Paris Slideshow

I mentioned a couple of posts ago that I would pick some of my favorite individual photos from each of the slideshows I posted and present them here. Next up are two photos from the trip my dad, wife and I took to Paris. There weren’t too many that were great photos. Just a lot of family and touristy stuff. But these two weren’t so bad.

These two random women are standing in the atrium of the L'Ouvre and looking at a map of the massive museum. I like catching random people in normal moments. I happened to catch these two. There's not much depth of field, and it doesn't follow the rule of thirds. But it's not posed.

A random tourist does a sketch of a sculpture in the L'Ouvre. My dad is in the background.

Hason-Collins Weddings Favorites

I mentioned in my last post that I would pick some of my favorite individual photos from each of the slideshows I posted and present them here. I’m going to start with four of my favorite shots from my sister-in-law’s wedding. There were several pictures I enjoyed, but these four are probably my favorites.

I like this photo because the background, while out of focus, is plentiful. There's a lot going on here. The flowers are in focus, but the Peabody Hotel is not. It's a colorful shot that took advantage of some good light and a dampened blue sky. The angle of the photo works well, too, as you appear to be looking up at the flowers and the hotel.

This is a row of chairs, pushed to the right of the frame, that's a simple exercise in focus. The chair at the front is more focused than the ones behind it. But what I like is the dullness of the picture. I know that sounds weird, but it sums up the weather for the day. It was alternatingly dark and stormy, and bright and clear. This was a dark, dull moment, and because there really isn't much color here, the picture captures the mood and feel at that exact moment in time.

Just like the chairs explain the half the story of Amily's wedding day, this photo provides the story for the rest of it. This shot came during a bright moment, so the colors pop a little more. But the water dripping from the fountain foreshadows the storms to come. And there's enough going on in the background here to make it a fairly interesting picture.

This shot of Amily hugging her Dad is one of my favorites because it captures their emotions in different ways. You can see the happiness on Amily's face, and you can tell that her father is excited about the day despite never seeing his facial expression. You can just tell because of how he has embraced her and how close he is to her.

Slideshows

I went digging through the Interwebs to find the links to some of the slideshows I’ve put together after trips to London, Paris, Las Vegas and Chicago and after a couple of weddings that I was asked to shoot. (Let me also add that I, in no way, fancy myself a great, or even good, photographer. I enjoy taking pictures, but I truly am a novice. Still, I had a couple of family members asked me to shoot their rehearsal dinners and weddings, and I happily obliged. In one case, I was the official photographer, and in the other I was a secondary photographer. I felt more comfortable being the sidekick picture taker.) Below are the links to the slideshows. You can view all the photos. Some, I think, are great. Some aren’t. But that’s OK because I’m learning. In the coming days, I’ll highlight photos from each of slideshows that I particularly enjoy. For the time being, have fun flipping through all the shots.

• Hanson-Collins Wedding (Photos chronicling the rehearsal dinner and wedding of Amily Hanson, my sister in law, and Brian Collins)
• Holiday to London (Photos from a trip to London that my dad and my wife, Alyssa, enjoyed)
• Two Days in Paris (While we were in London, we hopped a train to Paris and these are the photos from that excursion)
• Ainge Children (These are photos of my niece and nephew, Madison and Hunter, from last summer when Alyssa and I were in Vegas)
• Newton-Proctor Wedding Album (Photos chronicling the wedding of my Aunt B.Jay to Graham)
• Chicago Trip (I went to Chicago last summer for a conference and spent some time taking pictures)
• Las Vegas (These are photos from my trip to Las Vegas last summer)