He has three children of his own and showed us some wonderful photos of them, and also told how he discovered various lighting techniques just from photographing them all the time. I can't even tell you how helpful and informative his talk and the subsequent photo shoot was, because he showed us how we can get great photographs of children even in the harsh light of the middle of the day. And he told us so many little tricks, and what lens he usually uses, and what focal length and aperture, and just so many little things. And the best part was that he was such a fun speaker and seems so so cool, and just like such a fun and good person.
I have all his lessons in my head so much and I'm very excited about trying them all out. And he's also made me really want a second lens (Craig Koshyk from the next day also uses the same lens, and Rob Bye from two days later uses the same as well (although the more expensive, lower aperture version)). I created my "photography wishlist" on Sunday night and priced out all the various things I'd love on Amazon and also at a local photo store (WAY more expensive at the local store). I do know that the next lens I'll be getting will be the Canon 70-200, f/4.0 image stabilization lens. It's just over $1,000 on Amazon. Holy crap. The non-image-stabilization version is only $560 on Amazon. But I think the image stabilization would be a really good thing.
Anyway, I absolutely loved this workshop. I learned so much. And of course I really want to photograph children so this was so relevant for me. We had two little girls, sisters Kayla and Samantha, who were our models when we went outside. They were adorable, and I especially completely fell in love with the younger one, Samantha. She was both soooooo adorable and at the same time looked almost mature sometimes. And she liked me, too, and kept looking at me and smiling (not just for the camera), so of course I loved that as well!!! Here are a few photos from that morning:
After the workshop I headed home to start getting ready for Jody's birthday dinner!! The night before I had made an apple pie from scratch, and for dinner I made a baked brie appetizer, roasted potatos & onions, sauteed mushrooms, and Jody's favorite steak - rib eye (I actually had him grill the steaks but I at least picked them out and put the Lawry's seasoning salt on them!)! It all turned out pretty good! The apples in the pie were a bit too crisp, I'm not sure why, but they tasted good and the homemade pie crust was fabulous!!! :) I also bought some new little flowers for our kitchen cause the old ones were looking a little, well, old. It was a good night, and Jody had a happily full stomach, and I was so happy to cook a whole complete meal for him!! Happy Birthday, honey!!!
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