One of my latest assignments is a small flash assignment – three quarter portrait to be precise. The assignment was to do three quarter portrait in both broad (lit side of the face is towards the camera) and short (shadow side of the face is towards the camera) lighting. As she is in town for a few days, Chris was my lovely model. We did a couple different poses, but the fan series seen below is my personal favourite. 
In the summer I had the opportunity to take shots of John in his fire gear. He had recently retired from being a Captain and wanted some photos of his gear and dress attire before he turned it all in. It was a fun shoot both on location and in studio. The two photos here are just a taste of what was done throughout the shoot, check out the Flickr set to see them all.
A different kind of compilation photo than I normally do, but I am really happy with the outcome. Three separate shots were taken and then merged in Photoshop. Great job looking at an empty frame Alli and Jenn!!
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I recently purchased the Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens. I AM IN LOVE! Below is the first real shot I took with my lens (Colour Palette):
I have been thinking of this lens and planning its purchase for quite some time and I am so happy with how I have spent my year-end bonus. It is a beautiful full frame lens that I will be able to use for the rest of my photographic life. Even though it is a full frame (FX) lens, it is still compatible with my non-full frame (DX) lens. The zoom range on a DX camera is approximately 35-105mm
According to the manufacturer (Nikon):
This lens is one of the sharpest Nikon lenses on the market today, it provides creamy bokeh and the autofocus is remarkably fast. It does have a few drawbacks such as it size, the lens is quite heavy and large as well. Fortunately for me, it still fits in my bag while attached to my camera body. The focus ring and zoom lens are in different locations than I am used to and the latter is quite close to the camera body itself.
Like I said, I am super happy with this lens so far and don’t see that changing anytime soon.
Last night I had a photo shoot with Jenn and her cousin Alli and it was fantastic! I have so many great shots I didn’t know where to start in terms of editing them so I just went to the beginning of the night. The above shot was one of the first ones we took after getting warmed up and watching another set of models go through our lighting setup. The rest of the night only got better from here on but you will have to wait to see them all --- t
o see the sets as they are completed visit the following Flickr albums;
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I had been looking forward to the fifth assignment since the beginning of the course: Portraits. We had to shoo the same subject in the five different types of basic lighting (broad, loop/short, butterfly, Rembrandt and split). Kate was my subject and she did a marvellous job. I am really happy with how the shots came out.
The above images are the five I submitted for the actual assignment, but I finished others and plan on doing even more in the next little while. Check it out on Flickr.
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A couple of weeks ago I did a fall portrait shoot with Kate at Mer Bleue, it was a really nice day and a lot of fun. The above photo is one of my favourites from the shoot but the entire set can be seen on Flickr.
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