Yes Virginia, there is a beavergirl!

[Fish]

I give!
She is keeping up the game too long, she must be real.

She has been sending me private messages , wanting my e-mail
address, which is too obtainable on the web, which is
[email protected].
So she must be real. I believe in you Beave!
I am sorry I doubted you.

 

[dbabcock]

Fish, you're such a hosehead! Who cares who Beavergirl is, or what she does, or whether she's a guy or a gal. If we like Beavergirl and enjoy the way she presents herself here, then who cares? Didn't John teach you anything while he was there?

 

[Fish]

Nice wedding pics!
So which one of you is Beavergirl?

 

[HUSKYMAN]

Doug you have been spending too much time with Gyro, your hair is falling out

 

[jokers]

Subject matter excepted of course, LOL, that is a beautiful picture. I realize the limitations of viewing pics on a monitor but you can tell it was taken with a high quality lens and camera. To each their own but I would print and frame a picture of that quality, always nice to have good pics of family and friends.

Russ

 

[dbabcock]

Russ,
For these pictures, lighting is really what sets them apart. The camera was my usual Nikon D1 (at only 2.7 megapixels!) with a 28-70 mm f/2.8 EDIF AFS Nikkor lens set at 1/60 sec. and f/8. Lighting was handled by two 500 WS Hensel Integra monolights firing into two 30" white umbrellas. The stands were set to put the lights at about 6 feet and they were placed about 45 degrees on each side of the subject, about 8 feet back. It was about 7PM and slightly overcast when they were taken. The lights were set to about 3 stops down from maximum and metered with a Sekonic L508 digital light meter. What lighting like this does is really diffuse the light to eliminate hotspots, on-axis reflections and shadows. Susie took the above picture, handheld. Not bad for her first shot with the camera.

For the John-only picture where he has the branch between his teeth, I stopped the camera down and changed the ambient to flash ratio so I could blend his black shirt into the background. If I were to choose one picture that depicted John's personality, that might be it.

 

[jokers]

Thanks for the tutorial Doug. Of course the lighting is crucial but the first rate equipment and your ability to use it makes the difference. Beautiful photos indeed!

Russ