Welcome

[Andy]

Welcome to the Minnesota Photography Google Group!

This message board is an offshoot of the CameraTalk Minnesota forum. I
decided to discontinue maintaining the CameraTalk.org website, but
wanted a place that we could all still congregate.

This board works a little differently than the old forum. Once you are
a member, you can post messages directly to the group at
http://groups.google.com/group/mnphoto. Or you can post a message to
the group simply by sending an email to mnp...@googlegroups.com.
Additionally, you can choose how to read the group messages. Options
include individual emails, digest emails or directly reading them on
the website.

[Minnesota Wild]

Seems a lot less time-consuming on your part "Dad"

[Andy]

Yep. Not that the other site was taking up much time. But I am shelling
out hosting fees each month that I'd rather do without (that's what
helps with the dad part).

How's the photoblog going?

[Minnesota Wild]

Slowly, no time....but I'm liking the format alot better.

Owen and Mom doing well I hope?

[Andy]

Both are doing great. Well, the wife has been sick the last two days,
but other than that all is well.

I bought an alien bee B400 monolight a couple weeks ago. Here's a
couple from my first serious shoots of Owen.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/andyjoe16/forums/20051112.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/andyjoe16/forums/img_5730_edited-1.jpg

Let me know what you think.

[Minnesota Wild]

Geez -- those look sensational...how much was the light? I need one of
those.

What lens were you using?

[Andy]

http://alienbees.com/beginner.html

I bought that package but with a brolly box instead of a bounce
umbrella. Now I have to work on getting a second light.

The full body photo was taken with the Canon 50mm f/1.8 and the head
one was with my Tamron 28-75 f/2.8. Both were using the single light
and a large white piece of foam board for a reflector and black
velvet-type fabric for the background.

[Justin Holmes]

THose are really impressive shots!

[JoanMN]

Ahhhhhhh, those are just darling! I especially like the ful-body one!

[Andy Cosgrove]

Thanks to both of you. My wife, who's into digital scrapbooking, made
the full body one into our baby announcement. It turned out really
nice. Here's a link to it:

http://visualgratification.com/photos/file/BirthAnnouncement.jpg

Today, we're going to attempt a Christmas photo of our children! Stay
tuned for those results :)