Portraits

Peter Phun on February 4th, 2010

Photographing strangers have always been something I enjoy.
Part of it has to do with the possibility that I can be told to take a hike, or worse, be punched in the face.
It’s not that I like to antagonize people.
It’s a real challenge even if you have the camera handling down.

Quizzical look of a fruit vendor–This [...]

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Peter Phun on June 4th, 2009

Side Lit–Delia lit by strong sidelighting coming off of Lake Evans. The fill light is provided by a gold reflector on the right. Fill flash would have also worked but it would have required a Canon Speedlite capable of high sync speed. Exposure was ISO 100 1/350 sec @ f4 with a 50 mm lens.

Contrast [...]

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Peter Phun on April 19th, 2009

I now have 3 digital SLR bodies.
They are all serviceable and working but the extent that I pick one body over the next inevitably comes down to its age.
Once you move to digital, you’ll do the same I’m afraid.
That’s the path you’ll take out of necessity.
Newer means more megapixels ( I can hear my hard [...]

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Peter Phun on March 24th, 2009

Ryan and Katie at the end of our 2-hour photo session appears to have forgotten about us lurking in the background.

Katie and Ryan drove an hour and half from San Diego over the weekend to meet with me.
Brave souls they are to trust a complete stranger whom they’ve never met to do an engagement portrait.
I [...]

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