and love, true love, will follow you forever

Thanks, weird old clergy guy from The Princess Bride for the quote. And thanks, Katie & Dave, for venturing out last evening to take photos with us of Cameron Hendricks (another post in the works...) in the park. This gorgeous picture of Mom and son, I feel, really captures the essence of that Princess Bride quote. Great shot, Beck.

as promised... and we hope it was worth the wait

Top to bottom, left to right: proof that you can get amazing results from a huge range of lighting scenarios with a little patience and selection of the right lenses. If you're interested in the numbers... #1: f/4 @ 400 ISO, 70-200 lens; #2: f/4 @ 1000 ISO, 70-200 lens; #s 3 and 5: f/4.5 @ 100 ISO with a studio light, 17-40 lens; #4: f/4.5 @ 100 ISO with a studio light, 70-200 lens; #6: f/4 @ 100 ISO, 70-200 lens; #7: f/4 @ 400 ISO, 70-200 lens; #8: f/9 @ 100 with a studio light, 70-200 lens; #9: f/4 @ 1600 ISO, 50mm lens; #10: f/4 @ 100 ISO, 17-40 lens; #11: f/2 @ 400 ISO, 50mm lens; and #12: f/4 @ 100 ISO, 70-200 lens. (No flash used, except as noted.)

Thanks to Pasadena, Venice Beach, and a family we love! Up next: we have got to do a mini-shoot of our growing-up-all-too-fast niece Aubrey! Stay tuned... (But while you wait, check out our travel blog, where we have a few more pictures on display from the trip!)

tour of missouri III

Some of you will remember the photos I posted a year ago of the Tour of Missouri bike race as it cruised past our subdivision on Hwy. DD in O'Fallon, Mo... (Who am I kidding? I remember the photos, but I don't think that even Becca remembers them, so why would anyone else??!!!) I specifically remember them because at that time, I was having trouble getting the color of our photos to look vibrant and accurate on the Web. (Thank goodness we got that all taken care of... [Whew.])

Anyway, it rolled through today -- this time in Downtown STL -- and my dad and I and, according to KSDK and KSDK.com, 74998 other people, took advantage of the holiday and hit the streets of St. Louie on the 7.5 mile Tour of Missouri stage 1 circuit. And, like last year, it was well worth the outing!

What I learned: 1. Watch out for riders. They will come as close to the curb as humanly possible, so be familiar with the length of your lens! 2. Be ready with a wide selection of lenses. 50mm f/1.8 is good, but 100mm f/1.8 or 85mm f/1.8 would be better. Better yet? 300mm or 400mm fixed focals. 3. Carry water, and lots of it, if you plan to shoot from different points on the course. 4. People like to grill, drink, and do all sorts of other weird stuff on the side of the road. (Yup... I saw some guy loading up his charcoal grill into the 1990s white Dodge Caravan after the race was over. Strange.)

Update: the STL Post-Dispatch is considering publishing the first in the series (top left). See it online at their reader-submitted section HERE.

sorry for the hiatus ... but it'll be well worth it

Stay tuned for more from our latest SoCal adventure. Until then - here's a quick fix... All were shot with a Canon 5D and lit with one Alien Bees B800 320WS - of which TSA was not too pleased with us taking through the security line at Lambert International, LAX on the other hand, did not seem to care.

rounding out the week

Just a quick post here for the fun of it. These were some of the horizontals shot earlier in the week of some of the Remund clan, cropped even more horizontal to save space here and, well, just because.

r is for remund, g is for good weather

We headed out to the park with the Remund family last night and got a bit lucky, since the forecast all day had been sketchy at best. That being the case, and seeing as how the rain ultimately held out, we ended up with some cool looking grey-blue skies and clean, even available light for an hour and a half. Way better than sun with a solid blue, clear sky.

Not much else to say; it's early, I've got to head in to work... All 10 shots, though, are from the new 5D and 17-40 Canon L. A great 1-2 punch.