Very nice photos, Paul. That's quite the hairstyle you have in your wedding photo - I'll bet Grace wasn't expecting that!
Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: 03 January 2009 14:37 > To: pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: PESOs: Gracie's Grandma > > I haven't posted a PESO in a long time, which is totally out > of character. That's due in part to the virtual reality > photos biz, which has kept me really busy, shooting 1000 > frames a week or so. It's also the result of a project I > undertook: the restoration of our wedding photos. They were > 37 years old, cracked and creased. All of them had taken on a > deep maroon shade. I scanned each of about 70 on the Epson > 3200 flatbed, restored the color and retouched them. The book > was falling apart, so I bought a new Legacy album as well, > which is the brand I sell to my brides. I would guess I have > about 60 hours of work in that project, but it turned out well. > > Which brings us to Grandma's birthday, where Grace presented > her with the book. (Grace is our birthday elf and is the > central figure at every event.). Here Grace waits anxiously > while Grandma reads her card: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8461593&size=lg > > And here Grandma asks Grace, "who is that?" as she points to > a wedding pic. Grace was amazed to discover that we were once > very young: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8461593&size=lg > > I didn't use flash with these, primarily because I was being > lazy:-). I shot them at ISO 1100, f4 @ 1/30th with the DA* > 16-50/2.8 on the K20D. I used AWB and didn't correct color > temp. I was pleased with the way the camera balanced the warm > overhead tungsten and the cold window light. And that's all! > > Paul > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
