Zoe 2/27/11, originally uploaded by dustinmccollum.

A few weeks ago, I made a bracket for my new softboxes that I got from Adorama. I was posting a picture on my flickr stream of the bracket and wanted to include some samples of stuff that I shot with it. I haven't really shot much with them yet, so I grabbed the first available subject. Just happened to be Zoe. We went outside and shot a few. This is one.

I like the look that underexposed ambient light gives. It's not very often I can do this since I don't have any large strobes with enough juice to overpower the sun. The clouds were just right though.

uhhhh, originally uploaded by dustinmccollum.

She looks so thrilled, doesn't she?

Rockin' Chair, originally uploaded by dustinmccollum.

This one's from Christmas break. She's already changed so much since then. Her hair looked nice in this picture even though it hadn't been cut yet. Not sure how that happened since this was the end of the day, and it's usually a wreck then.

Metal Fence, originally uploaded by dustinmccollum.

Outside a law firm in downtown Roanoke.

Star in the Fog, originally uploaded by dustinmccollum.

Another fog photo from yesterday. I have so many shots of this thing, I tried to find new angles. I think I found one with this.

Twins, originally uploaded by dustinmccollum.

Took a quick trip up the mountain this afternoon before dinner. I wanted to get some photos of the trees in the fog. It was almost too foggy for my autofocus. It struggled a bit at times.

Rachel 2/17/11, originally uploaded by dustinmccollum.

It's been a while since a posted a picture of Rachel. We had a little time outside the other day since the weather was nice. I love her eyes in this shot.

City Biker, originally uploaded by dustinmccollum.

This guy was really bookin' it when he passed me the other day. Panning and a slower shutter speed made the background streak too, giving the photo more of a sense of motion.

Light Up, originally uploaded by dustinmccollum.

Something a little different from yesterday's afternoon photo excursion in downtown Roanoke.

City Buildings, originally uploaded by dustinmccollum.

I shot this from the top of one of the parking garages downtown. I hadn't been walking around downtown Roanoke in a long time. It was nice to get out and not really know what you were going to take pictures of.

I decided to only take one lens with me, my 50mm 1.8. There were several times when I wish I had my wide zoom, but having only one focal length forces you to get creative sometimes. I think I might do this again sometime with just a telephoto lens and see what happens.