
2. What I should stop doing
3. Different perspectives on what I've done (for artistic ideas in the future)
Sometimes in this community, I feel like I'm in over my head among so many very talented artists.
Please feel free to tell me what you really think. I want to know:
1. What I should keep doing
2. What I should stop doing
3. Different perspectives on what I've done (for artistic ideas in the future)
Sometimes in this community, I feel like I'm in over my head among so many very talented artists.
![Wednesday
August 8, 2012
Remember full service gas stations and "regular" gasoline? I saw this station when we were in David's home town, Rome, NY. Rome is an interesting blend of historical structures (as far back as a fort from the Revolutionary War) and modern buildings (as recent as the late 20th century). David's mother grew up there and his father moved there for his job as a young man. It was a pretty "booming" town until 1995 when Griffiss Air Force Base closed. Of all of the historical things there, this old gas station caught my eye the most, even more so than the fort. So of course, it's in Andrew's senior portrait package :)
[edit by david] Fort Stanwix was reconstructed in the mid 70's; the original structure was long gone. It never fell to the British during the Revolutionary War. They tried mightily to capture it to split the colonies and more easily defeat those yankee upstarts but to no avail...](http://www.sundayschildsnapshots.com/Portfolio/Todays-Child-2012/i-2GVpP8C/0/Ti/_DSC5403-Ti.jpg "Wednesday
August 8, 2012
Remember full service gas stations and \"regular\" gasoline? I saw this station when we were in David's home town, Rome, NY. Rome is an interesting blend of historical structures (as far back as a fort from the Revolutionary War) and modern buildings (as recent as the late 20th century). David's mother grew up there and his father moved there for his job as a young man. It was a pretty \"booming\" town until 1995 when Griffiss Air Force Base closed. Of all of the historical things there, this old gas station caught my eye the most, even more so than the fort. So of course, it's in Andrew's senior portrait package :)
[edit by david] Fort Stanwix was reconstructed in the mid 70's; the original structure was long gone. It never fell to the British during the Revolutionary War. They tried mightily to capture it to split the colonies and more easily defeat those yankee upstarts but to no avail...")
![Sunday
August 5, 2012
Michelle and Denise
How blessed their parents are to have not one, but two bright, loving and beautiful daughters! They were standing in a popular fountain in Downtown Austin for this shot. There were at least a dozen children running in and out of the fountain around them. This was just simply a really fun shot.
[edit by david] The location is the Liz Carpenter fountain in Austin, TX: http://goo.gl/maps/y54Xs](http://www.sundayschildsnapshots.com/Portfolio/Todays-Child-2012/i-8KcsqwS/0/Ti/_DSC6172-2-Ti.jpg "Sunday
August 5, 2012
Michelle and Denise
How blessed their parents are to have not one, but two bright, loving and beautiful daughters! They were standing in a popular fountain in Downtown Austin for this shot. There were at least a dozen children running in and out of the fountain around them. This was just simply a really fun shot.
[edit by david] The location is the Liz Carpenter fountain in Austin, TX: http://goo.gl/maps/y54Xs")
Saturday
August 4, 2012
Thank you everybody for the well wishes for my Aunt Mary. She is home and recovering and Michelle tells me she is in good spirits and even walking a little.
On our way back to our car after doing an engagement shoot at UT, we saw this mural. Actually, this is only part of it. The mural itself has a fisheye perspective. I took this shot with my 12-24 mm lens (at 18 mm) standing at about a 45 degree angle to one end of the mural. I though the double distortion was kind of interesting. I'm thinking about revisiting this mural and using it as a backdrop for some of the senior portraits this year. But the bong smoking naked bongo guy might be problematic. I'm thinking not very many moms are going to want that guy in their kids' portraits. Maybe I can just post my seniors in front of him every time.
August 4, 2012
Thank you everybody for the well wishes for my Aunt Mary. She is home and recovering and Michelle tells me she is in good spirits and even walking a little.
On our way back to our car after doing an engagement shoot at UT, we saw this mural. Actually, this is only part of it. The mural itself has a fisheye perspective. I took this shot with my 12-24 mm lens (at 18 mm) standing at about a 45 degree angle to one end of the mural. I though the double distortion was kind of interesting. I'm thinking about revisiting this mural and using it as a backdrop for some of the senior portraits this year. But the bong smoking naked bongo guy might be problematic. I'm thinking not very many moms are going to want that guy in their kids' portraits. Maybe I can just post my seniors in front of him every time.
Saturday
August 4, 2012
Thank you everybody for the well wishes for my Aunt Mary. She is home and recovering and Michelle tells me she is in good spirits and even walking a little.
On our way back to our car after doing an engagement shoot at UT, we saw this mural. Actually, this is only part of it. The mural itself has a fisheye perspective. I took this shot with my 12-24 mm lens (at 18 mm) standing at about a 45 degree angle to one end of the mural. I though the double distortion was kind of interesting. I'm thinking about revisiting this mural and using it as a backdrop for some of the senior portraits this year. But the bong smoking naked bongo guy might be problematic. I'm thinking not very many moms are going to want that guy in their kids' portraits. Maybe I can just post my seniors in front of him every time.
August 4, 2012
Thank you everybody for the well wishes for my Aunt Mary. She is home and recovering and Michelle tells me she is in good spirits and even walking a little.
On our way back to our car after doing an engagement shoot at UT, we saw this mural. Actually, this is only part of it. The mural itself has a fisheye perspective. I took this shot with my 12-24 mm lens (at 18 mm) standing at about a 45 degree angle to one end of the mural. I though the double distortion was kind of interesting. I'm thinking about revisiting this mural and using it as a backdrop for some of the senior portraits this year. But the bong smoking naked bongo guy might be problematic. I'm thinking not very many moms are going to want that guy in their kids' portraits. Maybe I can just post my seniors in front of him every time.