Photo 365 - Day 185 (Mr. Leaf #4)

Day 185 (January 4th, 2011)
Title: Mr Leaf #4

And so comes to a close the adventures of Mr. Leaf and his portraits.  It was fun playing around with my macro lens and a magnifying glass (that's what gave the shots a strange "fuzziness" to them).  It also turned into a nice display of texture in a photo.  I hope Mr. Leaf was pleased with the shots!

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Photo 365 - Day 184 (Mr. Leaf #3)

Day 184 (January 3rd, 2011)
Title: Mr Leaf #3

The continuing tales of Mr. Leaf and his photo shoot.  Its kind of hard to tell with the small version of the photo, but there are some really interesting details on this (and the other Mr. Leaf) photo.  You will need to click the thumbnail to zoom in a bit, but you can actually see the cell structure of the leaf.  Go macro!

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Photo 365 - Day 183 (Mr Leaf #2)

Day 183 (January 2nd, 2011)
Title: Mr Leaf #2

As all portrait photographers know, its good to show off the curves of the client.  Mr. Leaf was no exception.

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Photo 365 - Day 182 (Mr Leaf #1)

Day 182 (January 1st, 2011)
Title: Mr Leaf #1

Inspiration can hit just about anytime.  You might be walking down the road, watching the rain fall, reading or just zoning out in front of the TV and - BANG - something happens or you hear/see something that gives you an idea and off you run with it!  This was one of those moments - now, that's not to say that in the end the final work will be fabulous or amazing, but as with many things, just the journey there was worth the trip.


We went out to Walnut Creek for Valentines day (because lets be honest, what says "Love" better than spending hours walking around shopping), and as we were walking to dinner this perfectly lovely leaf was spotted.  It was bright green, no little bug bites or holes and it was just sitting there right in the middle of our path.  My wife picked it up, and it joined us for dinner.  We carried it around the rest of the night and even brought it home with us.  The next morning, I noticed it was starting to dry out, but it was still a great leaf.  I thought: "I know you're going to be leaving us soon Mr. Leaf, so how about a few photos, just so we can remember this by?"  And so, here is my Leaf Portrait Session.


He was a very good subject.  Never complained once!


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