Becker Artography

The other day we photographed Alison and her two boys – hubby Dale and their son Alex.  I know Alison through our mother’s group and it was really nice to meet Dale for the first time.  Alex is such a cute little boy and he was such a treasure to photograph.  Here are some of the photos of this happy family.

Here are some family portraits of John, Natalie and Scott.  It was a really nice afternoon over at Redcliffe Botanical Gardens, despite all the mosquitoes biting everyone.  Natalie’s parents also joined us for the photo shoot and we captured some really lovely moments between them all.  Unfortunately John’s parents were overseas at the time, however we have since done another photo shoot to incorporate them – more photos yet to come of this lovely family.

Recently we photographed one of my friends Amanda and her partner Paul.  They are expecting a baby boy, whom they’ve already named Chase, within the next two months.  They are so excited and can not wait to meet him.  It’s been a while since I’ve seen Amanda, and it was great to catch up and see how happy and relaxed she is.  Paul just adores her!!!  We spent quite a few hours during the session, trying different things, poses, looks, lighting and so forth.  I’m really happy with the results and so are Amanda and Paul.  Here’s a few of my favourite shots from the photo shoot.  Congratulations guys – we’re looking forward to meeting your bundle of joy soon.

So a little while back, Janice wanted to get some glamour shots taken to give to her husband, John for Father’s Day.  Her favourite picture is the ‘red photo’ as she likes to call it, which is second from the top.  Now John can see her all the time as I believe he was given some wallet sized photos also!  Here are some of the finished products for you to check out.

A while ago, Scott came across a post on Strobist about capturing water droplets as they hit the water.  The article also linked to a tutorial from Gavin Hoey on how to do it.  It was an article that we both really wanted to try when we found some time.  Well, that time was found today and we had an interesting time experimenting with the setup and capturing the shots you see below.  We are really pleased with the results.

Our setup differed a little from the setup that Gavin describes in that we don’t have a wireless off-camera flash unit, so we just used a pc-pc cable to get our flash working off the camera. We straddled a step ladder over a small table and placed a baking tray (you can see the teflon texture in some images) filled with water on it.  We suspended a bag filled with water from the ladder.  I pricked a hole in the bag which allowed the water to drip in a constant stream into the same place.  The camera was mounted on a tripod and focus was done manually by focusing on a pencil where the drops hit the water.  We used our Canon 5D with 100mm F2.8 Macro lens at ISO 100, 1/200, F8.  The flash was set to about 1/16 power when bouncing off the cards and full power when aimed through the cellophane.

Scott held the coloured cards at the end of the tray with the flash in his other hand and aimed it at different places on the card.  He found a spot almost in line with the camera lens and water drop and aimed it slightly downward from fairly close to the base of the card.  We tried a couple of different colours as you can see.  The deep red and green images at the bottom were achieved by shooting through some coloured cellophane.

Here are the images.  Enjoy!

Here are some stunning shots of our nephews, Jack and Riley.  Jack is 4 years old and growing up so quickly.  Young Riley is only 3 weeks older than our Isabella and it’s fascinating watching them grow up together!  The boys are so cute, we love them to pieces!

We had such a blast taking these photos of Bonnie.  She is so much fun and really knew how to play it up for the camera!

Whilst taking photos of Bonnie we decided to test out a red gel over the back light.  We’re reasonably happy with the results but we think we can do better with more practice.  Here’s our first attempts anyway.

My cousins come over last weekend & had a photo shoot.  It was such a wonderful time spending time with them.  We had such a blast!  Here are some pictures of these gorgeous sisters.  Check back soon with more pictures to come of Bonnie, Burlesque style…….

Here are some flowers I captured the other day after we got our lighting kit.  I love the colours!