12 August, 2011

Embracing the light! | Flower Mound/Lewisville/Highland Village Children's Photographer

As a photographer who primarily uses natural light, indoor lighting can be tricky.  A north facing window is best but not always available in homes.  In my home the best area of light coming in with a workable space is facing east.  I typically use this room for my children's indoor portraits.  My daughter's love to play dress-up, so I decided that we all could "play" on one hot afternoon indoors where it's cool!  I wanted to use the window as back light instead of the usual even lighting I typically use.  To do this I had to ignore the flashing blinkies on my histogram and use a high ISO.  I'm not one to always like blown whites and high grain but I believe as an artist you need to try new things and break "rules" sometimes.

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Can you tell I'm bribing with candy here?  She's a typical 2 year old and wasn't happy with me at the time.
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My girls have a very strong bond, I love to watch them interact!
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19 comments:

  1. These are beautiful, Robin! I love the colors and the lighting. It all really worked.

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  2. I love seeing you try new things! Nice variety!

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  3. Wow, these took my breath away - love the airy, magical feel!

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  4. Such cute girls, love the tutus and headbands.

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  5. So sweet! I especially love the kissing one, makes me melt.

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  6. love the one of the 2 of them together- very sweet. and i know all about dressing up and bribes ;)

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  7. Very adorable, I as well LOVE the photo of the two of them together...soooo sweet:)

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  8. Awwww, these are adorable!! Love the connection between them! So sweet!

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  9. They are dolls. I love the bonding moment.

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  10. These are beautiful! So sweet and innocent, Love it!

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  11. I love, love, love the one of the two of them together. Hope that relationship stays strong for life!

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  12. These are sooo sweet! Love them!

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  13. SO cute! I especially love that last one of her feet!!

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  14. Love the light in these! Your girls are absolutely adorable. :)

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  15. The one where they are kissing is a beautiful moment frozen in time. Love the whole series!

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