Patricia Martinez Photography

Whirlwind Shoots-Kids March 2012

2012-03-12T20:45:00.001-07:00

This past weekend, I felt like a whirlwind was upon me ;)
I had two shoots originally planned, then two more scheduled at the last minute. But all is good when shooting little kids-especially babies.
I had loads of fun with this session.
Baby "Y" is 4 months old and was such a delight. She had just woken up and was in such a good mood.
Here are a few sneaks into her session:

And of course I had to do one in B&W :)

This is what I've got so far. I've got to finish some more editing and of course I'll post some sneaks of the other three sessions. I love, love, photographing kids!!
They are my favorites :)

Patty

Laughter is Contagious

2012-03-12T14:43:00.000-07:00

I take a lot of pictures. It's my life's work ;)
But I rarely take pics of my hubby because, well, he doesn't like to pose for me ;)
But a week ago it was his birthday and so after church, whilst everyone was still dressed nicely I hurriedly pushed everyone outside (hee hee) to take a pic. A nice family pic (sans myself as usual) but it did include our two cute doggies. And my hubby actually smiled!! :D

Actually he was saying something funny, as he often is, and the kids were just laughing and laughing. I just had to capture these. I love to hear them laugh.
Pretty soon we were ALL laughing. I can't even remember what we found so funny, but we were happy.
Happy birthday sweetheart and thanks for the laughter and joy you bring to all of us.

I'll be back later to show you some sneeks of my weekend shoots!

Patty

Trying Out A New Lens

2012-03-05T21:11:00.005-08:00

A week or so ago, I was hired to shoot a local Blue and Gold banquet for the Scouts.
It was a fun and interesting event ;) I got my feet wet doing an event and am forever grateful for the opportunity. I don't even want to think about doing a wedding HA!

Anyway, since it was inside, and I didn't know what kind of lighting they would have, I decided to rent a fast lens. I decided to rent the Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4.
I was very pleased with the results. Here are a few shots I took of some of the table decorations:

This is a great lens to have but for about $370 on sale, it's pretty pricey.
I have gotten some really good deals on ebay that I will share with you shortly.
Mainly because I have begun to shoot with film again :)

Oh to go back in time....

What are your favorite lenses?

Patty

Friday Foto Fun-Free Photo Editing Download Link

2012-02-17T21:55:00.000-08:00

I'm so excited to be finally putting together my studio. I was practicing the other night with some props and backdrops and such when in wandered our Jack Russell Jax.

Of course I had to take a few snapshots of him and my little guy {who is always a willing participant}.
Here are the results: Enjoy!

This one I gave it an old photo look :)

I gave this one a cool texture. Guys, I processed these photos using a cool, free, tool called PhotoScape.
You've got to check it out. Sooo many cool ways to dress up your photos.
Download it and install it for free here
http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/download.php

Make sure you go to the last icon in blue and don't forget to uncheck things you do not want installed in your computer.
Have fun and have a great weekend!

Patty
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Practicing with Light and Motion

2012-02-07T18:38:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I just like to venture out and look for new places to shoot people. Ok that didn't sound right. I like to find new places to take cool pictures! A few weeks ago we found a cool new place in Frisco where I practiced taking some shots of my boys in motion. I was practicing my pan and shoot technique while slowing down my shutter speed very low and using a tripod. In order to get the blurred background you must use a tripod, lower your shutter speed (experiment with this, somewhere around 1/60 or below) and while the subject is moving slowly pan your camera so you can capture the subject but the background becomes blurred. Here are the results:

I took plenty more but since we were losing the light, these are the better ones.

So if you've ever wondered how the photographers take such cool shots of athlete's running and the spectators are blurred, this is how. :)

Next, I wanted to take some night shots. Now, night shots can be quite tricky. If you get your ISO too high then you're pics will be grainy.

We went to a place under a bridge where there were some spotlights and I used these to light my subject.

And last but not least, I got my big guy to pose for this shot at dusk, right before the sun went down. Now I gotta tell you, my big guy does NOT like his picture taken but for some reason he was agreeable to it that day.

So there you have it.

Motion and light.

Some of my favorite things and done with my favorite guy.

Isn't he handsome?!

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