Friends

When you move to a new town one of the first things you miss are friends. We had 4 friends visit Portland for the weekend and it was great hopping from one beer stop to another in our Volkswagen Van . You talk about old times, whats to come, and lets not forget, complain about work! You sit, drink, and eat until you are crying hangover the next morning and repeat several times how you are too old for this shit. Eat a little breakfast and do all over again.

In the first photo the girls are deciding what to drink. I believe they order cosmos!LOL. Just joking. In the second photo our cool hipster waitress thought it was young comedian night and was working the crowd.

Anyway! I took these photo in every low light conditions to test the quality of my new Canon Eos 5D mark ii. The iso setting was 6400. I think for 6400 the noise is relatively low.

What are your thoughts? Any thought?

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My favorite Subject

It goes without saying that most photographers enjoy snapping a couple off at the ones we love. I took this photo of my wife playing in the trees in Hillsboro. It shows we all still have that little kid in us and the temptation to climb a tree, just because, resides within.

I like the composition. The trees framing a gentle smile, the eyes carefully looking for the next step, and a peaceful child-like concentration of "I don't want to fall".

I can't decide and I was hoping for comments regarding the branch dissecting Sam in the foreground. At times I like the effect, but there is still apart of me that wonders if it distracts from the image. What are your thought?


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