Cutie Patootie

My granddaughter's 10-month portrait. February 15, 2009

Nikon D40x ~ f/6.3 ~ 1/125 ~ ISO 100 ~ 55-200 ~ One SB-800 through 42" umbrella, camera right; silver reflector, camera left. Lightened background in Photoshop. Applied 20% gaussian blur layer, layer at 25%.

We're doing one portrait session each month until she turns 1.

Interesting-ness - Photographer Making History with a History-Making President

I subscribe to Imaging Resource's Digital Photo Newsletter. I was just catching up on the digital news and was interested in this little piece they included in their January 16, 2009 Digital Photo Newsletter Vol 11, No 2: 

Obama Official Portrait Makes History ... On Tuesday at 5:38 p.m. photographer Pete Souza made history -- twice.

Click the link to read the article. It's under the "Just for Fun" section.