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Impromptu Father’s Day Portraits
- These are beautiful images, David. LOVE your work! :)
- You do fantastic work! Marisa
- Do you advertise that only kids with amazing soulful eyes should book with you? Amazing!
- Just beautiful! They're eyes couldn't be any clearer.
- Beautiful eyes!
Senior Season 2011!
Someone e-mailed me recently to ask whether or not I do senior portraits.
Yes! I do! I love shooting seniors!
(And just so that we are clear, by senior portraits, I mean portraits of graduating HIGH SCHOOL seniors– not the senior portraits you will find HERE)
New for 2011 are these über-cool image boxes for your wallet photos that are included this year with every senior collections. No more cardboard boxes or rubber bands to keep your wallets together.
Anyway…. the start of summer is usually the start of senior season. So, whether you are looking for an experience straight out of America’s Top Model, or maybe something more low key and traditional, I’m ready!
- I think it is vastly unfair that I am far too old to redo the dull horror that was my senior photo with something like this.
- You crack me up Stacie :)
- Love the image and love the box!
Early Morning Pictures
We were rained out twice before we actually met to do these pictures. I was warned that these kids might be just a little bit shy. Er… no! They took charge immediately, helped me to find the best place to shoot, and they even showed me the hole they had dug [almost] to China. We had a lot of fun shooting these!
- What cute children and again your images always capture a certain magic. I love your work! Lucky people who are your clients. *
- Beautiful photos, as always!
- I love the rich tones here. What cuties!!
- LOVE THESE!!
- These are fantastic David...adorable children and you really captured their personalities in these! You do amazing work!
- What beautiful children. They have such gorgeous eyes!
- The light in these make me want to sing! And these kids are gorgeous!
- Awww, they're adorable! The way you look into their eyes is just stunning! What fantastic images captured!
- I love it when kids have their own ideas! They are usually pretty great ideas too! Lovely as usual. :)
- Beautiful children, these are wonderful images. :)
- very nice! Great use of dof
I heart Smiling Faces
Another entry for the weekly IHeartFaces contest….
Long time followers of the blog (at least those of you with good memories) might remember this photo from a year or so ago….
One of my very favorite smiles.
You can check out this week’s other entries here:
- I love that mischievous glint in her eyes. Such a beautiful capture!
- Oh dear.. that makes ME smile! What a great capture... is that a first birthday cake-overload smile? Such a twinkle in those baby blues...
- That is a true this-cake-is-yummy-and-full-of-sugar smile :) Very nice!
- This has my vote! So cute
- THAT is one ADORABLE picture!
- My goodness- that's adorable!! Very sweet.
- Love that little smirk! Too cute! It looks like you just finished up a cake smash...
- Very beautiful, and so sweet and cute. K xx (www.thoseblissmoments.blogspot.com)
- Hehe! I love the brightness captured in those eyes!
- WOW Perfection! Love this shot and I can see it in the top 10 :D
- I absolutely love this photo! such a cute little smirk!!!
- Oh I remember this little cutey! Adorable shot David!
- beautiful smile... such a great shot!
- ADORABLE!
- Wow! Beautiful photo - cute, cute! Darryl and Ruth : )
- Cute!
- Oh, be still my heart. That face! That impish smile! THE CAKE! I could just squeeze this photo!! I love it! This is a winner in my book! [Not to mention - technically, this photo is spot-on. So crisp and perfectly in focus. No w/b issues. Incredible! Great work!!]
- What a gorgeous shot!! She is so cute with her cake face!! ~Allison http://the-winfields-7.blogspot.com
- ha! what a beautiful image! so fun!
- Perfect! It's my hubby's birthday, and I intend to give him this little cake facial...
- OMG! I love the look on the little ones face - like, "you just wait till all this sugar kicks in"...haha
- oh my goodness what an adorable picture. Love it.
- That is a GREAT smile- and the clarity is amazing. I'm smitten. :-)
- :D Wonderful photo! Adorable smile...and she really knows how to "smile with his eyes" Love it! Thanks for the visit and your kind comment :D
- Awww! so sweet. i love this image!
- This is by far my favorite "smile" entry
- She's having a good time for sure - her expression matches her face. Very nicely done, I really love this one!
- This little smile is (literally) too sweet! How precious :)
- Absolutely precious! One of my favorites so far!!
- So adorable!!
- ha!
- I love this! She is adorable, and your work is beautiful!
- that is seriously adorable! she looks a little mischievous!
- Oh my goodness, that is so darling!!!!!! LOVE!!!
- Beautiful child and photograph! Just perfect!
- Absolutely adorable!!
- Oh my! That's the cutest baby I've ever seen! Oh wait, it's MY baby, hee hee. I'm so thrilled you captured this moment and it's definitely a winner in my book!
- wow, this is an awesome photo. love it.
- This is perfect!
- Love it!
- oh this is the cutest photo... so much mischief on bubbas face!
- This brings a smile to MY face!
- Well, that photo makes *me* smile! Thanks for your comment on my blog, I am blown away by your site. I love your philosophy on photography too, thanks for the inspiration!
- Sorry, comment #2- I lived in Ann Arbor for 8 years, moved away in 2007. I just saw you are based there. Neat! I miss the summers, not the winters.
- this is way too cute! love it! :)
- Wow! Your entry is gorgeous! I love the simplicity of the composition. You photography is incredible and inspirational. Thanks for your comment on my blog ... I appreciate your compliment.
- LOVE,LOVE,LOVE!Nice work!
- darn it David! I Love it! darn. (;
- Just beautiful. I didn't know you did studio work. We should talk!
- Love that twinkle in her eyes!!
And Now for Something Completely Different!
I know you are used to seeing portraits and more portraits here, but I was going through some older folders of photos and this one jumped out at me again. It was taken at the Michigan State Fair (oldest state fair in the country), in the breezeway between the dairy barn and the swine barn (seriously!). Just goes to show that there are pictures to be had nearly everywhere! To those who celebrate it, Happy Easter!
- david, i LOVE it. you are a true artist!
- I do celebrate Easter. Thanks for posting this image--I love it!
- I love this! Great shot, and I love the way you think!
I Heart Dramatic Black and White Faces
I entered the IheartFaces weekly contest a few weeks ago because their weekly theme was a great match for one of my very favorite photos. I won! You can see my winning entry and the judges comments HERE.
Well…. The theme for this weeks contest also immediately brought to mind another of my all-time favorite photos (again, from the days when I actually shot film). And on top of that, this week’s judge is Tara Whitney, one of my very favorite photographers.
So here I go again:
You can find links to all the other great entries at the IheartFaces web site.
- This is a gorgeous image, David! I can see why you won. Congrats!!
- It is very obvious why you won. Wonderful image, I love the composition and the subjects adorable freckles. Congrats!
- To clarify.... My winning photo was a few weeks back.... Winning entries for this week's competition won't be announced for another week or so. We'll see what happens!
- Oh my! This is just perfect, love the lighting, love the freckles! So cute :)
- oh my word....this is just plain FABULOUS. I love the conversion. ♥ perfect. have a happy week.
- He's a cutie! Love the freckles!
- Love, love, love the freckles and the expression. Great shot!
- I LOVED the "Hands" entry you had a few weeks ago, and this is just awesome. The freckles, the composition, the lighting. Awesome!! Love your work :)
- Great photo! I love his expression, and those freckles! The depth of field is great. Love it!
- Oh my how we love freckles at our house! This is a beautiful image! Love the bokeh.
- Your images always have such intensity and emotion. This is beautiful!
- I love his freckles! Great black and white too! LOVE it:)
- OMG! Those freckles are TDF! Lovely entry this week!
- Very awesome photo!
- Congrats on your first win and hoping for another. Both images are fabulous!
- Congrats David for your win!! Well deserved. This one should win also. Great picture
- Love it!
- Oh, I LOVE that face. Those freckles, the eyes, it's just gorgeous. ♥ ♥ ♥ It's beautiful as a B&W conversion.
- This is way cool! Love this little guy's expression!!!
- Adorable!!!
- there is just no excuse for a photo this awesome. amazing entry. you are so talented!
- oh goodness. he is perfection! love this shot!
- I am such a sucker for freckles and mixed with a shy boy. Oh my.
- What's not to love about this image. Love his pensive look.
- love the picture... the composition, the details and the expression... what an awesome capture! :)
- Seriously love this and not just because everyone else does! The crop - having him to the left of the frame looking out to the left - well - it goes against what I normally like but it works so darn well in this! Love that it is different and challenges what I think is right! Love the black and white conversion too. In fact, can I just say, I am so happy that you have joined the challenges because I love the way you shoot and the way you 'see'. I want to add you to my blogroll (it is small though) would that be okay? Kate
- Of course you can add me to your blogroll. I'm flattered Kate!
- Oh my goodness how great is this photo!! I just love it what a cuttie!!!!
- Wow, this is fabulous. When I grow up (LOL) I want to take photos like you!! :)
- What a beautiful and perfect capture!
- i love his freckles!
- Oh this is perfect. Seriously those freckles? amazing! :-) love this entry!
- oh my goodness. just love this!! the freckles, the expression, the processing... wonderful!!! thank you for sharing!!
- I love every freckle! What a great photo! I love this!
- Holy Cow this is perfect. No. Really PERFECT!!! Those freckles are to die for.
- What a face! What an expression! The conversion is perfect! The whole photo makes you wish you could see what he's looking at.
- Oh I love this!!!
- WOW! Love that shot.... love the freckles! love it all! it's perfect as a b&w :)
- LOVE this David! This shot has so much character! His freckles are awesome!
- the light, the composition, the freckles, the eyes... perfect. i love that you can see his eyes... it makes the picture.
- I love this! Wonderful light & I love those freckles!
- your perspective is always so fresh and unique. love this.
Another Updated Model
Here is another model who I’ve taken every opportunity to photograph. You have only to look at the top of this page to see a photo of her from years past. We met up a few weeks ago to update her pictures. Here’s one of my favorites from the day.
- David, this was the one that I gasped at when I saw it after you shot it. I love the way she is staring into the camera great job Charlotte. The frekles are stunning and the color of her eyes is beautiful. I can't wait to see the rest
- Beautiful! Her eyes shows the soul, such a powerful capture.
- Wow, look at those beautiful green eyes!
- Beautiful, that hair and eye color combo is stunning!!
- WOW. she is beyond stunning. gorgeous capture!
- Wow - stunning girl, gorgeous eyes, beautiful photograph!
- GORGEOUS, love your clean processing, really focuses on the beauty of your subjects
- She's beautiful on her own ... but your photography is amazing!
One Year Later….
Some of you will recognize this model-pretty beauty from last year or from the amazing pictures that her talented photographer-Mom has made of her. Last year, I raced the light and arrived just in time to get a few photographs of her before the sun went down. Those pictures from last year are here. And here.
Well, it’s almost exactly one year later. And this time, instead of rapidly fading twilight, I had harsh mid-day sun to contend with. No scrim…. No reflector…. No shade. So I tried to use it instead of fight it. Here are a few of the pictures.
- LOVE them David...so beautiful! That light scared me and you made it work...these are amazing! I especially love #3...just stunning. :) It was great hanging out with you this year, and hope to see you again next year!
- Love the 3rd one also!
- Looks like the sunshine worked!! She has pretty blue eyes and you have captured her beauty
- Oh goodness how beautiful!!
- Just beautiful. I love the first one so much.
- absolutely gorgeous. the light (and model) are beautiful!
- I love both this year and last year David. What fun to get to hang out with Lisa and photograph her beautiful daughter. It's especially great to see you photograph her and Lisa photograph her and that your individual styles come shining through. Your work is beautiful as always David!
- They look great, and yes the sun was very harsh. It was great to meet you at WPPI.
- It's unfair really. Beautiful. I love it.
- wow a year already? She just gets more beautiful. Amazing images as always.
- I love the lighting in that last image, yummy :)
- I'm in love with that last one. Beautiful.
- Really happy to see that others like the third one too. It is my favorite-- love the way the sun illuminates the hair-- but I thought that was just my quirky taste.
- Oh David I LOVE those last two especially...you really did an amazing job :)
- Ooooh, I love them! #3 is my favorite too, so warm and dreamy!
- These are gorgeous David - I love the third one too. So neat to compare them to Lisa's pictures and see your different styles!
And Here’s Another….
And so many many more….
- Love the colors. This is a great one too. Can't wait to see the rest
- Another great one!!
- Simply georgous!
- Beautiful! She's lovely.
What a face!
Since I couldn’t show you a face for the iheartfaces contest last week, how about a face this week! I had the pleasure of shooting this young model last weekend. She is just a natural in front of the camera! And do you see the dimples? I have soooooooooo many amazing pictures of her.
- David, I think her dimples are so great! My favorite part of this image has to be her sparkling eyes!! I hope you share more of her portraits!!
- LOVE IT!
- OMG Wow I am proud to be her mom. Thanks for bringing out her eyes and dimples
- Wow, GREAT shot!!!
- She is stunning David...what a great shot! Love her smile and her eyes just sparkle. Very pretty girl!
- What a beauty!
- She is beautiful!!
- Love the personality that shines through in this beautiful image!
by DSR
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