Blue - Edwardsville Senior Pictures

AlexWever
Photograph by Tom Atwood

This is one of the first senior portraits I took: Alex Wever  leaning against a lumber warehouse, a kind of blue landmark in Edwardsville, Illinois. In fact, this portrait of Alex is a kind of blue landmark, too. Blue bricks, blue metal siding, blue jeans, blue eyes.

Shutter: 1/125; Aperture: f/1.8 (late in the day); ISO: 100; Focal Length: 35 mm

Guinea pig

Carson Eby, 6 mos
Photograph by Tom Atwood

I couldn't have found a better man for the job. The job--for 6-month-old Carson Eby--was to serve as a guinea pig today for my new portrait lens. The lens is a Nikon f/1.8 85 mm. As you can see, in the soft reeds behind Carson, the lens allows for an extremely shallow depth of field. The result: you are focused, literally, on Carson and his smile.

Shutter: 1/500; Aperture: f/1.8; Focal Length: 85 mm; ISO: 100