Sarah, Isaac and myself headed off to the St Patty’s day Parade in Colorado Springs today and had a blast. We went up to the Pikes Perk coffee shop second floor so Isaac could have a bird’s eye view of the parade. It was a perfect place to get some great shots of Isaac enjoying the parade while he dined on some nummy goldfish. What was really exciting for me, is that I used my new flash diffuser to balance the outside background (bright light) with the interior low light, and it worked amazingly. I included one shot of a natural light image (an image taken without the aid of an artificial light source, such as a flash and a flash diffuser) so that you can see just what a difference it made. I really think I have designed something very useful and am excited to launch this baby!
Isaac poses on Mommy
Isaac meets a little Irish friend with a shirt that said "I drink me milk by the pint". Very cute.
Here is a lady twirling a thing. I should have been a newspaper photographer with the gobs of caption writing skills I have.
Isaac watches the parade from the second floor of Pikes Perk coffee shop.
This image made me think of you Steve! I dunno why
- Little mushy face McGoo!
You wanna goldfish daddy? I have lots!
Isaac and mommy watch the parade. Compare this shot with the one below. The light in this shot was accomplished by using the ProFusion.
This is the "natural light" shot I promised to show. This shot was not given the added benefit of having the foreground lighted with a flash and flash diffuser. In situations like these, the photographer must choose to either expose for the foreground, or expose for the back ground. Using a flash and flash diffuser gives the photographer the option to expose for the background, and light the foreground (like the shot above). Is it studio quality light? No....but your not IN a studio are you?
My car drives by....no not really.
These are my cars....ok, no, not really either.
I don't even really like this one...but it's mine too.......sniff.
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by Brad Walters
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