first snow of the season!
November 20, 2008 | Filed Under nature | 2 Comments
just a quick picture! i couldn’t resist trying out the narrow planes of focus of the 50 mm 1.8 on the snowfall…
new lens! canon 50 mm 1.8
November 7, 2008 | Filed Under family photos, nature, photography | Leave a Comment
you know… i don’t think i’m going to be able to blog all three remaining weddings before i start blogging regularly. i’ve done so many exciting things in the past couple of weeks – the bridal walk in frederick, a fantastic desi formal shoot with one of my best friends and her husband, dressed up in their wedding outfits of five years ago, and today i got to try out my brand new (well, used) lens at my favorite park in the world – Great Falls VA – with my favorite subject – you know who!!
this lens is my settle-for wish-for the 50 mm 1.4 lens, but it still does amazing things at an aperture of 1.8, for someone who normally can’t go under 4.0 or so zoomed up close. here are three of my favorite shots from the day: my son looking at a squirrel in the trees, autumn leaves at the park, and my nephew POSING – he’s hilarious! i’m trying to take a picture of my son, who doesn’t pay me any attention in the least and most certainly does not hold still while i’m trying to focus, and my nephew comes up and says, “me too! me too!” and poses and holds beautifully still for me, looking right into the camera with those gorgeous eyes mashallah…
so, my work on the website is coming along! i’m getting friends to look at it – thank you, if you are one of them! – all my slideshows are up; in fact, i am probably going to cut them down a bit, and i just need to figure out how i’m going to present my contact information and then i’m public, inshallah!
for now, i’ll try to blog the past two bridal shoots as soon as i get a chance. but i really wanted to share these pictures… so excited about the new lens!
shenandoah day trip
October 14, 2008 | Filed Under family photos, nature | 1 Comment
my husband and i have taken several day/weekend trips to shenandoah national park in virginia ever since we got married five years ago; last weekend we decided to take our son and our niece to the park, to enjoy the views and weather before it gets too cold for kids. we had a wonderful time – gorgeous weather and sunlight, not too many people, touches of color here and there, and of course, caterpillars, leaves and imaginary dog-monsters in the sundappled woods… here are a few of my favorites from the day!
starting with – a B&W version of the drive itself. i have a thing for the near-infrared look…
my husband, doing what he does best driving… just kidding honey… :)
a couple of captures while looking up:
a standard land-and-sky-scape under a glaring, hazing sun:
a couple enjoying the weather in their pickup:
my son, in the few shots i could get him to actually look at the camera instead of pick up rocks:
we had to pull off the side of the road to capture these gorgeous, ghostly, fading ferns with the afternoon light glowing through them; i attempted a sort of orton effect to enhance that impact:
at the same time, our niece stepped out to look for colorful leaves to take back and show her class:
and finally, a couple of different trees-shots…
i’m working like crazy (when my son allows it, or when i ought to be sleeping, like now) on the web site, so i will definitely try to catch up on the wedding posts as soon as i can, but for now i just wanted to at least get some pictures up there so you know i’m still photographing! more from this weekend, my dad’s 75th birthday, soon…
Welcome to Beauty is Truth Photography!
October 5, 2008 | Filed Under nature | Leave a Comment
formerly known (not to many!) as A.S.A. Photography. i’ve been shooting weddings for a few years now, but only recently in digital, so here i’ll be posting images from those weddings to “catch up” any new readers with my work so far!
since it’s a photo blog, every post has to have at least one photo, and here is one…
