Adam Marin Photography

Today I went for a little walk and came accross this kind if cool liking stand of reeds. The sky was pretty blue and the wind was blowing. I decided to grab a quick picture with my iPhone and process it using Chase Jarvis’s Best Camera App. I like the motion in the reeds because it was kind of windy, and I think it gives the image some movement and energy.

Tonight Caleb was really getting into eating his oatmeal. Enough said.

I read page 162 in 40D manual.

Today I had a corporate portrait session with Mary Jo. Mary Jo earned a promotion at work, and her employer publishes a picture of each person when they have milestones like a promotion or anniversary. It is kind of cool if you think about it, because they pay for you to have a nice image made, and if you wanted copies, you don’t have to pay the session fee. Congratulations Mary Jo!

Today I read page 104 in the 5D Mark II manual.

Today we were at our friends house and I noticed these cool little purple flowers starting to pop up. They think that the flowers are the Crocus Flower. I am not really sure, but they are kind of cool looking. this was an all natural light image. The sky was very overcast, and made the lighting great! I am fining that I really enjoy creating images of flowers. Never thought I would like it, but when you get right down on the ground and look at them from an angle you have never seen before, I find the fascinating!

Today I read page 18 in the Canon 40D manual.

Today I decided to take a portrait of my daughter Addison. She loves having her picture taken, as she has been my model and subject for her whole life! She is such a good girl and is really interested in helping dad out with my photography. She even has her own kids tough Vtech camera. She fills the memory card on that thing all the time! I love hanging out with her and she is a great little model! I am lucky to have her in every way!

Today I read page 139 in the Canon 40D manual.

Dora, Dora, Dora the explorer! Tomorrow I have to do a business portrait session, and I want to do a different lighting setup than I usually do, so tonight I set up my lights and did some portraits of my daughters Dora doll. I think I got my lighting dialed in to where I want it. Unfortunately, when I do these late night sessions, I have to rely on toys, rather than say my wife, but I think this works out pretty well. At least I am practicing and trying something new.

Today I read page 90 in the Canon 40D manual.

Tonight I decided to take a drive near sunset to look for some photo opportunities. I knew about this trail that goes across the Fox River and I have been kind of trying to find it for a while. Tonight I finally happened upon it (on the other side of the river than what I wanted). It is a pretty cool new bridge, and the park on the side that I was on it pretty cool. There is a boat landing and some nice playground equipment. I was happy that I finally was able to come across it and I would like to go back to take some other images like when it is foggy, or at night.

Today I read page 128 in the Canon 40D manual.

Spring is here! I noticed the other day that some daffodils that we planted at the end of last summer have started to spring up in the last few weeks with the warm weather we have been having. This is a clump of them that are in my backyard near some woods that we have behind the house. I have been wanting to create an image like this ever since I started seriously with my photography. Today I finally got the chance. I was inspired by the photography of Michelle at My Two Seasons and her amazing images of flowers and budding trees. Today was a great day, because it was very overcast, so the light was nice and diffuse, but there was enough light that I didn’t need any kind of flash. Thanks to Michelle for the inspiration, and I hope to do a lot more! I am actually going to be planting a lot more flowers and things this year so I have more photographic subjects close to home when I can’t get away!

Today I read page 26 in the Canon 40D manual.

Today I photographed my son’s new favorite toy that also happens to be an old favorite of my daughter. They both love this little push car. It plays music and makes sounds. It is a pretty fun little toy for kids. I photographed it using my two large softboxes, and then processed it in Lightroom 3 Beta 2, Photoshop CS4, and onOne’s Photo Tools 2.5. It is a fun shot that my kids will like when they are older I am sure!

Today I read page 64 in Canon 40D manual,

Tonight we have my Fender acoustic guitar. I photographed it using my B800 and a large softbox. I then processed the image using onOne’s PhotoTune, and PhotoTools. I think it is a kind of interesting image being a close up of the sound hole, but really the focus is more on the bridge.

Today I read page 35 of 40D manual.