Olivia || Canon EOS 40D/EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM | 1/200 | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | Handheld

We interrupt the regularly scheduled Paris photos for Olivia. She has her 8th birthday coming up soon and so we went out for a little photo shoot yesterday to get some pictures for her baptism announcements. This one isn’t going out with the announcement, but I wanted to show it off anyway We’re very proud of her, she is growing up unbelievably fast.

We shot this on a very bright sunny day, so we found some trees that provided ample shade, and used off camera flash for the lighting (580EX II and 550EX). Post processing in Adobe Lightroom.

Kings at Notre Dame || Canon EOS 40D/EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM | 1/200 | f/8 | ISO 100 | Handheld

Ah Paris. Everywhere you looked there was something fascinating and Notre Dame was no exception. We spent a fair amount of time here and it was here that I was first introduced to the “No Tripod” rule. Inside the cathedral I thought the stained glass was beautiful, and I thought it would be an interesting challenge to photograph. Since I didn’t want to get in the way of anyone, I went off to a less traveled corner and pulled out my tripod (taking care to not fully extend the legs so that I wasn’t in anyone’s way ). I managed to get a couple of shots before I was told to put it away by. Apparently tripods aren’t allowed because of security reasons. Oh well.

Anyway, this was outside (and no, I didn’t use a tripod, although I’m sure I could have since it was outside).