This set was all photographed within about an hour. It is representative of a typical afternoon at the Shoemake household. Huntley loves to play. He loves his toy camera, guns, skateboards and mischief in general. I love coming home from the studio and just hanging out with him. At times I’m Huntley’s personal jungle gym and other times we’re skating buddies, it is pretty awesome. I can’t wait until he gets a little bigger and I can take him skiing with me like his big sister.
On a whim (which is usually the case) I bought a 30 year old Zeiss 50 1.4 lens for my Canon cameras. It is a fully manual focus lens and super small/lightweight. The image quality is incredible and the colors are fantastic. The photos you see posted below are jpegs directly from my camera (yes, I shoot black and white in camera a lot). You heard me right, no Photoshop, no Lightroom, no Aperture, no gimmicks and all of this with a 30 year old lens. So take a minute to leave a note for Huntley and say hi.
If you’re thinking about a fall portrait session for your family or children, I’m going to be offering a few “Mini-session” days in the Valley and the Bay Area (and possibly SoCal) and I also have limited availability for full-length sessions. Email, leave your info in the comment section or call for more details. Enjoy.