My good friend Kelly came into town on Saturday to meet with some clients, so naturally we had to get together. Kelly is a photographer from the west side of the state and while we talk almost everyday, we don’t get to see one another much. Kelly needed to get a few head shots as well, as us photographers always need fabulous pictures of ourselves. I mean our clients can’t be the only ones getting all these great images 🙂 Needless to say, mother nature was mad at us and gave us nice light, but a very windy day. Now if we were doing shots of me, it would be fine, as my hair can’t really blow in the wind, but Kelly’s most definitely could AND did. We did manage to get a couple great pics and the all important headshot, so at least it wasn’t a total failure.
Kelly and I went to the Grizzly Peak for some yummy food and beverages as well as Sweetwaters later on for some much needed coffee yumminess. Thanks for coming out this way Kelly and trusting me with taking your pics…I’ll see you in a couple weeks!
Here’s a few of the images…
Gotta love some train track action!
And here’s the shot we ended up with for her headshot…
For you photographers out there, I shot all of the images of Kelly with the Nikon 85 f/1.8. I shot in Kelvin WB like I always do now and at 200 ISO. I used to own the Nikon 85 f/1.4 (actually a couple times) and I have to say, the performance of the 85 f/1.8 shot wide open (pretty much the whole reason for the lens) is WAY better! Pretty cool considereing the f/1.4 is $1200 and the f/1.8 is $450…yay for saving money and getting better quality!
Kelly Braman - Although it is Always difficult to be on the other side of the lens~you did a beautiful job! The Wind was completely crazy!!~but the light was amazing!! This is completely out of my comfort zone, but when I am 80yrs.old it will be nice to look back and think maybe I didn’t look half bad!haha
*thanks, friend.
Aletha | Pearls Events - Kelly’s absolutely stunning – I think my favorite is the black & white one on the tracks! Maybe her husband would like that in a canvas for over the fireplace??!! Love the one for her official headshot. Great work, Dustin!
Stevie - Those are beautiful Dustin! Great work! Kelly you look gorgeous!
Dennis Bullock - Great shots Dustin!
Nicole Haley - Ooohh, I love Sweetwaters. Beautiful photos!
Velia - These are great. The second one is my favorite. I’m so jealous of the train tracks. I’ve been searching for a location like that and can’t seem to find one. Great shots!
Amy Carroll - I love these shots of my girl Kelly! Totally fabulous! And it’s making me realize I need a shoot like this…I have no good headshots.
Melissa - Great shots Dustin! I love the first one!
Cindy Lee - Hi Dustin … Found you site from a forum and I had to comment on the quality of your photos. Sharp & professional!!!
I had a suspicion this was the 85mm so I was delighted to find you added the info for photographers at the bottom of the post. It’s top on wish list so I recognised it.
Thanks for the info & tip about the lenses. It’s great to see photographers helping out other photographers in a tight lipped industry. Thanks for sharing.
Pamela Telgenhoff - Wow! These just POP off the page. Beautiful work!
Karyn May - Dustin, these are FANTASTIC! You know Kelly’s my girl, so naturally I’m going to love any pic she’s in. Despite the wind you got some really GORGEOUS shots of Kelly! You are SMOKIN girl!!!! 🙂
Wayne Toshikazu - These are great, Dustin, and the tones in that black and white are killer!
Brian - Dustin,
Fabulous work. Thank you for the “Photographers” info you place in your posts. Much appreciated.
Brian