with a clear blue sky, a field of bright yellow rapeseed, a beautiful bride and an even so beautiful groom.

D700, ISO200, 1/500 sec @ f/9.5, Nikkor 70-200mm

D700, ISO200, 1/500 sec @ f/11, Nikkor 70-200mm

D700, ISO200, 1/500 sec @ f/11, Nikkor 70-200mm

Don’t you just love the contrast with the white, red and yellow?

And then there was of course the bride’s and groom’s son and one of the best men:

D700, ISO200, 1/350 sec @ f/5.6, Nikkor 70-200mm and some more post-processing in Photoshop

It tells a story, that picture. Maybe not the story of a wedding, but a story nonetheless. One of my absolute favorites of the day. Together with this one:

D700, ISO200, 1/250 sec @ f/5.6, Nikkor 50mm and some more post-processing in Photoshop

I was really pleased with the last one. The whole day he seemed to be aware of “the Photographer”. When I had him in the viewfinder he either would look/turn away or make a funny face. Here I caught him off-guard

I know… I KNOW!!!
But I just can’t help it!

I also have one with him putting food all over his face, but I’ll spare you that one

Note to self: take picture BEFORE dinner, or wipe face after dinner, because using Photoshop to clean the face is a serious pain in the behind!

D700, ISO200, 1/350 sec @ f/2.8, Nikkor 50mm

Last Saturday we were invited at a friend’s place for lunch. Oh, and to take some pictures. She’s got two lovely Egyptian Maus. One silver spotted and one black smoke, absolutely gorgeous cats. And we got to play around a bit with them.

Mauno, the silver spotted one, was a bit more cooperative than Eppu, the black smoke one, but I think things turned out very nicely. (More about Mauno and Eppu here and here).

We started with the “boring” stuff. Please, sit still, and look up. Head slightly more to the left… No, that’s too much… A bit back… That’s good. Chin up a bit more… nonono, not that much… cat nip is a bit lower…

D700, ISO800, 1/125 sec @ f/4, Nikkor 70-200mm

D700, ISO1600, 1/125 sec @ f/2.8, Nikkor 70-200mm

Eppu wasn’t too much in the mood of activity, so we did a couple of extra chin-ups with him

D700, ISO400, 1/125 sec @ f/4, Nikkor 70-200mm

But after that we got onto the funky stuff…

D700, ISO400, 1/320 sec @ f/11, Nikkor 70-200mm, 2x off-camera SB-800 with Photoflex softbox

D700, ISO400, 1/320 sec @ f/11, Nikkor 70-200mm, 2x off-camera SB-800 with Photoflex softbox

D700, ISO400, 1/320 sec @ f/11, Nikkor 70-200mm, 2x off-camera SB-800 with Photoflex softbox

The next one’s actually slowly starting to become my favorite. Not because it’s fantastic, but it’s so elegant. Mauno’s got style. Put him in a tail-coat and he can… well… Never mind
This picture does remind me very much of the fairy tale “The Master Cat” (Puss in Boots).

D700, ISO400, 1/320 sec @ f/11, Nikkor 70-200mm, 2x off-camera SB-800 with Photoflex softbox

And then, well… after an afternoon of jumping… Also Mauno had enough and called it a day.

D700, ISO400, 1/320 sec @ f/11, Nikkor 70-200mm, 2x off-camera SB-800 with Photoflex softbox

It’s a bit complicated to do a self portrait and make it look good, that’s why he let me do it
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D700, ISO1600, 1/500 sec @ f/11, Nikkor 50mm, two off-camera SB-800s with Photoflex softbox and some post-processing in Photoshop for a clean finishing touch

All you need is a dinner table, a willing family member, an Ikea light and a camera. Et voilà.

D700, ISO3200, 1/125 sec @ f/4.8, Nikkor 50mm

Awhile back I wrote a little bit about our godson. He’s the cutest boy you’ve ever seen. Recently me and the better half have been so busy that we haven’t really had time to meet up with godson and parents, and you know how kids in that age grow and change in an instant…
The other night mom and godson came over for dinner and I managed to quickly grab a few shots. And the little guy is just getting cuter and cuter!
Love him!

D700, ISO400, 1/125 sec @ f/4, Nikkor 70-200mm

D700, ISO400, 1/125 sec @ f/4, Nikkor 70-200mm