Photo365-20100312 – Buddy Meets Leila, originally uploaded by HokiePerogi.
1/60 sec @ f/1.8, ISO 3200, 50mm (EF50mm f/1.8 II)
My fiancee, our two dogs and I took a ride two hours north to my sister’s place today to see my mother. It was quite entertaining to watch Buddy, my sister’s lab, run around and play with Mela and Leila. Buddy and Mela have met several times over the past few years. However, today was the first time the 40+ pound Buddy met the 7 pound Leila. I just missed a PERFECT shot here since Leila’s entire head is not fully visible in frame, but I love the clarity I got on Buddy’s face.
Photo365-20100311 – Not Quite Awake or Asleep, originally uploaded by HokiePerogi.
1/80 sec @ f/1.8, ISO 2500, 50mm (EF50mm f/1.8 II)
This photograph is one of my recent favorites. Often times my photograph of the day does not come to mind until we are all getting ready to settle in bed for the night. When this happens, Mela and Leila are usually very accommodating in providing me some good subject matter to shoot. Tonight, Leila was fighting to keep her eyes open to watch what I was doing with my camera. I got down to her eye level, which was not very hard to do being that she was laying on the bed, and got in tight to snap this frame. This one might have wall potential.
Photo365-20100306 – “You Coming to Bed?, originally uploaded by HokiePerogi.
1/60 sec @ f/1.8, ISO 2000, 50mm (EF50mm f/1.8 II)
I seem to be taking more and more pictures each weekend of our dogs, Mela and Leila. I do not get a chance to see them during the week much any more with my current project being out of state. This photograph is of our schnorkie, Mela. I wish I had used a little bit of flash to make her eyes come alive. Even a small kiss of the on camera flash of the Canon 7D would have made a world of difference. Unfortunately, I did not review this photograph well enough on the back of the camera and left Mela’s eyes looking hallow here.
Photo365-20100227 – Puppy Pass Out, originally uploaded by HokiePerogi.
iPhone @ f/2.8
I was ready to pass out myself when I was taking this shot of our girls sleeping on the bed. The only camera I had available at the time without running all the way downstairs was my iPhone 3G. As some photographers say, the best camera is the one you have with you!
Photo365-20100225 – Her Better Side, originally uploaded by HokiePerogi.
1/13 sec @ f/2.2, ISO 400, 50mm (EF50mm f/1.8 II)
The details surrounding this photography of Leila, our one year old yorkiepin, have escaped me. By looking at the metadata, I see that I used flash coupled with a shallow depth of field and my 50mm lens. The background has been blurred so beautifully by the 50mm, its tough for me to even figure out where I took this photograph inside our house! If I had to venture a guess though, it was taken in the basement/home theater. How I managed to light Leila with a flash and still shoot at 1/13 of a second with such a sharp result is beyond me. I like when I surprise myself like this!
Photo365-20100220 – Shaggy Mela, originally uploaded by HokiePerogi.
1/125 sec @ f/8.0, ISO 320, 12.1mm
I took a quick shot of our schnorkie dog, Mela, tonight. I need to find the stamina to push through the end of this project. I will prevail!
Photo365-20100126 – A Lucky Lunch, originally uploaded by HokiePerogi.
1/3200 sec @ f/4.0, ISO 400, 185 mm (EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM)
I was on my way to Wegmans today to pick up some lunch to bring back to work when I spotted this hawk in a tree fifteen yards off the parking lot. Luckily I still had the DSLR in the trunk of my car, usually I bring it into work and lock it up during the day. I quickly parked the car and got to work getting my 70-200mm lens and flash put onto my camera. By the time I was ready to start shooting the hawk, she had flown about fifty yards away into another tree. I made the small trek and started shooting picture after picture when I could fill the frame with my new friend. I set the flash in a way to provide me a bit of catch light in the hawk’s eyes. Doing this gave life to the bird, without it, the hawk may have looked fake.
I spent about fifteen minutes taking different shots using both the wide-side, 70mm, and long-side, 200mm, focal lengths. In the process, I walked a complete circle around the tree where my friend stayed perched during the shoot. At one point I was about fifteen yards away from the the tree. The hawk did not seem to mind my presence and constant flashing. In fact, she was even kind enough to try several different head positions for me.
Photo365-20100115 – Are You Done Yet?, originally uploaded by HokiePerogi.
1/250 sec @ f/10, ISO 200, 50 mm (EF50mm f/1.8 II)
It has been a very busy few weeks since my last posting. I have completed my first two official photo shoots for clients and been traveling here, there, and everywhere. I also ran into an issue with posting to the blog from Flickr. The issue has since been resolved and now I plan to try and get caught up with the project once again. Do not fear, I have been taking a picture every day of the project. I am just incredibly backlogged with editing the photos, uploading them to Flickr, and creating the posts here on the blog. Without further a-du…
This shot was set up using a single bare bulb strobe. I bounced the light off of the white-walled kitchen island at camera left. I really like the details seen in the throw rug and Mela’s fur.
Photo365-20100103 – Puppy Posture, originally uploaded by HokiePerogi.
1/30 sec @ f/1.8, ISO 3200, 50 mm (EF50mm f/1.8 II)
Here is Leila, our one year old yorkiepin puppy. She was hanging out with us in front of the fire tonight. I had my camera at the ready because I was still waiting for my inspiration to come to me for the project picture today. I applied a Matt Kloskowski preset called “Matt’s Vintage New York – 02” to the photograph in post-production. I found this free preset on Matt’s Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips web site.
Photo365-20100101 – Her Pink Hoodie, originally uploaded by HokiePerogi.
1/60 sec @ f/1.8, ISO 2000, 50 mm (EF50mm f/1.8 II)
This is a picture of Reese, our friends’ dog. If you saw yesterday’s picture, All Chopped Up, then you know we were over their house for a very small New Year’s Eve get together last night. Sometime after the New Year rang in, I grabbed the camera and took a few pictures of Reese laying on the couch.
Post-processing consisted of cloning out a part of an arm in the lower left of the frame, increasing the detail, and adding a vignette.
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