Well as most of you can probably tell, I am an aspiring photographer.  I take my camera with me most everywhere and I take a lot of shots.  Over the last year I have put a lot of effort into producting nicer images and i think I have come a long way.  Well today is kind of the moment of truth, so to say, for my last years worth of work. 

My dad has asked me to take pictures of him and my stepmother, which will probably be the pictures they display for the rest of their lives.  Well today is when that is going to happen and to say I am nervous, would be an understatement.  Sure I have a few strobes but do I have the skill to use them properly?  I’ve only used them to photograph people two times(one of those was shooting myself). 

Before I go off to take pictures, I generally like to have a few ideas in my mind as to what I want.  My problem today is I have a hundred ideas in my head!   Trying to sort through them all will probably be near impossible challenging.  I plan on taking some safe, typical portrait shots first, that way I’ll at least have something good “in the bag” so I can try some other things later. 

For those that are interested, I will probably post some pictures of the lighting setups I use.  I know I have learned a TON by reading strobist.com that I really like when you can see the actual lighting setup.

So here I am wishing myself good luck today, lol.  I’ll let you all know how it turns out.