Stephanie

Yesterday I had a maternity shoot, Stephanie is a very beautiful girl,  38 weeks pregnant.  She was very so easy to photograph, gorgeous and super photogenic.  She proves pregnant women can be very hot!!!   I had a really tough time figuring out which pictures I would want to share from the day because I think she looks so cute in all of them.  I decided a variety, hard to pick favorites, as always you can see the entire session, 206 pictures in total on my website.

On to what I learned:  I guess you could say I didn't learn as much as I practiced the stuff I've been studying.  I went out to shoot in manual mode, learning to shoot in manual mode is something I've been putting off,  I usually shoot it aperture priority, sometimes in program, so since I'm buying a lighting set up soon, I thought I should get used to shooting in manual.  Not to mention, I think all pros shoot in manual most of the time.  I'm still learning but I only lost about 20 shots due to poor exposure,  towards the end of the shoot my exposure was close to perfect. It was an overcast day, these are all natural light. I got beautiful results with F/2.8, ISO 500, 1/400 sec, manual exposure mode, no flash, pattern metering mode, auto white balance. We did them between 4-5pm at Red Wing Park. I am really starting to love that little park, the options are endless.

This picture makes me happy!  This is one of the shots that was overexposed, but I didn't care, I set out to save it because of the emotion.  
This is another one towards the beginning of the shoot, the whites are too hot, but with those eyes, I couldn't hit delete.




stay tuned, I should have newborn pictures of the baby girl she's carrying in a couple of weeks :)