{"id":2859,"date":"2018-04-06T18:23:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T09:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2018-04-06\/2859"},"modified":"2018-04-06T18:23:59","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T09:23:59","slug":"cherry-blossom-portraits-with-monet-and-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2018-04-06\/2859","title":{"rendered":"Cherry-Blossom Portraits with Monet and May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 155mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 360 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMonet<\/span>\nin what was literally the first photo of the shoot\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

I've remained friends with the family of one of Anthony's preschool classmates, and even though they haven't\nbeen in school together for nine years, we still keep in close touch. The other<\/span> day I did<\/span> a quick<\/span> photoshoot\nof the family's two girls, Monet and May, who should now be about 15 and 13 years old, respectively.<\/p>\n\n

I'm sort of rusty with the camera, so wasn't sure what to expect, but the moment I took<\/span> the first photo, I knew that<\/span> the girls would do all the work and I could<\/span> just press the button;\nno photographer skill required when they're so photogenic. \ud83d\ude42<\/span> <\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 135mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMay<\/span>\nMonet's sister, now 13 years old\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

They've known me since before they can remember, and were on my blog a lot<\/span> early on (for example, here's Monet 10<\/span> years ago<\/a> and May 11\nyears ago<\/a>). But it's been a while<\/span> since I'd seen them, and they're now perhaps a bit<\/span> more conscious of their image,\nso they were understandably a bit<\/span> nervous with the big lens pointed at them.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 135mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 360 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nA Bit<\/span> Nervous<\/span>\nbut nevertheless enjoying themselves\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 150mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nStroll Among the Blossoms<\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>800 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 250 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 130mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 360 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 86mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1250 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>800 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 125 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 160mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>800 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>800 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nHelping Hand<\/span>\ntheir dad worked as my assistant\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 82mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nTrying to Do Something with the Blossoms<\/span>\nbut Monet outshines them\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

I knew that they were a bit nervous, and that I'd have their attention for only a short<\/span> time, so I tried<\/span> to be quick.\nFrom the first photo to the last was just under 11½ minutes.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 116mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 220 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nGroup Portrait<\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

I'd love to do this again when the mom is available, to do a real<\/span> family portrait. Next time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I've remained friends with the family of one of Anthony's preschool classmates, and even though they haven't been in school together for nine years, we still keep in close touch. The other day I did a quick photoshoot of the family's two girls, Monet and May, who should now be about 15 and 13 years old, respectively.<\/p>

I'm sort of rusty with the camera, so wasn't sure what to expect, but the moment I took the first photo, I knew that the girls would do all the work and I could just press the button; no photographer skill required when [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1,2,28,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2859"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}