Smile

This week is going to be some quick edits from the past weeks. This is a shot from the lighting workshop in Maine. The model was on the edge of shade and we had a small strobe @ 1/8 power fired by pocket wizard to camera right. I am done with my week of Dreamweaver, and this week I am going to try and apply what I have learned. Already gave my homepage a quick face lift. http://www.mpalmerphotography.com/

I am also officially OPEN for business this week. 301.841.7684 if you need something shot.

ALSO over at Jason D. Moore Photography you will find today installment of Geographic Composition. The theme was discarded.

Window

Lobster

Chapstick

Olivia and those steely blue eye's - This is why I love my new 24-70 2.8. Learned some more in class today. We mainly focused on creating something in Photoshop ,slicing, saving as html and doing mouse overs in Dreamweaver.

Path

This was the path to out area of the beach, Julia is in the distance soaking the scene in a bit. I am having some serious Aha's in the Dreamweaver class, especially when write CSS code for a site. I am getting excited about tackling my own site next week after I finish my class.

Sarah

I had good intentions of some more shots of Maine. This is a edit from the weekend at the bay with Senan and his family. I should have time tonight to transfer all of the Maine shots to my desktop and get a couple edits done for this week. Busy week, I started the class, the kids are in camp, they also have swim team practice 4 nights, Michael starts football tomorrow night and I have about 2,000 images to sort out from the week prior to vacation, and did I mention I am starting to take bookings and also have another Georgetown shoot to do. eehaa nice to be out from under the rock = )

Dreamweaver Class

In class today at the Corcoran as I type, on break, so check back later. I hope to have some images from last week.

Still Alive in Maine

The vacation is almost over. We have had a great week so far. I went to a lighting workshop at Scott Eccleston studio yesterday. It was great to be able to put a handshake to his blog, Weekly Photo Tips. The workshop was good and learned a couple of new tips. Here is one of the images from the day of shooting. Thanks for the hospitality Scott and Gary.

VACATION

We are off to Maine!!! Been looking forward to this trip for months. Hopefully you will not see my mug smiling at you when you check back, I will try and get some images up over the time there. Julia gets the photo credit here. Something about the prospect of fishing makes you smile bigger.

Have a Seat

Still getting ready for Maine, we leave in 24 hours...

Yellow

Took this at the US Botanical Gardens, Just a quick edit in Lightroom. We leave for Maine on Friday and I need to be getting ready for it, and I know there is no WiFi at the beach house, so I will have to do some prepost and maybe talk Scott over at Weekly Photo Tips into letting me post a couple shots when I am at a lighting seminar at his studio next Wednesday.

Erin Mantz Portrait

Here is Erin's Bio from her latest blog with Hybrid Mom.

Erin Mantz is a Washington, D.C. based writer and mom to two adventurous boys ages 7 and 3. A firm believer in moms having a life and saving their sanity, she frequently writes about parenting issues and work/life balance with a sense of humor and optimism. She serves as Editor-at-Large for Washington Parent Magazine and has appeared on NBC News 4 in Washington, DC. In addition to writing for Hybrid Mom, her work has appeared in Tango Magazine, Bethesda Magazine and Washington Woman. Her first book, Dads, Teach Your Child 2-6 About Computers, will be published in summer of 2008 by WonderDads Publishing. Visit her site at www.erinmantz.com.

Erin is a good friend of the family, and we are "bus stop buddies" with our sons. It was a great opportunity for me to be able to take a portrait of her. Thanks Erin. Go see her new blog at Hybrid Mom. She does share blog space with a couple other moms, so have a look or point your favorite mom there.

Strobist info - D300, 24-70 2.8, F5.6 @ 1/60th, SB800 into 42" umbrella, Elinchrome Skyport Universal to trigger. We were out on her deck in the shade, I set up the stand about 10 feet away up high.

Backpack

Off to the Chesapeake Bay for the weekend, so what do you pack? If you were Olivia, you would pack Mimzi ,bunny named after watching the movie "The Last Mimzi", lipstick, cotton candy , strobe light, Polly Pocket and of course your styling green and blue goggles.

Michael Jr Shot - Dad Post Process

Quick Saturday post - I am out - jetski and fishing on the bay!

Canal 4.0

Have a great Friday - Thank you for all of the comments this week - This has been

the busiest week since I started doing this. Your comments really do help motivate!!

Bob by Michael jr (Guest Photographer)

I meet Bob this past Sunday at the walk, Michael my son, snapped this shot of him. Bob also has started a blog this week called Canyon Rim Photography. Go check him out!!

I also want to give a shout to Heather of One Shot Beyond Photography, I really do appreciate all of the comments you have made this week. Thank you. Go check her out too.

Yawn

I picked up Michael and Olivia's shots yesterday from Sunday.

Visual Realia

The bonus of the Photowalk was meeting Andy of Visual Realia blog. We had emailed a couple times and he is a participant in Geographic Composition. Go check out his blog if you have not before. Bob from West Virginia!! Did you get your blog started?

Georgetown PhotoWalk

Big thanks to Jeff for putting this together. The walk was great and had the opportunity to put a couple faces with names. Even got a couple of shots along the way. The weather could not have been any better.