~ Some new Black and White Shots for 2016 ~

Thursday - APRIL 28th, 2016 - Trying to Get Back To Blog Life

I have hardly been updating this blog....I need to refresh my photography blog and hopefully try and do an update once a week.  I really do love blogging.  I never really know who is reading what I write nor do I much care as it's just fun to share random thoughts and ideas and never know where they end up.  More important than my writing is being able to share the photography I do.  If it wasn't for people I would not have much fun doing photography.  People are interesting subjects and I find each portrait I shoot a new challenge to get images of a person that they appreciate and will value.  Life is so short, I want people to look back fondly at an image of themselves and remember that was them at a certain point in their life.....or even more special have my image be a lasting memory of that person for generations to come.  I just created a new black and white gallery on my FB photography page.  Black and white images are so timeless and really show the beautiful contrast of shadow and light.  I love to shoot in RAW format and then edit a shot to color or black and white.
-Randy

~ Black and White, it's pretty fun!!!! ~

I was recently challenged by a photographer friend Todd Weider to do a black and white photography challenge.  The goal is to post 5 black and white pictures in 5 days.  I love black and white photography for a lot of reasons:

• it has that timeless look to it
• no colors to distract, it allows for the viewer to just enjoy the light and shadow
• so much fun contrast
• just has that artistic look to it

The other part of the challenge is to challenge other photographers each day.  It's fun and not for any real reason other than promoting the fun and beauty of black and white photography. :)

Here is my day 1 photo of the lovely Michelle:

Here is my day 2 photo of Sean:

~ 340/365 Finny ~

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Finny looking at me like I am crazy for wanting to leave the warm house on a -44 morning.  Wish I had stayed home with the cats instead of having failed brakes. -Randy

~ 229/365 Harley Quinn ~

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The shoot went in to day 229/365 so Samantha as Harley Quinn is my 2nd shot in my 365 from the same shoot. :)  Really liked it in color but I dig b/w too.
- Randy

~ 164/365 Self Portrait ~

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Watched the last episode of Season II of Homeland tonight, really good show.  Realized it was late, so shot a quick SP before going to bed.....tired....this teacher NEEDS some holidays.  Cannot wait to burst in to SUMMER HOLIDAY MODE! -Randy

~ 71/365 Kayleigh and Mitchell ~

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Kayleigh and I had talked about doing a shoot years ago.  Today I was honored to have the chance to meet her and take some photos of her.  Her boyfriend came along and we were able to brave some cold wind and a fat studio cat that didn't like smelling dogs to get some photos done.  They are a really good looking couple, hoping they'll let me shoot them in some warmer weather this year.  Stay tuned! :) -Randy

~ 9/365 Lost keys day, Grip arrived ~

The day started out quite stressful, lost my keys (car, house, the important kind) and had that on my mind all day.  Came home and searched and searched, thankfully I had a spot I couldn't check, because the wife had the car I wanted to search.  When she got home I found my keys, they had slipped under one of the seats.  I also saw a postal notice that a package had arrived.  I went and picked up the package and it was my new battery grip all the way from Hong Kong.  I decided my pic of the day would be of my grip on my new camera, which meant my old camera got in the mix of my 365.  I expect it to be dominated by my 5D but I think there will be times the 7D and possibly the 40D get in the fun!!! :)  Happy Hump Day!!!
-Randy

~ Melissa ~

An edit of the lovely Melissa.

Entering a black and white phase! :)

~ 24/365 Nahla on Sunday ~

So torn, want the Saints to win, but also want to see Brett win too! Oh well, no disappointment either way.

Here is today's pic....gonna start a black and white phase.....:)