Justin Cary Photography

So, I don’t do a lot of Senior sessions… I think it has to do with the look you get from other photographers when you say, I shoot seniors.  For the ones that are, “too good” for it, they take your creativity away as soon as you say that you shoot seniors.  I love it… it gives me an opportunity to work with all sorts of kids and I remember my senior photos.  A family friend snapped 1 roll of film (24 frames) and I had one photo… For me that was fine but for today’s seniors it doesn’t fly.  My pricing is on my website but I wanted to show you what Package A actually looks like, it’s a lot of photos!!!  And they are super High Quality!

Every image, 5×7 and larger, is mounted on a single weight backer board that supports the image and gives it that professional look and feel.  The 4×6′s are professional prints, not Walmart prints.  They are chemically printed, not printed on an inkjet.  I’m only offering up this information because I’ve been asked :-)

If you’re a senior, gimme a call.  We’ll have fun and get fun images.  I’m down for whatever and will drive anywhere if you have a location that you really want to shoot in.  I love shooting in new places!  Let me know if you wanna have a good time and get some images that truly reflect who you are.

Justin Cary
316.304.4599

A good friend of mine asked me to draw up a logo for a sermon series at church coming up after the Easter season.  It was fun… Thought I’d share.

Justin

I just want to say thanks to everyone that made today’s shoot possible…  It’s refreshing to get a team of people that work well together and that’s what went down today.  Here’s a little sample, you’ll have to pick up a copy of the April Splurge Magazine to see the rest!

The other day, after a long day of work and shooting I sat down on the couch to work some more.  I went to check the pony’s (power) on the battery and noticed it was bulging like crazy and not sitting flush with bottom of the computer.  After evaluating the situation I found that this happens frequently with these computers… Bad Apple!  Oh well, for all the things you do right I’ll let this slide.  Here’s a photo… crazyness.

Recently, over the past couple of months, I’ve become a little obsessive about running, daily.  It’s a good thing to be healthy, so I hear :-)  I’ve kicked all of my bad habits except for Diet Mountain Dew, NEVER!!!!  This sounds so cliche but I want to be fit and active for my kids.  As my kids get faster, so will I, mwahahahahaha.  So I went looking for new running shoes and I couldn’t find anything on the shelf that I really liked.  I was looking for something a little over the top and ridiculous so that I wear them for running.  When I buy a new pair of shoes I wear them until the sole falls off and when I wear them everyday it falls off quickly!  So, I went to Nike.com and built my own kicks!  Here they are, turned out pretty dang sweet!

Tonight Kayla went out with some girl friends, soooo, that left me home alone with Jace and Toe Nug.  Jace was standing against the couch eating a snack so I grabbed the camera to grab some candids.  If you’re unaware the 5D Mark II shoots up to 6400 ISO… and it does it well.  I took a few shots at 3200 ISO with just the light from the lamp on the end table.  The TV was on so that’s the reflection in the window.  Check out the clarity of this image at 3200 ISO…. UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!

My buddy, Matt Zogleman, is attending a photography class at WSU. He rang me up to see if I could give him some pointers on shooting portraits for a project due next week. I love teaching photography… I wish I could do that full time. I was talking to Kayla about what I’d do if I were a photography teacher at a college. I’m pretty sure the first day would be all about the students. I would let them ask 100′s of questions and record the whole session. I would structure the entire semester off of that one class period, while still teaching the basics of the course. There are so many things about photography that are important to know and so many things that are important to inherit, from God, as a talent. Anyway, here’s a portrait of Matt I snapped while we were going through the motions.

I know, contact sheets are “Old School” in the world of photography but I still like the feel of skimming images with a negative magnifying glass.  Lightroom really sets you up well if you want to print contact sheets.

After you’ve edited you’re images and your happy with the lot of them it’s time to print… right?  It depends on what you’re going for but for this particular post, yes, we’re going to print some images.  If you’re like me you take a lot of images!  I can shoot 300 frames without breaking a sweat… that’s one of the great things about digital.  So now that you’ve shot 300 frames at 22MB’s an image you want to view them away from your desktop or laptop.

Click on the “PRINT” link in the upper right-hand corner of Lightroom.  You’ll see many many options here.  Make sure you click the first image in your frames at the bottom of the screen, hold shift and click on the last image to select them all.  Below are the settings I used.  Play around to get the results you like and print away!

Here’s what I get.

As always, Enjoy!!!
Justin

If you can’t tell from my previous posts I’ll let you in on a little secret, I LOVE MY LITTLE BOY!!!  But who doesn’t absolutely love their kids?  He’s so animated and photogenic, it’s hard not to bundle him up, let him release some energy and get some killer pics while we’re at it.  If you’re a parent and an aspiring photographer there is no better way to hone your photography skills than capturing great photos of a kid that won’t sit still.  If you can do that you’re on your way to being a great photographer!  Don’t give up and don’t get frustrated… if you find yourself getting frustrated put the camera down and run around with them :-)  Here are a couple of shots I got of Jace playing outside today.

So, I’ve never done a post concerning my equipment I shoot weddings with.  I really hate to mention my photography equipment for two reasons… 1.) People know what I’m carrying around in my bag  2.) I don’t want to seem braggy.  But, one of the questions I get asked the most is, “What camera and lenses are you using?”.  So here it be:

I have since replaced my 1Ds Mark II with with a 5D Mark II.  I am hoping to upgrade to the 1Ds Mark III after a year or so.  I replaced my 1D with a 5D Mark II because of the low light capabilities of the 5D Mark II.  The 1Ds Mark II is an older camera with older technology.  I was very very sad to see it go as it was the first “Professional” DSLR I’d ever owned.  If you’ve never had the chance to shoot a professional camera you have no idea what you’re missing.  The feel of a professional camera just makes you want to shoot great images, that’s silly but so true!!!

Justin