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A few of my nephews

anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
edited August 17, 2012 in People
We went to visit my wife's family this weekend up in San Ramon (Northern California). Marcus was turning 4 and their little 4 month old sister, Kendall, was being baptized. My wife, her sister and I took the kids to the park, while dad was getting things ready for the party. I brought my camera and speedlight along to see if I could coax them into some photos. These two guys will do anything not to be photographed so it's always quite a challenge.

1 - Marcus (left) and Devin (right). I tried to get them to sit still for a quick portrait. It sort of worked out. I happened to get this shot where they were both almost looking at the camera and one didn't have the other in a choke hold. Shot this with my SB-900 on a medium umbrella on camera left.
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2 - The birthday boy. Shot with my wide angle with just ambient light. He was in shade and the sand was doing a nice job of reflecting the sub back up towards his face.
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3 - Got kicked in the face grabbing this shot. SB-900 was on camera set on 0.7 -EV pointed forward left to bounce/feather. Spot metered on his face.
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4 - Absolutely love this shot. I took this while running alongside him hold the camera low. Amazingly, I got this on the first try. Again, flash mounted on camera but no EV comp.
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5 - Big brother Devin looking cool. Also with flash on camera at 0.7 -EV just to bring up the shadows on his face a bit.
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    anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited August 14, 2012
    OH... and this is little sister Kendall.

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    aktseaktse Registered Users Posts: 1,928 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2012
    Nicely done! I love the movement in the photos...
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    kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited August 15, 2012
    Ridiculously cute shots. I'll have to hand you back that same compliment that you gave me -- "super clean".

    1,4 and that shot of Kendall are my favs. #4 could win an award. Totally epic shot. nod.gif
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    VayCayMomVayCayMom Registered Users Posts: 1,870 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2012
    super nice, really cute kiddos, life is good!
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    anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2012
    Thank you guys.
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    HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2012
    You definitely got the outside lighting down, I'm jealous. Very, very nice.
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    anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2012
    Hackbone wrote: »
    You definitely got the outside lighting down, I'm jealous. Very, very nice.

    Coming from you Chuck, that's an awesome compliment. Thanks.
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    lifeinfocuslifeinfocus Registered Users Posts: 1,461 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2012
    Inspirational work! I could learn a lot from you. I need to check out more of your postings.

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    adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2012
    Really nice set, and I agree, 4 is really amazing!
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    lilmommalilmomma Registered Users Posts: 1,060 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2012
    that shot of Kendall iloveyou.giflustiloveyou.gif wish the crop was a little different but it doesn't ruin it for me.

    the rest are awesome too but the kendall shot stopped me in my tracks.
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    BrettDeutschBrettDeutsch Registered Users Posts: 365 Major grins
    edited August 17, 2012
    kdog wrote: »
    Ridiculously cute shots. I'll have to hand you back that same compliment that you gave me -- "super clean".

    1,4 and that shot of Kendall are my favs. #4 could win an award. Totally epic shot. nod.gif

    15524779-Ti.gif. They are all strong photos, but 4 caught my eye immediately. Great shot.
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