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Natural lighting, Dos Lagos revisited

Sunday, January 24th 2010, by tyger | 8 Comments

We’ve been photographically restless all week because of this winter rain storm. But finally, there was a break just in time for the weekend! Kay and I were hoping to capture a few photos with the nice fluffy clouds overhead, but they disappeared by the afternoon =(. Even without the clouds, we ended up at an outdoor shopping plaza we visited a few summers back: Dos Lagos in Corona, CA. There is a nice little pond there with a semi-tunneling bridge that’s perfect for photos.

I don’t think I’ll ever see Dos Lagos as pretty as we saw it a few summers ago, but it’s still a nice little hole in the wall for picture whores like us =). I’m still testing the limits of the Nikon 85mm f1.4 lens, so we took it out with the usual Nikon D700 and shot everything under natural light. Here are some photos, hope you enjoy them.

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Gear used:

Nikon D700
Nikon 85mm/f1.4 lens

Posted in: Photography, Portraits | Tags: Dos Lagos, natural light, Nikon 85mm f1.4 photos, Nikon D700 photos | Post a comment
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Panhia Lee

Posted Monday, January 25th 2010, at 4:54 pm | Permalink

awww, kay you look so pretty! and holy crap your hair is soooo long now. =]

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- alldoneup
  
  Posted Tuesday, January 26th 2010, at 2:09 pm | Permalink
  
  Hi Panhia!
  
  lol, crap is the right word for how my hair is looking. I need a haircut!
  
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susan lee

Posted Monday, January 25th 2010, at 7:18 pm | Permalink

cute HON. NO SNOW where are you AT.???

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- alldoneup
  
  Posted Tuesday, January 26th 2010, at 2:12 pm | Permalink
  
  Hi Susan!
  
  I got sick of driving into the ditches because of the snow so I’m back in CA for the winter! Muahaha! You are welcome to join me anytime! ;p
  
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WendyB

Posted Tuesday, January 26th 2010, at 10:30 pm | Permalink

Beautiful color on you.

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digit

Posted Wednesday, January 27th 2010, at 4:59 pm | Permalink

natural lighting and you are a beautiful combination!

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Zoua

Posted Thursday, March 3rd 2011, at 2:01 pm | Permalink

Wow, you guys must spend a lot of money on your equipment.
I have a Canon PowerShot SX20 IS (I think, I forgot if it’s an SX20 or 30). I need a flash for it, what do you recommend? Also, what manual or custom settings should I have them be at? I know I need to just walk around and take different pictures but I just don’t have time right now.

Thank you and you and your lady do beautiful work.

-Zoua

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- tyger
  
  Posted Saturday, March 5th 2011, at 8:37 pm | Permalink
  
  @Zoua
  I am not too familiar with the canon line of flashes, but any of them would be better than the on-camera flash. Of most importance is the ability to rotate and swivel the flash head so that you can bounce the flash off ceilings and walls for the best effect. What settings for the flash? I usually start at half power and adjust from there. What settings for the camera? It really depends on the available light. There really isn’t a “one” set it and forget it mode… unless you just put your camera on auto mode .
  
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