focal length: 105 mm
shutter speed: 1/125
aperture: f/11
ISO: 1250
flash: two speedlights off camera

Last week at OAC Photo Club, we revisited photographing water drops and this time aimed to capture the crown of the splash. Once you have everything set up, it’s all about the timing.

If you’re interested in creating your own water art, you may find this tutorial helpful - How to Photograph Water Drops

And check out these “water drop crown” images on flickr for inspiration.

Laura is a Vancouver wedding and portrait photographer. Visit laurahana.com.

focal length: 50 mm
shutter speed: 1/320
aperture: f/2.5
ISO: 200
flash: none

If you follow my twitter feed @laurahana, you may have noticed that I’ve been posting photos I’ve taken with my iPhone with an app called Instagram. Instagram is a bit like twitter, but with photos. It comes with a variety of filters to create vintage, plastic camera-like processing. The app only posts photos in a 1:1 ratio, or in a square format, which opened my eyes to different kinds of compositions.

The shoe shot above was originally photographed in a 2:3 ratio but I decided to crop it to 1:1 for a change. It’s always fun to challenge yourself to try new things when it comes to photography.

What do you think about the square format?

Laura is a Vancouver wedding and portrait photographer. Visit laurahana.com.

focal length: 300 mm (on a D300, crop sensor)
shutter speed: 1/4000
aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 2000
flash: none

We were on our way home when I looked up at saw the moon in daylight. It was so beautiful, I grabbed my camera as soon as we got home and took a few shots. This image is straight-out-of-camera with just a conversion to JPG and watermark addition.

Sometimes I look at my EXIF and laugh. 1/4000s at ISO 2000?

Laura is a Vancouver wedding and portrait photographer. Visit laurahana.com.

Tracey Heppner, my personal friend and fellow photographer, is raising funds for Gentle Hands, child & youth welfare agency in Manila, Philippines, by holding an Art Auction.

Please visit the Art Auction website to preview all the art pieces before the event goes live on November 28-30th and even if you can’t make a donation through the auction at this time, at the very least please tell others about it. It’s for a great cause. Just read a few entries on the Gentle Hands blog and your heart will be touched by the stories of the children they care for.

Laura is a Vancouver wedding and portrait photographer. Visit laurahana.com.

Crisp fall weather, open fields, sun and a super-fun family means great portraits. Being a mother of a little girl, sometimes I forget just how playful little boys can be. Here are a few images from today. I hope they’ll make you smile as much as they made me smile this morning.

*click to enlarge

Whoa, model family!

Love!

Smiles all around!

Laura is a Vancouver wedding and portrait photographer. Visit laurahana.com.