Alexis Class of 2020

What a year this has been, and currently continues to be. It is a terrible shame that this years Seniors are not having the experience they deserve, the experience they have earned. I know no one could expect the rollercoaster that this calendar year would turn out to be and that the Class of 2020 would be the Class of a Quarantine as well. Most small businesses have suffered and some have all but had to shut down completely but I am happy to say that joy is still very much alive. That creativity will live on. When Alexis’ mom messaged me months ago discussing her senior portraits, well we clearly had a different plan but I am extremely pleased to say that I don’t think this session could have turned out any better. I have looked at these often and posted a few sneak peaks but I am happy to say her gallery is alive and its straight fire! A few samples now…

With all the disappointment that I can only imagine some seniors are feeling with the turn of events, I hope beyond those disappointments, they are able to see the cup half full so to speak. I hope they see all they accomplished and they see this down time as an opportunity to get a jump on their next adventure. I am sure some will give me crap for shooting during this time but you know what, Alexis deserved this and there was no way I was going to let her miss this milestone. There was zero chance we weren’t going to document this and man we did it well :) Thats all for now but I have another session coming soon..

Congratulations Alexis!!!

Trinity Senior Session

Trinity is one tough lady and I am glad to know her and even more ecstatic that her she is still writing her story. I won’t even attempt to tell her story, but I hope she does some day. Just know, Cancer has nothing on this girl. If you know me you know the C word has tore through my families world when Natasha was diagnosed with not 1 but 2 types of cancer. I think this combined with my having known Trinity for years, made this particular session hard for me. Not hard to do what I love. Not hard because she isn’t a wonderful young lady to spend the afternoon with. She was a rockstar in every definition of the word. I think this was hard because I put more pressure on myself to deliver. Not just pleasing photos but to deliver a message almost. I wanted these to mean something. I wanted these to bring joy to someone in this stupid pandemic we are all trying to navigate in our own ways. I wanted her to know, how amazing she is and how grateful this world is to have her still kicking ass in it.

We had chatted back and forth for weeks off and on to decide the mood she wanted for her images. She and I have similar interest as far as the mood of the work ( Dramatic ) so this was a blast for me to be apart of. She was open to any idea I had as long as that included a gross Sweet Tea from Pals in the end. Needless to say she got her Tea.

I love to find new ways to use areas i’ve shot in the past to create something different for my clients, and this can be a struggle, but if you know me at all, you know I am fiercely competitive so I am up for the task. Don’t believe me, check it out for yourself already.

This is just a sample of the gallery I will be releasing today or tomorrow but I coudln’t wait to share a few of these for her, and with you. I hope you enjoyed these images, all taken with the Canon Eos RP, Canon 35L and Good AD200. Do you have a High School or Collegiate Senior needing photos to document this monumental time in their life? I know a guy. Have a great Tuesday where ever you are.

J

Canon EOS RP and High Speed Sync- Short Entry

Hey and thanks for stoping by. If you are reading this you probably fall in to 2 categories but regardless as to why, I am glad to have you. I mad a quick Youtube video today and thought I would write down my thoughts and the process to shoot your Canon Eos RP in High Speed Synch. I will assume that if you have found this via a Google search that you already know what HSS is but just in case, it basically is the process of shooting your camera with flash OVER the factory flash sync shutter speed. On the Eos RP this is 1/180 of a second. So that means, anytime I shoot flash I have to shoot at ISO 100 ( depending on the ambient light I want to allow ), a shutter speed as the above mentioned 1/180th of a second, which leaves my aperture around F9-F11. I don’t mind this generally, as a sharp image makes me very happy. Often though, I prefer that dreamy out of focus area behind my subject, thus needing to shoot a faster shutter speed, and smaller aperture. I use the Canon 35L series lens that opens up to F1.4 and sometimes I just want to shoot wide open. That means my shutter speed needs to be much faster, say 1/1000th of a second for example. In the video below I show you exactly how to get your EOS RP to shoot HSS as it will not from factory. I hope this helps and please feel free to share this with anyone you think might be interested or find this information of value. Thats all for today, but I hope you find joy in whatever your doing while reading this.

Jeremy