I’ll be honest – there’s few things I hate more than seeing photos of peoples kids and pets. I don’t know why, but it annoys the crap out of me so I try to avoid doing it myself. Naturally I have to take photos to keep the wife happy so I limit my real shooting (excluding iPhone) to memorable events mostly. In the shot above, I took a shot of my son during the first snow event of the year.He was dressed in great colors and acting cute, but I didn’t really notice at first because I was just getting some photos for my wife. Sure, I was thinking about the composition of the shots and all those sorts of things, but I didn’t realize what a gem I had until I showed my pro photography mentor who insisted this was a portfolio shot (something he says about once a year – at best). I guess maybe its time to reconsider my policy on avoiding shooting the kids!
This shot was taken with a Canon 1D Mark IV mounted my favorite lens – the 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM zoomed to 90mm. I was at f/2.8 for 1/500 sec at ISO 160 in M(annual) shooting mode.
