I caught him mid-squeal in excitement over this big ol' stack of hotcakes...I shot this image in our living room at night, which has absolutely zero lighting, I used an 18 inch Neewer ring light with adjustable power as well as an 8 inch Vivitar ring light.My large ring light provided the light I needed for his hair and his body, but in order to keep his face well lit without over exposing the background I kept my large ring light at about one third the power and stuck my 8 inch light inside of the larger ring at full power, to give his eyes catch lights and properly expose his face.
I am I longboarding, book loving, word obsessed, detail chaser. I am fueled by coffee, red bull and good hearty belly laughs. On any given day, I look like I was thrown from my closet, in whatever fits. My hair and makeup are an unprepared disaster, forged by that day's urgency. We are often barefoot and dirt covered and the neighbors know me best for misplacing one child as I frantically chase down the other four. I learned to shoot film when I was eighteen and I fell in love with my first SLR, I love to shoot the details and I live for moody and dramatic light. As I continue to learn, my children find new ways to avoid posing, pushing me to learn, and to love self portraiture. Though life with little ones is exhausting and overwhelming, I wouldn�t trade it if I could. I love these moments, they are hard, they are heartbreaking, they are story-worthy, they are my everything.