we don't shoot babies in Christmas outfits...

... unless they are as cute as 7 m.o. abigail:

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photographer’s notes:

above images shot with the nikon d-700, 85mm f/1.4 d af, iso 400, f1.4, 1/500 sec. no strobes, flashes, or fancy dancy backgrounds were used, just a simple round reflector providing fill light bounced from a south facing window (located behind and camera-left of abigail).

one of my 101 goals in 1,001 days was to explore a new photographic genre and push myself beyond what i would “typically” choose to photograph. becoming a versatile photographer is important to me. while kern-photo roots in are wedding photography, the genre of “wedding photography” to us is like photojournalism, portraiture, fashion, landscape, advertising, and kid photography all blended into one. i dig the stealing appropriation of techniques from each genre into our wedding shooting style.

as a photographer, we should be able to take pictures of ANYTHING using our own creative tools and wisdom. in our industry, being the “jack of all trades, king of none” isn’t advised. however, being the “king of one and a jack of a few” can’t hurt.

pushing the depth & breadth of our skills to the maximum isn’t nearly as impossible sounding as having major league pitcher hit a home run in the world series. when pitcher joe blanton hit a home run the world series game on october 26, 2008, his homer was the first of its kind in 35 years! in fact, only 13 pitchers have hit a home run in a world series game, which accounts for less than 2 percent of all world series homers.

now, people, i’m not saying i hit a home run or anything. i’m just excited to produce something my clients want and love.