August 5 Photos

Missed another Photo Phriday and do you know why that's so horrible? I had photos ready to go I just didn't get home in time to post. Gah! Well, here ARE the photos that were going to go up. My wife and I went for a walk on a beautiful day here in Regina and I decided to take a few quick photos of her.



That isn't my wife, btw. I did take a couple photos that weren't of her.





The above photo is a good example of not preparing for the photo properly. The day was extremely bright out, what with the sun being out an' all, and the result was some extremely high contrast. Now high contrast in and of itself isn't bad as you can get some awesome photos with high contrast. However, if you aren't preparing for it (like I wasn't) you can get some heavy, distracting shadows that you probably don't want. How do you get rid of high contrast you ask? Turn on the flash function on your camera (this will help light up areas the sun is missing), just an evenly lit area (during sunny days, try completely shaded spots) or by a reflector! There's your quick photography tips for the day!







So, yeah, that's it for today. We'll see you later this week!

Photo Phriday!

Also, Belladonna's Soccer photos!



















As mentioned previously I've been sitting on a few different weeks of Belladonna's Soccer Photos for a while and part of the reason I've been sitting on 'em is I haven't been taking a heck of a lot of 'em. I'm fairly disappointed in myself for this though I will argue aloud that this largely has to do with the majority of Belladonna's games starting at 5:45 and my work going until 6. That 15 minute overlap is generally enough to keep me from going home to get my camera and well, before you know it, the season is well over half over and I have very few photos to show for it. Eep!

In any case, the above photos should at least temporarily make up for the lack of major soccer photo production on here. On a slightly, non-photographic note, the team has come leaps and bounds in terms of performance since I started photographing them back in the 2010/11 indoor season. What started as a fairly average team with more losses then wins and ties has morphed into a competitive force in their division. Likely at the end of this season I'll post the team evolution in photos just to give you an idea of how the team has grown through the years.

Group and team photos, particularly at a regular annual or semi-annual interval, can be some of the most rewarding to take and to look at (IMHO). Nothing says awesome like seeing the people you are close to, either through work, play or sport (some weird hybrid of the two), and how they've changed and grown through the years. YMMV of course, but I love 'em.