Tractors & Tiaras

April 28th, 2010 by ariana

Here are a few of my faves from the Tractors & Tiaras shoot!

All images taken with my Canon 5D Mark II and Tamron AF 28-75mm f/2.8 Lens

All in all the shoot went well, though the sun decided to go behind a big cloud JUST as the perfect golden hour light was setting in. I had hoped for a more sunkissed look for most of these. I also wasn’t able to get any great shots of the two kids together, but with two toddlers cooperation is hard to come by!

The one thing I wish I had done differently was get more zoomed in shots of the kids faces. I was so taken with the tractor and the gorgeous surroundings that I tended to zoom out and shoot at the wide end of my 28-75, which means less bokeh than if I had zoomed in to 75. This also reinforces my desire to get my hands on a 70-200.. though I still worry about trying to get eye contact while so far from my subjects. But realistically, eye contact was hard to come by anyway, so at least I would have had gorgeous bokeh with my non-eye contact shots!

See more bigger and better at the post on my photography website..

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ariana says:

April 29, 2010 at 10:34 pm

Thanks everyone!

Fiona, the golden hour is the hour just before sunset when the light is golden.. there’s even a golden hour calculator website! http://www.golden-hour.com/