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A college friend drove up from LA for a little shoot and sight seeing with her family. Sorry for the crappy quality, my links look terrible here. Hope u guys like them.

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Aug 06, 2014 at 09:25 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Calistoga Family Shoot


Beautiful images with a great location.

Color and edits are awesome.

Really like the pose in #7.

Thank for sharing,

Bryan



Aug 06, 2014 at 09:40 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Calistoga Family Shoot



Just once, I'd like to see you f* up a photo shoot. Are all your shoots epic? What kills me is how your wide shots with everything in focus looks just as damned good as your shallow DOF shots with the 200. No. 5 is just a killer shot. Normally, with everything in focus, I'm distracted by a million things in the shot. But this one just looks good, like everything was meant to be in the shot and in focus.

Did you really shoot both 6 and 7 wide open? It looks wide open, yet I'm amazed the guy is in focus in 7. I know you got his face close to the same plane as the girls, but there's still enough distance that if you shot wide open, I'd think he wouldn't be in focus.

Anyway, great job. Amazing as always.




Aug 06, 2014 at 10:47 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Calistoga Family Shoot


What he said. I wish my best looked as good as your crap. Wow.


Aug 07, 2014 at 12:54 AM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Calistoga Family Shoot


Man I love your work on here, POTN, and FB.


Aug 07, 2014 at 03:32 AM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Calistoga Family Shoot


Beautiful shoot ! I'd really like to have seen a little less seriousness in my near favourite shots ; #6 & 7, just a smile on the lips would have done. So much so that #2 becomes my personal fav.


Aug 07, 2014 at 05:07 AM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Calistoga Family Shoot


Very nice images in what looks like a dreamy location.


Aug 07, 2014 at 05:41 AM
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Amazing how the 200 f2 can isolate subjects and I love your Wide shots as well.

Killer location, even better photography. Kudos.



Aug 07, 2014 at 06:46 AM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Calistoga Family Shoot


Bryan Crowe wrote:
Beautiful images with a great location.

Color and edits are awesome.

Really like the pose in #7.

Thank for sharing,

Bryan


Thank you so much Bryan.

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friscoron wrote:
Just once, I'd like to see you f* up a photo shoot. Are all your shoots epic? What kills me is how your wide shots with everything in focus looks just as damned good as your shallow DOF shots with the 200. No. 5 is just a killer shot. Normally, with everything in focus, I'm distracted by a million things in the shot. But this one just looks good, like everything was meant to be in the shot and in focus.

Did you really shoot both 6 and 7 wide open? It looks wide open, yet I'm amazed the guy is
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Thanks Ron, I always appreciate your comments. Yes, I think I shot wide open with all the shots I took with the 200L. The further you are from your subject, the more forgiving the f2 is. I usually have the people in the rear bring their heads forward a bit so they are somewhat in the same plane. Thank you so much.

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GoodEgg wrote:
What he said. I wish my best looked as good as your crap. Wow.


Haha, it's my links that look fuzzy here. They look better on Flickr.

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flowrider wrote:
Man I love your work on here, POTN, and FB.


Thanks flowrider!

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Frogfish wrote:
Beautiful shoot ! I'd really like to have seen a little less seriousness in my near favourite shots ; #6 & 7, just a smile on the lips would have done. So much so that #2 becomes my personal fav.


Thanks Frog, I actually have a few smiley ones of course. But when I was taking the picture, I didn't want all of their family pics to be "say cheese" and look at the camera. The sun was setting, there was a layer of foggy mist in the distance. I had to stop, take a step back and embrace the moment and do something for me.

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Jammyn wrote:
Very nice images in what looks like a dreamy location.

Thanks Jammyn!

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sanjayg wrote:
Amazing how the 200 f2 can isolate subjects and I love your Wide shots as well.

Killer location, even better photography. Kudos.


Thanks Sanjay, it is an amazing lens. I thought the 70-200 II was fast and sharp. But this is in a different level.




Aug 07, 2014 at 08:58 AM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Calistoga Family Shoot


Awesome images !

Man, those locations you have are sweet. I recognize many of them from your previous posts.

All shots are stunning, but I really love image 2. Love the light and her beautiful smile.

That 200 f/2 is killer. You are so tempting me.

TFS !



Aug 07, 2014 at 09:58 AM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Calistoga Family Shoot


Dude. These are amazing.

I had a chance to shoot there last year, and it was a brilliant location. You captured everything well, and the family will LOVE these.



Aug 07, 2014 at 11:48 AM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Calistoga Family Shoot


Another big fan of your work. And you do have some amazing locations to work with!


Aug 07, 2014 at 12:02 PM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Calistoga Family Shoot


simply awesome, not much else to be said


Aug 07, 2014 at 03:45 PM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Calistoga Family Shoot


film_4ever wrote:
Awesome images !

Man, those locations you have are sweet. I recognize many of them from your previous posts.

All shots are stunning, but I really love image 2. Love the light and her beautiful smile.

That 200 f/2 is killer. You are so tempting me.

TFS !


Haha, get one. It is so worth it.

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Prettym1k3 wrote:
Dude. These are amazing.

I had a chance to shoot there last year, and it was a brilliant location. You captured everything well, and the family will LOVE these.


Thank you very much.

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Sharona wrote:
Another big fan of your work. And you do have some amazing locations to work with!


Hi Sharona, yes we are lucky around here.

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Kell wrote:
simply awesome, not much else to be said


Thanks Kell!




Aug 07, 2014 at 08:16 PM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Calistoga Family Shoot


Lovely location and images. Well done.



Aug 07, 2014 at 08:19 PM
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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Calistoga Family Shoot


2 is ridonkulously nice. 5 is very very cool too. Time to start charging, yes


Aug 07, 2014 at 08:42 PM
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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Calistoga Family Shoot


The colour contrast between subjects and background is making them stand out, even when the background is sharp. That shows that OOF backgrounds are not the only way to do it.

That green background is really working well.

Super set.



Aug 08, 2014 at 02:59 AM
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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Calistoga Family Shoot


Jay_Be wrote:
Lovely location and images. Well done.


Thanks Jay!

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benee wrote:
2 is ridonkulously nice. 5 is very very cool too. Time to start charging, yes


I'm going to start charging benee, but I can only do maybe 2 shoots a month.

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Jim Rickards wrote:
The colour contrast between subjects and background is making them stand out, even when the background is sharp. That shows that OOF backgrounds are not the only way to do it.

That green background is really working well.

Super set.


Thanks Jim! I'm happy u like them. I look forward to your comments.




Aug 08, 2014 at 08:50 PM
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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Calistoga Family Shoot


"crappy quality" ? they look good to me


Aug 09, 2014 at 07:47 AM
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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · Calistoga Family Shoot


Great set...your work is top notch for sure...
When you start charging let me know...We would be more than happy to visit from Va. for some family portraits of this level...

Lance



Aug 09, 2014 at 08:18 AM
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