Hey howdy!

elchulopadre

Hi Grinners!

Just wanted to post a few of my pics as a way of saying 'hi'. These are from a family trip to Alaska this summer. I started getting into photography a few months ago, and was referred over by a friend from ADVrider.

Anyway, here goes. All comments welcome!














Hope you enjoyed them!

Cheers,
Francisco

DoctorIt

Yo Francisco - glad you posted up in here!

Your grandfather (right?) has one of the happiest faces and eyes I've ever seen. You've really done a great job and I reckon you have a natural knack for portraiture.


welcome to dgrin mate

elchulopadre

DoctorIt wrote:

Yo Francisco - glad you posted up in here!

Your grandfather (right?) has one of the happiest faces and eyes I've ever seen. You've really done a great job and I reckon you have a natural knack for portraiture.


welcome to dgrin mate

Thanks, Erik!

I agree completely that he has one of the happiest faces and eyes - he's one of the happiest, kindest people I've ever met, and he's my grandfather!

That particular shot took a bit of effort - he always makes a goofy 'camera smile' when he's staring into a lens, but I started teasing him and asking him to 'think happy thoughts - like PANCAKES!!!' as I snapped more and more pics. Here's the sequence:

Goofy 'Camera Grin'


Think happy thoughts?



PANCAKES?!?!



At which point he relaxed, laughed, and showed the camera the smile he gives the rest of the planet:

Qarik

shot 2 is fantabulous! just wow...the expression and natural light

DoctorIt

elchulopadre wrote:

Thanks, Erik!

I agree completely that he has one of the happiest faces and eyes - he's one of the happiest, kindest people I've ever met, and he's my grandfather!

That particular shot took a bit of effort - he always makes a goofy 'camera smile' when he's staring into a lens, but I started teasing him and asking him to 'think happy thoughts - like PANCAKES!!!' as I snapped more and more pics. Here's the sequence:

Priceless sequence - thanks for sharing!

photodoug

I'd say you have an eye for candid portraits....I like these

elchulopadre

Hi all,

Thanks for the comments! I guess what helped, particularly during that trip, was that I was taking SO many photos that the fam got used to me carrying my camera around - so the posing for pics stopped, and I was able to catch tons of pics that really tell more about what was going on than "here we are, standing in front of ____".

What also helps is that my Pentax is waaay quicker than my previous compact digital cams - from what I've noticed, that alone makes a huge difference in the ability to capture 'candidness'.

I guess I need to practice, practice, practice - any things I should keep in mind? Suggestions?

Candid Arts

Very fun photos. Is that the Mendenhall Glacier behind the young boy?

elchulopadre

Candid Arts wrote:

Very fun photos. Is that the Mendenhall Glacier behind the young boy?

Yup, that's Mendenhall Glacier, alright. I didn't really manage to get particularly exciting photos of it... this is the best I did:


Better stick to portraits

Candid Arts

Awesome. That's my home town! 23 years... LOVE IT!

Here are some from my recent trip home over Christmas break:

http://candidartsphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/5721864_FaWb2#457134087_FTLHo

DoctorIt

elchulopadre wrote:

I guess I need to practice, practice, practice - any things I should keep in mind? Suggestions?

Just keep doing what you're doing, at least in the people department.

(that glacier's a bit underexposed and off in white balance, but hey, who's gonna quibble about that )