Art photography, Long exposure of the Arroyo Seco river

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Apr 182012
 
Long exposure black and white shot of the arroyo seco river in the Los Pagres National Forest

Every year around Easter my daughter and a group of my closest friends go camping at the Indians campground in the Los Padres National Forest. It is one of the best parts of my year. I often do some photography while I’m there. This time, the fun stuff was putting a strong IR filter on my lens and getting some long exposure shots of the Arroyo Seco river.

This photo is a 25 second exposure (I know, my previous post is a long exposure shot too, must be the flavor of the month.

IMG 5448 proof Art photography, Long exposure of the Arroyo Seco river

It was just after a storm, so I got some shots of clouds as well.

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All photos @ Alex Schoenfeldt 2012
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Two more candid portraits in my experiment with selective focus.

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Mar 292012
 
Beautiful blond woman in front of graffiti covered metal wall in San Francisco

Yesterday I posted a candid street portrait taken with a bellows lens by Lensbaby in the mission district in San Francisco.

Here are two more photos from my experimenting that I think hold up. They are a lot more dramatic in their effect, as they were taken at a wide open aperture. (yesterdays shot was f icon cool Two more candid portraits in my experiment with selective focus. With a bellows lens and a wide open aperture, the amount of detail in the photo that is truly in focus is paper thin. If you like that effect of not is another story, but I think it works in these two.

IMG 4880 proof Two more candid portraits in my experiment with selective focus.

IMG 4842 proof Two more candid portraits in my experiment with selective focus.

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Alex Schoenfeldt. San Francisco Bay Area Photographer.

Five year old girl in facepaint.

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Mar 202012
 
Intense and pretty Korean child in face paint at a party

This photo was taken at a child’s birthday party. There was a tea party (back when that meant a party where you drink tea and not a political movement) and a treasure hunt and face painting.

The girl in the photo is obviously of Asian descent. I think her heritage is Korean, but I am not sure.

For me the thing that sells this photo is her unblinking intensity. She’s a pretty little girl, and she is staring into your soul, perhaps finding it wanting.

IMG 8390 1024x682 Five year old girl in facepaint.

Photo © Alex Schoenfeldt 2007
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San Francisco Bay Area Event Photography

The eye’s have it (phone photo)

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Feb 292012
 
beautiful photo of a pretty girl's eye

At the park on a nice sunny day with my daughter and some friends. Zaria is laying down on her mom’s la, and the sun is hitting her pretty blue eye just so.

This was one of those grab the camera you have with you moments, which was my phone. The iPhone does pretty well in macro mode actually, and it can digitally zoom for an even better effect.

IMG 1293 764x1024 The eyes have it (phone photo)

Photo © Alex Schoenfeldt 2011. All rights reserved.
San Francisco Photographer

Pregnancy photo. Beautiful pregnant Indian woman on a Northern California Beach.

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Jan 142012
 
Prenant Indian woman on a beach in Pacifica California

I did a pregnancy photo session for a couple recently. We started on the hills above the ocean somewhere south of Pacifica CA. We got some great shots of the two of them but the award winner is posted below. The long back hair, round pregnant belly, dark Indian skin, the dark cliff walls, the cold white-capped ocean, this shot just works in my opinion.

It’s on the blog twice. I was just going to post the color version you see first. This shot is a bit intimate, and I know for a fact the husband has some conservative family members, I thought I’d check before I put it out there on the interweb for all to see. I emailed a proof of the shot with my request, and when I got the email saying “yes” back it also said “aren’t you going to use the black and white version?”

Which one do you like better?

Raashi pregnancy 1524 color retouch proof BW 1024x683 Pregnancy photo. Beautiful pregnant Indian woman on a Northern California Beach.

Raashi pregnancy 1524 color retouch proof 1024x683 Pregnancy photo. Beautiful pregnant Indian woman on a Northern California Beach.

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