I don't know if there are any other photographers here, but . . .

Very nice. I have a Nikon D80 that I fart around with. What kind of camera do you have? Sorry about your Osprey pics... I live on a Marine Corps base and we have an Osprey hanger here...LOL So they are always flying over head... I never thought to take pics of them though, probably because I am around aircraft all day long... hehe.

Anyway, I like the third one down and the two gulls together. I think those are your best IMO. Thanks for sharing!

 

Pics look great! I also love the 3rd to last one.

 

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing those. You must have a super nice telephoto and very steady hands or some very high megapixels of fine grain film. Even so, it has to take some talent to pan and catch those birds in flight and keep the cavera steady with in a closeup like that.

 

Nice shots!

I'm a photographer, but I didn't get to take anything as interesting as seagulls yesterday (well, at least not as interesting to other people). I did do 2 maternity, 1 newborn and a 6 month old kid, though.

We were recently in Hawaii and I had much fun taking shots. My favorite combo is the Canon 5D/28-105L - not quite as much zoom as you need for seagulls, but perfect for walking around.

 

Yes, I do more maternity/newborn than anything else. I also do senior, children, bridal, family, etc. but it seems like the mat/nb are the most reliable. People have babies all year round, LOL!

This coming weekend is an "easy" weekend, only two sessions booked. One is maternity (piece of cake) but the other is 14-month old quadruplets. I plan to have plenty of ibuprofen on hand for that one...and I don't plan to book any other sessions that day!

Maternity portraits have really caught on in a big way in the past year or two. People have gotten over the "ick...a fat belly" view, and now see it as a beautiful thing. Good for me! I love doing maternity and then getting to meet the newborn. I've got customers whose children I've known since before they were born and I see them every 3-4 months, so it's really neat to watch them grow up.

 

etawful, do you do any post-processing to your photos?

I did a couple of things in PS to bring out the midtones on these, plus the unsharp mask - it makes it "pop" a little better. If you don't like it, I'll be happy to take it down! This is something photographers like to do on the photo boards I'm a member of, we try different things to see how the same image can be totally different depending upon how you process it.

 

It depends on the customer. About 90% are willing to do the wrap - basically a really long piece of fabric that I wrap around them so what needs to be covered is covered, but the belly shows. I do have some who are a little more modest and don't really want a lot of skin showing, other than the belly.

It always amazes me how a woman who hasn't ever met me before can feel comfortable enough to "take it off" within 30 minutes of meeting me! But then, I've also done boudoir and I guess once you've decided you want to do the session, you kind of expect to be showing off what you've got. But with boudoir...they usually bring some wine and moral support. No wine with the maternity sessions.

I photographed the quadruplets back when they were newborns. They are actually surviving sextuplets. I had offered the mom a free session when she was on bedrest with 6 babies, and then she ended up with 4. It's a shoot for the cover shot of a local magazine. I can't call in sick, since I'm the owner and only photographer for my studio!

There is another set of sextuplets in Phoenix right now - the Masche babies. I have also offered them a session, but haven't heard from them if they want to do it or not. I have two surviving triplets myself, so I'm pretty comfortable working with multiples.

 

Nice pics!

D200 here. With the Nikor 18-200mm. Very convenient lens for most situations, although not long enough to capture something like those gulls.

 

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Know what you mean. I was on the waiting list for months. And then I finally broke down and got one on eBay instead. $911. Not too bad, considering the amount of bidding on those lenses at that time (last Christmas).

It's much much better for the DSLR than non-digital zoom lens (obviously, since it's designed to be used on DSLRs only). And the convenience of not having to swap lens in and out all the time makes it so worthwhile, especially when you need to capture many different types of subjects and activities both indoors and out in the same session. A monopod or mini-tripod is very good to have handy (I carry one in my car at all times.)

 

I'm gonna brag....

I've been PAID for this photo, for the experienceWA.com website:



This makes me a professional, right?

 

:blink: yep they look just like the seagulls here in Va beach?