December 25, 2008

Chloe’s Favorite Christmas Decoration

My granddaughter, Chloe, who is three (almost four), has always loved this mouse.  She tells us every year that it is her favorite Christmas decoration in the whole year.  All we get out of our six year old grandson is “it’s really girly.”

I am not allowed to post any photographs of the grandkids on the internet—orders from grandma and “special daughter.”   I really got some good ones during the holidays.  I used David Hobby’s method—a strobe in each corner of a room set to manual and another on a flash bracket to give a little fill light (set at -2.3 EV).  I like the results and would love to share them with you, but, I would have to kill myself if I did.

Hope everyone has had a Merry Christmas!

Camera settings:   Nikon D3, 50mm f/1.4, shot at ISO 200, f/1.4 and 1/125 of a second with flash and softbox

Post Processing:  Lightroom—set white and black point, and added mid-tone contrast, adjusted white balance and added a vignette.

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