Offbeat Photography

Gym, originally uploaded by Offbeat Photography.

We had a good time shooting at the gym Sunday night.

Strobist info: JTL 300 bounce left trigger by cybersync. JTL 300 bounce right triggered by cybersync. I was on a balcony shooting down.

Lens 70-300mm Sony

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Jessica and Her Boys, originally uploaded by Offbeat Photography.

We had fun today trying to get both Zack and Tristan to smile and look at the camera. I did get about 50 photos for Jessica to browse through, out of 450 that is.

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A Day in Oliver's Life, originally uploaded by Offbeat Photography.

Oliver caught a couple of stray rays of sunlight this evening. He wasn't sure what to do with them though, so he let the go about their way.

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A Day in Oliver's Life, originally uploaded by Offbeat Photography.

Oliver chases Phoebe around the floor.

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After the Storm, Illinois Heartland, originally uploaded by Offbeat Photography.

Every so often, the Illinois Heartland, usually a flat, featureless and endless field of corn, surprises me with wonderful skies painting awe inspiring flashes of light and color across the vast stretches of farmland.

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Oliver in the Morning Sun, originally uploaded by Offbeat Photography.

Oliver, sun-kissed by the morning light. I had sat Oliver in his chair to feed him when I noticed the spectacular quality of the light shining down on him. With the reflected light of the tray opening the shadows, I ran and got my camera. I put my 50mm Flektogon, a Carl Zeiss Jena lens, on my Sony a700 and captured Oliver in the sunlight

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Turkey Hunting-2, originally uploaded by Offbeat Photography.

This is actually the only turkey I ran into today. She was taking a leasurely walk next to the hedge near a trail at Weldon Springs when I snuck up on here to get this photograph. She ran off and hid shortly after I pressed the shutter release. I found her a few short minutes later hiding in the hedge. She screamed and ran the other way, so I couldn't follow her

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Playing with my Sigma DP1-9, originally uploaded by Offbeat Photography.

For this photograph, Oliver volunteered to sit by a giant sippy cup in an enormous high chair. I wanted to test the Sigma DP1 with off camera flash. I used my Metz Mecablitz CT-60 and my Cybersync trigger.

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Spring Rain, originally uploaded by Offbeat Photography.

We went turkey hunting this morning. The weather forecast was sunny and eighty. They got it wrong. It poured on us today.

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Grape Leaf Bud, originally uploaded by Offbeat Photography.

I received my extension tube today so I took it around the yard and looked for small things to photograph.

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