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July 15, 2011

Alex and Maggie, pt. 3 …

Filed under: Alex, Belleville, Family, IL, Lauren, Lenses, Maggie, Portrait, Travel, Uncategorized — Tags: 35, Canon 16-35 f/2.8 L, Canon 1DsMKII, Canon 24-70 f/2.8 L, Canon 35 f/1.4 L, Canon 5D, color, Digital, portraits, summer, weddings, women — Chris @ 6:13 AM

After the ceremony I got to have the newly minted couple all to myself. On one hand, I remember what a whirlwind it was

for me on my wedding day so I tried to be brief and let them get back to their friends, but on the other hand I just wanted to

keep shooting and shooting because once our time was up there’s no way to ever get it back. And they looked spectacular

in the late afternoon light, just bloody fabulous. I hope I did them justice.

Canon 5D, Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L, Canon 580 EX

1/400 @ f/2.8, ISO 200

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July 13, 2011

Alex and Maggie, pt. 2 …

Filed under: Alex, Belleville, Events, Family, IL, Lauren, Lenses, Leon, Maggie, Portrait, Weddings — Tags: 35, Canon 35 f/1.4 L, Canon 5D, color, Digital, portraits, weddings — Chris @ 12:31 PM

Today’s spotlight is on the dance floor and this shot of Alex and Maggie just puts a big smile on my face. It really encapsulates

how at ease and content they seem with each other. Here’s to many happy years in front of you Alex and Maggie, congratulations!

Canon 5D, Canon 35 f/1.4 L, Canon 580 EX

1/80 @ f/1.4, ISO 1600

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July 12, 2011

Babies by the bay …

Filed under: Ava, Families, Kimberly, Lenses, Marin, Naomi, Portrait, Sausalito, SF, SF — Tags: 50, B&W, Film, Hexanon, KM 5cm f/2 Hexanon-M, Leica, M6, portraits — Chris @ 12:24 PM

Wrapping up the Marin/Sausalito/SF spring break series with some cute kids …

Ava in Crissy Field in fine, devil-may-care, wind-blowing-through-the-hair form …

Leica M6, KM 50 M-Hexanon f/2.0, Ilford XP-2

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I’m no street shooter …

Filed under: Ava, Events, Ice cream, Kimberly, Lenses, Marc, Mindy, Naomi, Sausalito — Tags: 28, 28 Canon f/2.8 LTM, B&W, Film, Ilford XP-2, Leica, M6 — Chris @ 12:04 PM

But like my grandpa used to say, even a blind pig finds an acorn now and again …

Leica M6, Canon 28 f/2.8 LTM, Ilford XP-2

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Spring break, NoCal style …

Filed under: Family, Lenses, Marin, Marin Headlands, Naomi, Sausalito, Travel — Tags: 50, B&W, Canon 5cm f/1.5 Sonnar, color, Film, Ilford XP-2, kids, landscape, Leica, M6, Portra160NC, summer — Chris @ 11:31 AM

I’m going up the country, baby don’t you wanna go
I’m going up the country, baby don’t you wanna go
I’m going to some place where I’ve never been before
I’m going, I’m going where the water tastes like wine
Well I’m going where the water tastes like wine
We can jump in the water, stay drunk all the time …

Well, there wasn’t much drinking going on, us being mostly teetotalers and all, but

we felt like we were a world away in the Marin headlands over spring break. This is

one of the buildings on the site, a former army base, that’s now been converted to an

artists’ residence and studio complex. I’m not much of a landscapist, but the lovely

soft tones of the Portra film lend themselves nicely to the subject.