I often get asked to take photos of various knitting projects. This project was no exception. The shawl itself is beautiful, but I was even more delighted at how lovely this photo of it came out.
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We had a great snow storm the other day that left the yard a winter wonderland for the kids. Happy Mom had a great playing with them and watching them have fun.
My wife knit this fantastic red shawl for herself. I photographed it, and her with it, in our living room using just the ambient light and the bare speedlite bounced off the ceiling just behind me to the left. A little crop and cleaning and I’m pretty happy with the results. (Really proud of her [...]
Some of the ornaments on our tree this year. The handmade ornament was a gift from one of our friends for our first-born son.
Another day as the resident household photographer has produced this daily photo. My wife received this handmade gift in the mail today and my job was to document the reception. It’s a lovely gift, I hope my photo does it some justice.
Homemade chocolate truffles, one of our holiday traditions. Shot with my iPhone under available light in the kitchen.
More cubicle knickknacks for this day’s photo. Shot a bunch of these while I was talking shop with another PM, which probably explains why I didn’t notice I was shooting at ISO 3200. That does explain, however, why I wasn’t getting the lighting results I expected. So with a touch more noise than I could [...]
My wife is doing film-canister rockets with her class tomorrow. I built them a base from which to launch from and she assembled the sample rocket. Not a lot of time to experiment today, but I did play a little bit with the lighting. In this setup I’ve got a light with a red bounce [...]
Max the Builder – 063/365, originally uploaded by JMaz Photo. I mentioned earlier that my son was taking an interest in the photography I’ve been doing. This day he built a "recycling center" out of blocks and he asked me to take a picture of it. (He asks that I take a picture of many [...]
Rub It In – 052/365, originally uploaded by JMaz Photo. Today I completed another woodworking project for the home. I love to use this oil for a wood finish, much more so than something like a lacquer finish. With the oil I just sand the wood smooth and rub in a couple of coats of [...]
