Two more candid portraits in my experiment with selective focus.

 art, art photography, san francisco, street photography  No Responses »
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 8) 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.

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

Brown hair brown eye selective focus intense look

All photos © Alex Schoenfeldt 2012.
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Alex Schoenfeldt. San Francisco Bay Area Photographer.

(Semi) Candid shot of a cute little girl

 Children, Environmental portrait, family portrait, oakland  No Responses »
Feb 042012
 
Pretty little girl mugging for the camera in a park in Oakland

I was doing a family portrait session. Mom, dad, two great dogs and one cute and happy little girl. She was one of those bubbly charming kids that make people without kids think “we should have kids.”

She got a little bored or posing with her mom and dad in a look at the camera way, but she didn’t mind “mugging” for the camera. Her mom put her on the table and let her just go while I snapped a few dozen photos. There are plenty of great shots from this session, but this one is just so fun. It’s just so sassy! The lines work really well, and the red offers such an interesting contrast to the greens and browns. Oh, I also like the textures in the photo.

Pretty little girl mugging for the camera in a park in Oakland

Photo © Alex Schoenfeldt 2011
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San Francisco Photographer

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

 art, black and white, Environmental portrait, nature photography, portrait  1 Response »
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?

Pregnant Indian woman on a beach in Pacifica California

pregnancy photo on the beach, beautiful preganat indian woman