Paul Stenquist wrote; "Hi Fairy, Some beautiful pictures here. I particularly love the BW of the grouped flowers, the flower toppling over in the vase, and the baby on the cloud. (I guess I'm a softy.) Many other good shots as well. Nice work. Paul" Thanks for taking the time to view my pics and to comment, Paul. Ths shots that you mentioned are my favourites too. It is actually quite interesting as the b&w shot of the tulips is quite possibly my MOST favourite pic I have ever shot, and yet it doesn't tend to draw the attention that the colour ones do. I just love the contrast and the way the light falls on the top of the flowers. Speaking of light, I forgot to mention that EVERYTHING on that page was shot with only available light (I only own one flash - a crappy Achiever 630AF, that doesn't seem to work properly - always seems to overexpose everything so I rarely use it). The first group of shots on that page (the still lifes) are about a month old now, but I have left them there as collectively, they are still my all time favourites. I am glad that you enjoyed viewing them and thanks again for commenting. BTW, for anyone who is interested, I just had a phone call from the mum of the two little girls that I shot on the weekend (the little girl dressed as a fairy is the sister of the one with the coloured flowers around her). She was so overjoyed with the results. She called me a "legend!". Anyways, apparently she took them to the childrens day care centre this afternoon and now has a list of at least 10 other mums that want me to perform some sort of magic with their kids. Of course, I am extremely excited by this prospect (I may actually be able to make some money to buy the new flash that I need and a decent printer....another PZ-1P would be nice too...) but at the same time am also extremely nervous at the idea. I mean, this could turn into a very large volume of work, and what if the shots I did this past weekend were just a fluke and I end up stuffing up big time with the next lo t? Then my name would be mud in a very small town where I have suddenly been placed at celebrity status just cause I managed to make this lady's little girls look cute on film (they already look extremely cute in real life). Also, I am a little worried that I will run short of ideas to make each shoot as individual to the child as possible. I don't want to become like these supermarket jobs such as Pixifotos where they do the same setup with each kid regardless of their personality, take 10 shots (all of them smiling or laughing) and then say, "next".... I also don't want to be denigrated to doing cheesy and gimmicky setups with the kids, I'd like to keep them as natural as possible while still adding some element of creativity and fun into the shots. Ok, so I know I am rambling, so I'll shut it now, but any advice from others who have shot alot of family/portraits/kids would be greatly appreciated. fairy. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
