Mom wanted new shots of the grandkids.

Last Sunday morning I was getting ready to head back to my secret life in Lake Charles, LA, when my Mom asked me to make some new photos of the grandkids.  These are SOME of my neices and nephews; if you're a long-term reader of my blog you may recognize them.  We shot for about 20 minutes, unfortunately the sky was typical Houston "smog white", otherwise I was happy with the results.  24" shoot-thru umbrella with GN58 flash at half power to camera right.  Sony 70-200 2.8 and A900 at f13, 1/60, facing mostly northwest.

It helps tremendously as a photographer to have a final product in mind when making images.  My Mom likes physical prints that she can display in her home, generally 11x14 for the walls, and really prefers having images she can group together.  This was what I shot for on Sunday, the first and third images are on the way.

There is a small group of muscovy ducks that lives in the neighborhood lake, and they generally approach anyone who stops.  There was one duck who was mostly underwater with another on top of her.  "They're fighting! It's gonna drown!"  The ducks were not fighting.  Ah, memories.