My sister, Jackie, is about to get married to one of the nicest guys I have ever met, Offer. They asked me to take some engagement pictures to display at their wedding. I was more than happy to help out. We were originally going to do them all in my parent’s backyard but I decided against it because of the direction of the sun at that time. Instead we went to Van Saun Park and walked around. We got some very fun shots and got to make good use of the mini-bridges they have there. Taking the pictures you could feel the love (and the heat… it was hot). We did end up taking a few pictures in my parent’s backyard. They are towards the end and most involve Jackie piggybacking on Offer’s back. I thought with Jackie’s death grip, she was going to strangle poor Offer. It all worked out well though.
So tomorrow, my sister and Offer are getting married and I have no doubt that they will be just as happy on their wedding day as they will 50 years from now. It is going to be a beautiful day and at the end of it I get a new brother. Jackie and Offer I wish not only a great wedding day but more importantly a great life together. Click on the picture below to see more of their engagement shoot.
Hope you enjoy the pictures. I have been very, very busy with graduate school among others things. I haven’t had an opportunity to take as many images as I would like. These are a handful from this year. My two favorites are the one with the drop of water falling off my son’s nose and the black and white one with Cole looking down. I plan on taking him outside more often once it gets a little warmer outside and get some really fun shots.
I am also planning on getting my favorite image from 2010 of Cole printed on metal. It should be really interesting. Very few places online actually do and it supposed really makes the image pop. I have had numerous images printed on canvas but never metal so it should be something cool and unique. I will post pictures of it once I receive it. In the meantime, enjoy the images below and if you need any photography done at reasonable price contact me!
2010 was a pretty busy year for me. I didn’t get to do as much photography outside my family as I would have like but I love taking pictures of my family. I hope to change that but it looks to be another busy year for me with graduate school. I would definitely like to do more location and event photography. You may notice that my son, Cole, was the star of 2010. I have no regrets about that and look forward to a lifetime of images of him growing up. I am looking forward to whatever future photographic challenges are thrown at me in 2011. Below is my favorite image of 2010. I captured this image when my family and I went apple picking back in October. It was a very lucky shot in that I didn’t even have my eye to the camera. I just shot low and held the the button. Below that you can enjoy my favorite fifty images of 2010. I could have easily made it 100 or even 200 favorites but I tried to really get it down to ones that had an impact on me. Enjoy and feel free to leave comments!
Merry Christmas! Here are just a few shots from this year! The tree shots are HDR shots mixed with a little Color Efex magic thus the unusual look. The shots of Cole were for his holiday card. They were taken about two weeks ago. Enjoy!
Sunday, October 31, 2010 Posted in Baby, Nico
My good friends Vinnie and Danielle asked me to take some images of their newborn a few months ago while Danielle was still pregnant. This was my first time meeting Nico and he is just as amazing as his parents. I was surprised how alert he was considering that he was only two weeks old. For now, I wish Vinnie, Danielle, and Nico all the best and hope you enjoy the pictures!
What a perfect day for a little apple picking. We had lots of fun. Cole had a great time picking the fallen, rotten apple off the ground. We didn’t get to pick as many apples as we would have liked but we did get some nice shots of Cole enjoying the day. A year from now he will probably be climbing the trees to get the apples… ugh. The first image is one of my favorites of the year so far. Surprisingly little Photoshopping took place. Everyone I show thinks I altered the sun to make it flare out white across the sky. Nope. I just used a really wide angle lens with my on-camera flash. Because I was so close to Cole the flash was able to compete with the sun. Nearly every shot was taken using a wide angle lens. For now enjoy.
Thursday, September 30, 2010 Posted in Birthday
Just conducting a little test to see how well this new product I just purchased works. It is called SlideshowPro Director. I had to install it manually on my server. I am no expert when it comes to all this web stuff. I know more than most but I am not an expert by any means. Hopefully, it should allow my images to be viewed on computers, on tablets (like the iPad), and mobile phones. The old way involved using Flash which made it either really slow to view on phones or even impossible to view in certain cases. If it works correctly there should be a gallery of four images from my father-in-law’s recent birthday bash. Here goes nothing.
With the end summer upon us, I decided I needed to get a few pictures of Cole before the season unofficially concluded. I was very busy this summer altering some of the landscaping outside my home as well as redoing my office. When I redesigned my office I had a hard time getting to my camera and had to unhook my MacPro (my work horse for all my image processing) for longer than I expected. It was worth it. The office looks great and now I no longer have a pink carpet. As you can probably tell Cole loves the outdoors especially he finds a stick. Half of the pictures were taken in my backyard before sunset and the others were taken at near by park mid-day. I also threw in some pictures of Cole eating but it looks more like he was decorating his face with food. Now that I am back in graduate school, hopefully I will still find time to take some pictures of my little man. Click on the image below to check out more images!
I thought I would exercise my Photoshop skills a little and attempt to recreate part of an old Uncanny X-Men cover (issue #210). This is Colossus. I used the old cover as to outline the character’s shape and shadows. From there, the rest was completed in Photoshop. I choose this character because of his metallic skin. I had to mess around with a number of filters until I got it just right. Special thanks to John Romita Jr. whose original artwork was the inspiration for this piece. I might try to complete another character before the end of summer.
I recently has the pleasure of photographing Terri and Paul’s wedding along the beach. This was the first beach wedding I have ever attend and now I understand why they are so popular. It was a beautiful event. I wish the newlyweds only the best as they journey forth together as one! Click on the image below to open the photo gallery!
by Peter Russo
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