I bought some local raw honey at the coop this morning, and was really taken with the golden color, especially with the light streaming through from behind.
Hope you all had a good weekend!
ISO 400
f/2.2
1/640
50mm 1.4 lens
project 52 :: week 7
February 21, 2010 - 9:40 pm - Beautiful! I want some toast with that honey right now! What is the theme for week 7?
February 22, 2010 - 1:04 am - the light is ethereal. and there is such a warmth glowing within the jar of honey. wonderful composition.
February 22, 2010 - 5:50 pm - You've made this honey look magical. Love it!
February 22, 2010 - 10:25 pm - Gorgeous light - it really brings out the glow of the honey! You have such a talented eye!!
February 23, 2010 - 3:00 am - That is the most glowing jar of honey I have ever seen, sooo beautiful!
March 3, 2010 - 1:57 am - I love the color! So pretty. I just want to eat it. What will you do with all that honey?
March 6, 2010 - 9:56 pm - I love it. The color and the light. The detail on the jar help ad that extra oomph to this photo. Great work.
tea party :: minneapolis children’s photographer
I got to spend some time with my sweet niece and nephew last weekend – they were a teensy bit overdue for their portraits. Sorry guys! Just getting my feet on the ground from the very busy holiday season.
We started off at their beautiful home in Linden Hills – they have a sunroom that is every photographer’s dream – the natural light just pouring in from all sides. So delicious. I hung out with her and we played with her Littlest Pet Shop friends and of course had a tea party. Love her colorful, festive tea set. This second photo just makes me so happy – I love how she is just giggling quietly to herself, and holding her teacup so gingerly. Precious.
We headed down to their local library and took some photos there as well – of course I had to steal her away for some fun auntie time reading Valentines books. And just a wee bit of tickling!
Coming up next… her squirrely, squishable, mischievous and sweet baby brother. With the brightest, bluest eyes you could imagine.
February 17, 2010 - 4:58 pm - great colors, beautiful photos!!!
February 17, 2010 - 5:10 pm - Yay, that's our girl!
February 18, 2010 - 12:38 pm - What a cutie pie! These shots are fantastic and fun and I love that you went to the library for part of you session. Can't wait to see her baby brothers post!
February 22, 2010 - 10:23 pm - What a cutie with such beautiful eyes and I love her style (or her mother's)! Love the light and the colors!! That laying down image is a priceless!!
project 52 :: week 6
Theme of the week (naturally): Love.
Beatrice and her cousin, coloring hearts yesterday. I loved the window gels at my brother’s house, and the one heart off doing its own thing.
Happy Valentines Day!
February 15, 2010 - 12:47 pm - Fun! =)
project 52 :: week 5
This week’s theme for our Project 52 was food. I had this vision in my head all week of photographing the cocktail I’ve been indulging in this week – fresh grapefruit juice and vodka. Guess it’s called a Greyhound – it was what we had on hand a couple weeks ago, so my husband fashioned it into a cocktail and I was hooked. I wanted to capture the fresh grapefruit, our cute martini set, and the beautiful pink cocktail, but since I never drink it during daylight hours (it’s my treat after the kids go to bed – a bit of a reward for having survived the day), I never got to it.
My next idea was to capture our Sunday morning pancake breakfast. I had visions of highly staged, beautiful photos of our weekly ritual. An untouched pile of pancakes. The steaming bowl of berry sauce. Our funky green butter dish. Michael made the pancakes, set them out, and I came in with my camera and started moving the dishes around to achieve the optimal lighting conditions.
Then, the children descended.
And there went my vision.
So I moved on to capturing my kids with berry-stained faces, half-devoured plates of pancakes, our messy table, and clutter in the background. None of these photographs were staged in any way, other than occasionally removing an intruding napkin or elbow.
I captured our life. Not the polished, perfect version of blueberry pancakes, but our Sunday morning as it really is. Perfectly imperfect.
If you want to know the settings for any of these photos, just ask. They ranged in ISO from 400 – 2000, depending on where in the room I was shooting.
February 7, 2010 - 6:19 pm - I absolutely love these shots! And I'd much rather see a real slice of life than some plastic-coated phoney-baloney staged business.
February 7, 2010 - 7:34 pm - I love these too! Especially the one of your younger son, because that's just how they look in the morning: the tousled hair, chubby cheeks, wearing cozy jammies. And it looks like he is a good pancake eater!
February 7, 2010 - 9:02 pm - Yummy shots, Gwen.
February 7, 2010 - 11:13 pm - Love them all, and I'm jealous your wee one uses a fork. Mine knows how, but refuses when it comes to pancakes. That egg shell shot is gorgeous.
February 8, 2010 - 12:04 am - How awesome, beautiful shots. Today we also did pancakes, but for lunch. We decided to do an all-breakfast day, so we had toast in the morning, pancakes for lunch, and eggs/tortillas for dinner. It's great how much kids love breakfasts.
February 10, 2010 - 8:30 pm - Absolutely love the colors in the bowl shot. Now I am hungry
February 11, 2010 - 9:39 pm - Oh my gosh - yummy! Breakfast at your house looks scrumptious and you captured all the details perfectly! Love the processing!!
project 52 :: week 4
Whoops.
Life happened last week, and I got a little behind with my Project 52. So sorry.
I’m sure you all were on pins and needles. All three of you who read my blog, that is. :)
Our theme this week for Project 52 is Details. This is one little detail I really wish I could just bottle up and keep forever. Of all three of my kids, Elliott is the first to use a pacifier (his “nookie”) and really be attached to his blanket. He’s not one of those kids who has to take his blankie everywhere he goes (we’ve made sure of that), so it rarely leaves the house. But, when he’s home, his blanket is his constant companion, trailing behind him wherever he goes.
When he gets tired, nookie goes in, blankie gets cuddled, and his fingers go right for the satin edges. Here he is, right before lunch, after running around at open gym for 2 hours this morning. Tired bear.
ISO 1600
f/1.6
1/1000
Edited to add: I had just shot a bunch of photos in a much darker room, and needed to bump the ISO way up to 1600, and it was still just too dark. So I picked up Elliott and went to the other side of the house where it was brighter (although still very overcast and dismal, so not a ton of good light). Of course when I went over there, I forgot to change my ISO back down for the first few shots, and just my luck, my favorite shot was one of these first ones, with the high ISO and the fast shutter. My bad.
So the settings I ended up with after I changed them are: ISO 400, f/1.6, 1/400. But this is still my favorite shot, so this is what you get. And I have to say, there’s hardly any grain there despite the high ISO – love my new Mark II!
February 1, 2010 - 4:14 pm - Precious. Simply precious. As one of your "three", I am here to tell you that your blog and your work are lovely.
February 1, 2010 - 4:45 pm - This is the stuff that makes a memory book so wonderful! Great job!
February 1, 2010 - 7:31 pm - Mmmm. SO so sweet. I love the edges of the blanky. Sigh.
February 1, 2010 - 8:06 pm - Well, I just had to post to let you know that there are more than 3 people reading! Wonderful photo and story. Thanks for the reminder that it's the details that really tell the story.
February 1, 2010 - 8:36 pm - Gwen, I love, love, LOVE this photo. Another example of a great portrait without the subject looking straight at the camera. Did I say I love it?
February 1, 2010 - 9:12 pm - this is very cool project. I love the photo and the story of the blankie. Every kid I know has a story about the blankie, but I am sure no one has thought to jot it down like you have. Well done. I am new to your post and found you via twitter in case you were wondering...cathyz.
February 1, 2010 - 10:05 pm - The fingering of the blankie is so sweet. Neither of my kids had loveys, and I sometimes feel like we missed out on one of the magical parts of babyhood.
February 2, 2010 - 3:42 am - Gwen, I love this shot! These truly are the little details of life worth capturing. Perfection in every way! I still have my "baby blanket" (at my parents house for safe keeping).
February 2, 2010 - 1:14 pm - LOVE LOVE LOVE! This is amazing Gwen :)
February 4, 2010 - 3:35 pm - I want to give him a hug!
by gwendolyn waite
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