Wednesday, June 23, 2010

This Photo Will Never Be Used


New Surgical Suite
Originally uploaded by Steve Pearce
This image is of SAMC's Lorenzo Suter, who is the administrative director for the hospital's peri-operative services. In layman's terms, he's the operations manager for the surgical department. The photo was to be for a story in the hospital's Living Well magazine, but after some editorial changes to the article in which this photo would have appeared, we decided that a different photo would be more appropriate.

Even though we won't use this photo, I kinda like it, so I thought I would post it here for you to see. Thrilling narrative, huh?

It's Too Dark To Swim!!!!

I went down to Seagrove Beach, FL on June 15 for a photo session with the Martin family. My wife and kids came along and enjoyed an hour or so on the beach while I was working with the Martins. About 20 or so minutes after sunset I finished the Martin's session and noticed my two kids still out in the surf. Being a photographer, I took a few photos of them having a good time. They stayed in the water until it was too dark to see!

For the shutterbugs, I used ISO 1600, f/2.8 and about a 1/30th shutter speed. I left the white balance on daylight, even though the sun had slipped below the horizon about 20 minutes earlier. I thought the blue color cast worked well to illustrate the idea of the very last bit of available daylight.