Here are some pictures we did a few weeks back of baby Sophia. Her mom ask for either black and withe or sepia/toned images. I did a little bit of both to see what style she likes better. I think this baby would look great with any finish.
Posts Tagged ‘Family pictures’
Sophia Baby girl pictures
Posted in Family pictures, Kids, Portraits, tagged alex elias, black and white, Family pictures, Kids pictures, portraits on March 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Engagement Pictures
Posted in Family pictures, Portraits, tagged alex elias, engagement pictures, Family pictures, outdoor family pictures, outdoor photography, portraits on March 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Two weeks ago I met with Lexy and Aaron to shoot their engagement pictures. They are an awesome young couple with a fantastic future. The place they picked for the shoot was terrific, and although time was limited we had a great time taking the pictures.
Thanks for the opportunity.
Alex Elias
Photo of the day. Pumpkin patch family pictures.
Posted in Family pictures, Photo of the day, tagged alex elias, Canon 7d, Family pictures, Kids pictures, outdoor family pictures, outdoor photography on October 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »
We just went to a fantastic pumpkin patch. Lombardi ranch, located in the Santa Clarita CA area. The place is huge and full of activities for the kids and parents with cameras like me.
My only problem was getting there late by about one hour. As I was parking the car I was seeing the beautiful sun rays hiding behind the hills, my golden hour was disappearing right before my eyes before I was ready. I did carry a few lights and a stand, although not remotely close to the real deal I put 1/2 cut CTO on the flash (orange color gel) plus set my withe balance to cloudy to help warm up the ambient a bit.
The equipment I took with me was a Canon 7D with a Canon EF-S 10-22 and Canon EF 24-70 f2.8L 2 Canon 580EX flashes with Pocket wizards Flex TT5 and Mini TT1 with the AC3 zone controller, one stand, my tripod for the family portrait (don’t trust people any more not crop my head or feet any more) and a remote shutter release.
Thanks for stopping by.
Regards
Alex Elias
Indoor family pictures.
Posted in Family pictures, Kids, Portraits, tagged alex elias, Canon 7d, Family pictures, Kids pictures, lighting set up, pocket wizard, pocket wizard flex, pocket wizard nini tt1, portraits, Travelite 750 on May 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last week’s family shoot went out very nice nicely. Everyone was ready and very willing to make this work, specially the 6-year-old that turned out to be a star. She sure had a blast modeling and working the camera. She tried a few different looks and also did her own make up, which by the way I think she did pretty good for 6 years of age; For sure better than I would have done.
The equipment I took with me for the shoot was my Canon 7D and although I took about 5 lenses the Canon EF 24-70 2.8 L was the one that I used all the time. Lighting was done with 2 Travelites 750 triggered via pocket wizards Mini and Flex and I fitted the lights with one 48×60 photoflex Softbox for the main, and an umbrella using the bouncing side as a fill. I shot everything at F9.0 and a few at F11 for good depth of field and ISO set at 200. The one thing I must confess is that I left the white balance on auto, I forgot to lock it and now I’ll have to spend a bit of extra time in CS5 with the color correction.
Overall it was a great day and I enjoyed the session a lot.
Picture of the day. Self family portrait.
Posted in Family pictures, Kids, Photo of the day, Portraits, tagged alex elias, Family pictures, Kids pictures, lighting set up, portraits, self portrait, Travelite 750 on April 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I Just did some family portraits with a different look. (CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO SEE LARGER) Taking the pictures for the final image was not too involved (aside from the lack of cooperation from my 3 yr son) In this series of shots I used one main light to camera right ( Travelite 750 with a 36″x 48″ Photoflex soft box) on the opposite side (camera left next to the kids) I went with a 48″ x 60″ withe reflector to bounce light and fill in the shadows. I set the camera ( Canon 7D with a EF 24-70 2.8L ) at ISO 100 F9.0 and triggered the strobe with a Pocket Wizard Mini TT1 and a Flex TT5. Later in the shoot I introduced a Canon 580 EXII without diffusion as a hair light to create some separation that was also triggered with a Flex TT5. I set that flash to manual and used a Pocket Wizard AC3 to control the output of that flash.
The overall steps are not to complicated. I used 2 pieces of withe foam core from the arts supply for $5 each. On one I cut a 13″x16″ hole in the center and the other one was left intact. I First took the pictures of the kids inside the frame and then I took mine holding the board without the cut off. The rest was done in Photoshop using layers.
Thanks for looking
Alex Elias
My family
Outdoor Family portraits
Posted in Family pictures, Kids, Photo of the day, Photo tips, Portraits, tagged alex elias, Canon 7d, Family pictures, Kids pictures, outdoor family pictures, outdoor photography, pocket wizard, pocket wizard flex, pocket wizard nini tt1, portraits, wireless flash on April 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t posted for a while. Life has kept me busy with good things plus I was practicing a bit on my procrastination.
Here are some pictures I just I took at the park. I could not have asked for a better day and and nicer family to work with, the kids were awesome and everything went just right.
The equipment I used:
Camera was a Canon 7D. The main lens was a Canon EF 24-70 2.8L follow by Canon EF 70-200 2.8 IS L and I took a few using a Canon EF-S 10-22 . As far as lighting I took two Canon Speedlite a 580EX II and 430 EXII with 1/4 CTO on each one 1 2×2 loastolite Easybox and a 5′x3′ reflector/difuser. The flashes were triggered with one Pocket Wizard Mini TT1 and an AC3 controller and 2 Flex TT5. Using the AC3 controller is nothing short of great, I had one light in group A the other one in group B and controlled each one at will from power up and down to turning on and off or go from E-TTl to manual. They are pricey but they are great.
Outdoor Portraits.
Posted in Portraits, tagged alex elias, Canon 7d, Family pictures, lighting set up, outdoor family pictures, outdoor photography, pocket wizard, pocket wizard flex, pocket wizard nini tt1, portraits, Travelite 750 on January 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Recently I went to visit my family and the place where they live features a great outdoor fireplace. Focal points like this make up for a great backdrop so I took my lights and shoot some pictures.
The camera was a Canon 7D outfited with a Canon EF 24-70 2.8L I used a Travelite 750 with a 36×48 Photoflex softbox to the right of the people as the main light source, as a fill light I used a second Travelite 750 fitted with a shoot through umbrella to the left of the camera, the lights were triggered by a Pocket Wizard Mini and 2 Flex TT5. The ratio between the lights was about 1:3.
Baby pictures
Posted in Kids, Photo of the day, Portraits, tagged alex elias, Family pictures, Kids pictures, portraits on December 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This past weekend we shoot two great little baby cousins. It was awesome how good they behaved, they were fun and easy to photograph.
Thanks for letting me take their pictures.
Here are a few of them.
Christmas family photos.
Posted in Portraits, tagged alex elias, christmas pictures, Family pictures, Kids pictures, portraits, self portrait on December 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This are some of the Christmas family photos we took of our friends last weekend. As usual the photo session was fun and hopefully we will do it again for the next season. At the end of the session it turned out a bit into a sports one, I really like them too, like father like son…
Photo of the day. Portraits with Canon 7D
Posted in Kids, Photo of the day, Photo tips, Portraits, tagged alex elias, Canon 7d, Family pictures, Kids pictures, lighting set up, pocket wizard, pocket wizard flex, portraits, wireless flash on May 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I took some pictures of my little one and I ended up including my self for a few as well. I used a Canon 7D mounted on a tripod and a remote release to shoot it. The lens was a Canon 50 mm f1.4 I set the lens to manual and to aid me with the focusing I placed a stand where I was going to be sitting. The camera setting where at ISO 200 f7.1 (to allow some depth of field since I was not behind the camera to focus) and speed at 250th to keep the background black.
The lighting was done primarily with one flash and later I added a second one. The main light was a Lastolite Eazy Box 24″x24″ with a Canon 580EXII set at half Power. The soft box was on a boom hanging right above my forehead pointing down at 45 Deg and when added the second light this one was on an umbrella (reflecting) right in front of me. It was set low to the ground pointing up 45deg to my face. The second light was a Canon 580EX set at 1/8th power. The light were triggered with Pocket Wizards Mini TT1 and Flex TT5.
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