Naomi Noelle

Here's a shot I did for my close friends Josh and Mindie of their brand new little girl Naomi. What a blessing it is to be able to capture life at such a young age! One of the perks of shooting weddings is the calls I get for baby sessions from my wedding clients. I've been telling my brides that the first session is free if its within one year of the wedding :)

This images was taken with my D2Xs and 50mm 1.4. It was taken in manual mode, jpeg large fine, f1.4 1/80 sec, 1600 iso, in camera b+w with contrast boost. I draped a black blanket over their kitchen table and used the available light coming from a window slightly off center from behind me. I did a slight curves adjustment in Photoshop to bring up the exposure about 1/2 stop and add a bit more contrast. I love shooting with the D2x in higher iso's because the grain pattern reminds me of shooting with Kodak TMZ 3200 film pushed a couple of stops. I love a bit of texture in my black and whites.