Week Five

Week 5 and I'm still here.  Not sure if anyone is still checking out the Blog, but I'm still posting.  Lots of hockey this last week 4 games in 7 days, so the amount of time for taking pictures was down a bit.

Picture #1 is of Keep the cat.  Keep is about 14 years old and was found in a box in an alley, along with his brothers and sisters.  The box was taken to my vet, who was working on her retirement planning by offering me this kitten.  He has gotten a little weird in his old age and likes to yell at you to feed him and turn on the tap to drink water.  If he is not getting enough attention, he will stick out a paw with a claw, and gently try and get your attention (as per the picture below).

Picture #2 is a fairly typical evening meal.  You can see Jimbo the clown (the surrogate brother that Carolyn has, since Mom and Dad aren't going to give her a real one) sitting beside Carolyn at the table.  Carolyn and Cyndy are reading a book about princesses while eating supper.

Picture #3 - This was a Satruday morning shopping for groceries at Safeway.  Dad and Carolyn don't get invited very often for grocery shopping, but manage to make things more exciting when we do get to come along.  Carolyn is helping Cyndy load things in the cart.

Picture #4 - It turns out that if you come grocery shopping, that Mom will buy you a Thomas ballon.  Here we are sitting at a table at the Starbucks in Safeway.

Picture #5 - This is my favorite picture of the week.  This was taken at a place called "Coffee and Scream".  A coffee place with a kids play area attached (inside) with slides, balls and cars. 

All the pictures above were taken with natural/indoor lighting (no studio lights or flashes).  I was using a new lens 28mm F1.8 which takes great pictures in available light.  The next two pictures were taken using a single soft box.

Picture #6 - This is a picture of Grandma and Carolyn.  It turns out the Carolyn is losing her patience for pictures, so it is hard to get her to pose for any. 

Picture #7 -  My Dad was helping me with the lighting tests prior to the Grandma Carolyn picture above.  I think this one turned out as a great portrait of him.

I'm still trying to figure out using a single soft box light source how to get the Rembrandt lighting effect.  I like the looks of the single light photos, but still haven't got things quite right yet.  Here is a link to what I am striving for and hopefully I will get this effect in weeks to come.   

http://web.me.com/joelgrimes/Joel_Grimes_Photography/Rembrant_Lighting.html