138/365 - Jim - Happy Valentine's Day

( f/13 29mm 1/125 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

Today is Valentine's Day so Carol got the boys dressed up in their matching gear and I prepared the studio. I cut a bunch of hearts out of black paper and Carol had some pink she did at school. I taped them to the back of the Translum background and had a flash behind so they would appear as a shadow. The red foreground is just a piece of fleece I got from Jo-Ann Fabrics and the other material is some semi-translucent thing my mother got me. I was surprised to be able to get them both to smile as easily as we did.

009/365 - Jim - Definition of Love

( f/2.8 50mm 1/200 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

Theme is love. If you have ever looked at wedding photography, you have probably seen a picture similar to this. Usually a bible is used, but I didn't want to be exactly the same so I used the dictionary. I just wish the definition would have been right beside the ring. If you look carefully, you can see the inscription in my ring that says Love Carol.