Senior Portaits Session

Senior Portaits Session, a photo by ghholt on Flickr.

Another photo from the Senior Portrait Session on Lake Wylie, NC.

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Senior Photo Session

Senior Photo Session, a photo by ghholt on Flickr.

Sunday I led a Portrait Photography Groups Senior Photo session at McDowell Park on Lake Wylie. I was hoping for a sunny day to teach the members how to use scrims and reflectors to get better portraits on bright sunny days. Alas I awoke Sunday morning to a totally overcast morning. Such is the live of a portrait artist. So we switch gears and used our reflectors and added a little fill flash to capture some stunning portraits.

Suzie's Pride

First Day of Spring Seniors Portrait Session

Sweetheart Queen Portrait a photo by ghholt on Flickr.

I started the first day of Spring with a Seniors Photo Shoot at McDowell Park. The first day of spring was very over cast so I had to break out the PocketWizard Flex and Mini and do a little off camera Optimized Highspeed Sync Flash to capture this Senior Portrait.

Moon Madness-The Supermoon is tomorrow night

Moon Madness a photo by ghholt on Flickr.

This is a sneak peak of the up coming Supermoon. Tomorrow night the moon will be closest it has been to the earth in 18 years.

Going to be a busy Photo Shoot Weekend! Tigers, Tractors and Portraits!

Ill be working to 7am this morning. I'll stop by Lone Sheep Coffee on the way home for a Latte than head home to get a few hours sleep than back to Lone Sheep Coffee for Coffee & Strobes #39.

Margaret and I plan to start Saturday with a trip to Rockwell, NC to Suzie's Pride to shoot the Big Cat's with the Charlotte Wildlife Photography Group. There are still some opening if anyone cares to join us.

After the Big Cat's Shoot we will head to Pageland, SC to shoot the season opening Pull at the Sandhill Antique Tractor Pull.

Sunday I will be leading a portrait photo shoot at McDowell Park on Lake Wylie with the Portrait Photography Group Charlotte. We will be working in Natural Light with Reflectors, Scrims and Flags. We have three models scheduled for this shoot. There are still a few slots open for this shoot if you care to join us.

Spring forward! Early Morning Photography in Waxhaw, NC

Since the clocks were turned ahead an hour this morning I got home from work about the time he sun was rising. I grab my camera and head into the yard to capture some some photographs of blooming trees in my yard. The Cherry trees have been blooming for about two weeks. The Crape Myrtles started blooming a few days ago and all my apple trees have nice healthy buds. Last year I lost a lot of my apple buds to a late hard freeze. Looking forward to a nice crop of Granny Smith Apples this year.

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Outdoor Portraiture Using ETTL Fill Flash

Kimmery a photo by ghholt on Flickr.

This portrait of Kimmery was shot using a single Canon 580EXII flash. The flash was placed on a light stand with a shoot through umbrella camera right. The flash was triggered in EETL mode using the new PocketWizard  Flex and Mini. This image was captured using a Canon 5d MKII with a 70-200mm f2.8L IS II @ 168mm Iso 100 f4.5 @ 1/60.

New Born Photo Session

These are some images I edited on Saturday. It was such a rainy gloomy day I was searching through old shoots looking for images that needed processing.

Rainy Weekend...Photoshop time!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghholt/5501989747/ a photo by ghholt on Flickr.

It has been a rainy weekend in Waxhaw, NC. Went out yesterday morning just as we were getting our first sprinkles of rain and got a few shots at Misty Meadows Farm. The Bradford Pear trees were at their peak and I don't think the blooms will last through the rain this weekend. So I had to capture the scene with the flat grey sky. With the Bradford Pear trees you only have a few days to catch the blooms.

I spent the rest of the morning trying out some new photoshop editing techniques. Yesterday evening I set-up a high key speedlight set up to capture some head shots for Margaret.
This morning I need to break down my gear and head over to the Lone Sheep Coffee  House at Quail Corners to lead a PPG tethered shooting session. This is a photo I edited this morning.

Portrait Shot at the Lone Star in Santee, SC 2-19-2011

Lonestar in Santee, SC 2-19-2011 a photo by ghholt on Flickr.

This portrait was shot Saturday Morning 2/19 at the Lone Star Barbecue & Mercantile. The Lone Star was built in the late 1800's and served as a great backdrop for the Portrait Photography Groups morning shoot. This photo was edited using Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended.

Portrait Photography Groups Shoot-Out Weekend in Santee, SC

Slideshow from the Santee, SC Shoot-out Weekend with the Portrait Photography Group.