Amanda & Joe [Engagement]

Blue skies, white fluffy clouds, and Tempe Town Lake. Beauteous. We’re tentatively labeling this set as “to be continued” since we were cut short due to out of control wind. Oy. Anyways, enjoy the lovies:

Rollout.

Aaron & Ira ::: Old Town Scottsdale

Heyo! Another married couple/friends of mine wanted their own shoot (for no reason whatsoever) so I happily obliged. We started off about an hour later than planned so we missed out on a lot of light.

They were a really fun couple to shoot. Just kind of goofy people. However I think they pulled off the serious shots pretty well. Ira is a photographer herself and helped me with this shoot.

Things I learned:

DON’T cut it close at dusk.
The nifty fifty + 5D2 isn’t always glorious (where the crap are these focus issues coming from?!)
Even with the focusing issues, and even with some nice L glass, I still love my 1989 50 1.8.
I need to invest in some Pocket Wizards ASAP, cause I’m totally fed up with Canon’s IR.
Post processing to the rescue!

Gearcheck:

5D2
50.8
135L
16/35L
3x580EX

This is them telling me there’s a car coming… While I’m telling them there’s a car coming. Haha.

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As for the flash shot from a few posts ago, the hotshoe on my flash broke so I finally got around to fixing it. I got my Eurail pass (2 days! Whoo!), and Steffi’s prints came in. They look dang nice.

That’s about it for now, I’ve been crazy busy trying to get ready for London!!! My next post might be from a different state, country, and/or continent!

Peace.

Aaron & Ira ::: Teaser

Next on the to edit list: Shoot from tonight with Aaron and Ira.

More coming soon…

Welcome to the 30’s [20’s?]

Hello dearest readers… Summer’s coming down fast. Days are starting to speed up again. In 3 1/2 weeks I’ll be in freaking Europe. Heck to the yes.

So the most recent chaos that is occuring in the Villa home is Dave’s rebroken wrist. Ok, we don’t actually know if it’s broken yet [he is on route to the hospital as I’m writing this] but we’re pretty sure it is. He broke it playing football. Again. He did the exact same thing last year. Twice. So far Dave’s football casualties have include three broken fingers and two broken bones in the hand. All in his left hand. And that’s not even including this time. Needless to say his piano teacher is pissed. Bonehead.

My photofriend Ira and I went on a shoot last weekend and it was pretty fun stuff. Got to mess around with some new lighting and processing and I think I’m liking how they turned out. Brandon and Breanna [our lovely models] got all tuxed-up in a 1930’s [maybe 1920’s] get up and we headed into Downtown Gilbert for some lens flare fun. Here are my faves from the shoot:

Third favorite from the evening:

So they were dancing here. But it kinda came out looking like a boob grab. Either way I love their expressions. [Second favorite]

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Mo Photos. As Promised.

Here’s a few shots of Courtney doin’ her Marilyn Monroe deal: