昨天放工回家，摄影瘾忽然发作，刚巧小儿子收到了姨丈的礼物，一盒彩色笔与一本填色簿，开心地叫我帮他与彩色笔拍照，我正中下怀，却之不恭。
儿子的心情非常愉悦，开心的成为爸爸的模特儿。父子俩有如专业摄影师与模特儿般，相互呼应，配合得天衣无缝，连电视机的灯光都派上用场，照亮了儿子的脸频，使拍出的相片不至于太单调。
儿子单纯简单的心，一盒彩色笔与填色簿就足以让他成为骄傲的主人。爸爸也得以解瘾，促进父子关系之余，也度过了一个轻松的夜晚。
Yesterday when I reached home from work, I had a sudden urge within to play with my camera. It was so coincidental that my 4-year-old son had just received a new color pencil set and a coloring book from his uncle, hence he was in jovial mood and wanted me to photograph him with his new gifts.
I took out my camera fitted with the Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens that I acquired recently and started the shooting session. My son became my model who happily posed for me and I recorded down his joyful moment in the form of digital images. Both the father and son are happy with the session and it strengthens the tie further. I call this simple satisfaction of simple people.
Being in-door, it was difficult to get an ideal white balance hence I resorted to using the auto white balance, also tried out aperture setting of f1.8 to f2.8. However, I realized that portraiture shots taken out-door in general seem more attractive probably due to better lighting condition. I guess I need to read up more on proper lighting for improved portraiture photography.
well, isn't it good not to have high expectation?? just simple heart and you get happy more easily..
ReplyDeletethe 2nd photo looks good to me.. :)
从孩子满足的笑容，可知你的家庭教育很好，可喜可贺。
ReplyDelete如果我们可以一直保持这份童心，
ReplyDelete也许我们也就没那么多烦恼了。
SK,
ReplyDeleteWhat you said is right, as simple as possible...
校长，
做爸爸的不够严厉，孩子们都相当自由。。。
imyuyu,
如SK所说，要求不高烦恼就少。。。
50mm f1.8 is a great lens, and cheap!
ReplyDelete简单的亲子互动,不简单的快乐!:)
ReplyDeleteJoy of a simple life.
ReplyDelete简单就是美.
Cerok Tokun 就是这么简单, 但美不胜收.
khengsiong,
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Thanks for your recommendation.
普普，
简单人的快乐很简单，不简单人的快乐才不简单。。。：D
rainfield61,
Simplicity is uncomplicated hence comfortable and pleasurable, at least for a simple person like me...:D
香昱信张君林，
多谢了。。。
interesting post!
ReplyDelete亲子乐，
ReplyDelete该是无私的，
尽情享受吧。。。
Jesson And Rey Ann,
ReplyDeleteThanks.
jin1shu3,
天伦乐最乐。。。
I prefer shooting portraiture outdoors. More interesting backdrop and you don't need fancy lighting set-ups.50mm prime is great for portraiture.
ReplyDeleteAs for white balance, I prefer to set my custom white balance as it's more accurate and you don't need to correct it during post processing.
How to set it? Use the white cap on a tin of Pringles (yes those potato chips). Shoot in AV or any other mode. Set you WB to Auto AW first. Place the white Pringles cap over your lens with your lens aimed at the light source (incandescent lighting indoors). Click the shutter button to take a shot. Once done, use that image info to set Custom WB (if you are not sure, see your camera manual).
Once you have Custom WB, you can then proceed to shoot your portraiture or whatever it is you want to shoot.
Mei Teng,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the detailed steps for setting custom white balance, I'll definitely try it out one day when my expectation grows. Now the auto WB still work fine for me...:-)