focal length: 24 mm
shutter speed: 1/4000
aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 800
flash: not fired

I was going through some of my portrait sessions and saw this one I snapped while shooting fellow photographers (hence the aperture setting). I love the way the yellow looks against that sky. Hope you have fun playing with this one!

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Loved all the beautiful images from last week. Thanks for playing!

Laura is a Vancouver portrait photographer. Visit Dolce Life Photography.

focal length: 50 mm
shutter speed: 1/640
aperture: f/1.4
ISO: 200
flash: not fired

Sorry this week’s WYP is a little late but it’s still Tuesday in my time zone, so I hope you will forgive me. I always find skin tones to be challenging and I’m interested to see how you will process this image.

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There were only 3 plays from last week and honestly, even I forgot to post mine. If you’d still like to play, it’s still not to late! I loved all the creative and beautiful images you created. Aren’t they stunning?

Laura is a Vancouver portrait photographer. Visit Dolce Life Photography.

focal length: 105 mm
shutter speed: 1/100
aperture: f/8.0
ISO: 200
flash: not fired

We often talk about the golden hour for photography, which happens just before sunset. Well, the other day we had a golden minute. There was a brief break on that rainy day and I quickly ran outside for a few shots. You’ve seen some photos of autumn on the blog these days but the reality is that I haven’t been out much at all to capture photos of my favourite season. A few minutes here and there isn’t enough but it’s better than nothing, right?

So, get out there and shoot, even if it’s only for a minute.

Laura is a Vancouver portrait photographer. Visit Dolce Life Photography.

focal length: 105 mm
shutter speed: 1/400
aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
flash: not fired

I took this yesterday during the brief moment we experienced the sun. It was the golden minute if you will. I had my macro lens on my camera so I could get up close and personal with an autumn leaf. I’ll give you something different next week, but for today, a pretty leaf. Yeah, this is totally SOOC!

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Thanks for all your stunningly beautiful plays last week! They warmed my heart.

Laura is a Vancouver portrait photographer. Visit Dolce Life Photography.

focal length: 105 mm
shutter speed: 1/100
aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 200
flash: not fired

The rain was pelting against the window this morning, leaving it’s mark on the glass. We’ve had rain off and on in recent days and although my spirits aren’t dampened, I was in that kind of mood photographically. I grabbed my lonely macro lens and took a few shots. Manual focusing of course since I was so close up. It’s just easier to focus the lens myself when using a macro. The shot above didn’t really “pop” so I cooled the white balance, deepened the blacks, increased the vibrance and added a subtle vignette.

Ah, much moodier than the original below.

Laura is a Vancouver portrait photographer. Visit Dolce Life Photography.