Fourth Light Workshop

Yesterday I held my first ever workshop! I had two students, who are very interested in photography, come out and I went over all the basics with them then we went out and practiced a little. It was a lot of fun and made me really brush up on all the stuff you work so hard to master at first and then forget about along the way somehow ;0) We discussed ISO, Aperture, and shutter speed along with some metering tricks, priority modes and a few other details. These gals are pretty sharp and I must say they caught onto all the number hooplah a lot faster than I did! Here are some shots from Rachel who used my camera (just until her hubby finds her one... I love it when hubbies buy us wives camera gear!) so I had the privilege of peaking at her work;

I was impressed by both the girls! I don't think I had a clear picture for at least a month it seems like, maybe a lucky one every now and then ;0) They went right out in blaring sunlight and in fully manual mode, having very little experience and did some great work! I hope to have more workshops in the future seeing as how shoots are a little tricky right now with this giant preggo belly. Next up will be a more advanced class with a few more students. We'll see how that goes! If you are in my area and interested in hanging out, learning some techniques and taking some pictures shoot me an email and I'll be sure to update you on the next Fourth Light workshop.

Titus {1 Year}

Titus was my first photo shoot, my first newborn shoot and he was the beginning of what was Perspective Photography and is now Fourth Light Photography. He is kinda' a big deal! I was able to do his one year pictures a couple days ago in my "studio" (which includes my kitchen windows and a sheet off the guest bed :0) because the rain just will not let up. The set up seems to be working fairly well except I did notice that on this particular shoot there was barely enough light outside to use inside even with two windows and a reflector, but I think we got some keepers! Happy Birthday Titus!!

Steven {7 Weeks}

Today I had the pleasure of photographing sweet little Steven. He was about a month premature and so at right around seven weeks old (I think) he is still smaller than Lincoln was at birth! He is just so tiny, sweet and alert. He loves his grandma and she was able to get him to sleep in her arms but as soon as she went to put him down he woke right up and protested ;0) He was a trooper and let me try out my new knitted cocoons that I have been experimenting with but he was just not feeling them. Oh well, he still made for a great subject!


















And for those of you interested in my baby cocoons and pods here is a peak at my product line and of my packaging as well as a shot of little Mr. Steven test driving the first cocoon I made;


I have since renamed the Edamame Pod the Sweet Pea pod for fear that Edamame might be too foreign a concept to many so just pretend the label says Sweet Pea instead of Edamame :0)







Here is my latest one and I think it is my favortite;





He'd just wiggle his way right out of it :0)



For more information and pricing on the cocoons email me at; AHarris_122@msn.com

Chloe and Callie

I knew my friend Connie from the previous post on Corvin and Joan would have her two daughters in tow when she brought her hubby and family up for a mini session on Sunday and so I was prepared :0) In hopes that Chloe would love the camera, I set up an in home studio... A pulled hip muscle and a cardio work out later I arranged part of my couch and some accessories in between my two kitchen windows, draped a blanket across the corner and made a reflector from a nasty old piece of foam board and some foil. You never know what you going to get with a fourth light shoot ;0) But I was right, Chloe LOVES the camera!! And she volunteered to be my guinea pig anytime, saying as she jumped in the car "Call me!". She is SO funny!! Her little sis Callie wasn't quite as fond of the camera but I have some ideas for her next time we meet :0) My dog Echo is involved! Here are a couple that I snagged of these two beautiful girls.

Corvin and Joan

My good friend asked me last Wednesday if I could just do a couple shots of her hubby and his mom this past Sunday and of course I jumped at the chance to have adult subjects who would, in all likelihood sit still, take direction and let me play a bit! Not that children don't let me work out my creativity in a totally different way {which I love!} but since I haven't done many shoots for the past couple of months or so I was elated to get some good solid practice in. The family pulled into the drive way and little did I know that I would have an audience, nine people jumped out of three cars! I was a little surprised but this family, even the ones I had just met, were super comfortable people. It was great to meet you all!!















These last couple include Corvin's two daughters. Stay tuned for a post all about these two!