Assignment #1, People Pictures, by Chris Orwig

Objective: To make one AUTHENTIC portrait in a short amount of time.

Restraints: 10 minute photo shoot, fixed focal length between 50-80mm, fixed f/stop of 2.8 or lower (I did 2.5).

Results:

My 1st photo shoot... her second baby on the way!

Well, as I mentioned before, I am doing some more photography around here and working on some assignments. I will be posting them (both the assignments and the results) under "Projects" if your interested in that sort of thing. .

The other week I had my first maternity shoot with a good friend of mine, Brittany Henderson. I have been frequenting the local climbing gym with her and her baby bump but now I got to capture her in her home, just relaxing. It was a blast! And who doesn't LOVE little Scottie?!

Meet My Other Half

It has been nearly 7 years that we've been married. Wow. It actually went really fast! I can honestly say I love him more now than the day I married him. For awhile now I've had a secret assignment to capture some pictures of Chris - and so due to some climbing aches and pains we nixed the gym on our last date night, grabbed up the camera and headed down to Trolley Square. To say taking photos at night pushed me is an understatement. But nonetheless, here are some of the ones I got of my love.

But I could use your help. I want to know: which is your favorite and why?

Through the nose... [A mini-assignment]

So, we have some new additions to the Erickson household, in the form of camera gear and I have a lot to learn!  I also had a ton of fun doing mini-assignments before Christmas and posting them.  So you might frequently [hopefully] see some of my latest photo projects posted on here under "Projects."

Today I limited myself to f/2.8 only.  Goal: to become quicker at composing, focusing, and capturing that risky frame with an extremely shallow depth of field. Problem: I was totally uninspired in terms of content.  So Chris sent me on a walk with Kai - my constraints? To capture that which interested Kai.

I must admit visions of grass and more grass and yellow snow and more grass flickered through my mind.  But in the end it was fun- I got some good ones of Kai [ cause being focused on him and what he was interested in naturally led him into my frame.] And there are all the usual suspects [ less grass than I thought]...but then, being a dog, he keeps to the highly predictable nature of the canine species. One moment I was particularly proud of? Kai waltzed blissfully by a construction port-a-potty. Thank God I didn't have to take a picture of that!

Well... Assignment #3

Well... I have a confessions to make.  I never did Assignment #3.  I figure I can come up with all sorts of excuses.  Like Abs getting the flu.  Like both sets of parents arriving slightly before I had the house ready.  Like everyone coming down with colds.  Like keepin' busy with all sorts of winter fun.  But I figure you don't care much about my excuses.  And I don't either.  Sometimes you need to say, "I pass" on something and move on.

But here are some pictures of all sorts of family fun time.  My camera has still been affixed to my face.  Except for the day Chris and I escaped to Snowbird Ski Resort.  Merry Christ With Us Day!