Random Rainy Friday Evening Portraits with Melissa

Remember Melissa? (IDK...my BFF Melissa?) When I want practice I force her to be my model. Ok, not exactly force, but I'm pretty convincing. Friday evening I had hoped to take some shots of her outside but the weather did not cooperate, so I did some close-ups of her inside. It was my goal to work on eyes and close-ups in general. She makes a beautiful model :). And a note: I did decide to shoot wide open, hence the very shallow depth of field.

Mark & Cheri

My aunt Cheri asked me back in, I dunno, December, if I would do photos of her and my uncle Mark. Um, of course! They decided to use the Naperville Riverwalk as the backdrop of their portraits. I'm certainly glad they did because it's a great spot and I'm going to remember it for future sessions!

They were great subjects to photograph: definitely not camera-shy and fell into natural poses easily. It was fun!

As always, a few favorites:

















Happy Spring!