Photos: The Wonderful Land of Macro

Here are some photos I took when it was a really misty day outside and I really like how all these turned out so please check out the others on my Website and see for yourself.

The D600 and the 105mm VR Micro is a beautiful marriage.

Petal and Droplets - 105mm VR Micro - D600

Allium - 105mm VR Micro - D600

I thought I would post these as I edit my shoots I have done recently.  Trying to keep a good flow of photos coming if I can!  

Photos: Macro

Hey folks,

I have just uploaded some more photos to my new arrivals gallery.  They are some some very nice macro shots and with the D600 they are even better than before.  Hope you like them and I have a lot of shoots setup so stay posted for those after I do them!

Tulip - D600

http://www.tomhoustonphotography.ca/#/personal/70c1454423b96e9e80c8e51dfc104b6b

Website: Revamp!

Hey folks,

I just restructured, revamped, and added to my website!  Took a while however here it is and I hope you like it!

http://www.tomhoustonphotography.ca

Enjoy the photos!

Video: Critique: Website of Faisal Photography

Hey Folks,

This video is a little different then my others.  I was asked to critique someone's personal photography website via my Facebook Page and I decided to make it into a video so others than help out as well.  I would love to hear if you agree or disagree with my review of Faisal's Website.

If anyone else wants me to look at their photography or website I am more than happy to help critique your work.  

Here is the link to the video or click on the "video" link above: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIFe676mWBU&feature=youtu.be

Hope that helps,

Tom

Photos: D600 Nighttime Test Shoot

Hey folks,

I have posted two photos from the shoot on my website in the new arrivals gallery.  These were both shot at ISO 3200 with the 85mm f/1.4D at f/1.4 on the D600.  There was not added flash, all lighting was natural from the location.  For shooting wide open at f/1.4 at ISO 3200, I am very impressed!  Here is another photo I took that isn't on my site so bonus for all of you who read my blog!

Hope you like the photos!

D600, ISO 3200, 85mm f/1.4D @ f/1.4

Photos: Makeup Shoot

Hey,

So I just posted the other photos from the shoot on my site @ www.tomhoustonphotography.ca and they are at the start of my gallery for my portraits.  I will post one of the photos below here but make sure you check out my site for the rest of the photos.

Makeup Shoot - Portrait - 105mm

Thanks for reading and here is a direct link to my portrait gallery to see the other photos from the shoot!

Photos: Makeup Shoot Sneak Peek

Hey,

Just did a shoot recently with a lovely model and my very talented makeup artist.  Shoot turned out really well and I am very happy with the photos.  I decided to post the photos of the sneak peek on my website to try to get some of my blog audience to take a peek at my site.  So I uploaded the two sneak peek photos as the first two photos of my portrait gallery.  Please go check them out!

After a week or so I will sort the new photos into the gallery however for now I will leave them at the front of the gallery.

Hope you enjoy the photos.

Also one of those photos is on my Twitter @TomHoustonPhoto

Tom

Photos: Update: Flower Series!

Yes that is right folks.  I am posting my Flower Series!

It has been a long time in the making since they were harder to organize than I thought.  Also I was super busy with everything else in my life while I was taking these.  I have a total of seven Flower Series shots and will probably get more later however I decided to post them now.  I did this because I have now moved onto another series.  I have done more than seven Flower Series shoots however some were not quite up to either the standard I wanted, or they didn't turn out exactly the way I had planned.  Therefore I am just posting my top ones.

First I will have them only on my website since one is fairly revealing and is for +18 eyes.  I may post them on my Flick however I will stick to my website right now for the Flower Series.  They will also be posted on my Model Mayhem account soon just so I can "show off" my creative side there.

Here is a link to my website @ www.tomhoustonphotography.ca and you will find the series in my galleries.  Or you can click here to bring you directly to the gallery.

I  came up with all the series ideas as well as planned and organized all the shoots.  Some of the shoots I used my lovely and talented Makeup Artist, Leslie Emmerson.  The concept of the series was from my access to free flowers from a local florist in my city.  I decided I wanted to do a series of photos where I incorporated flowers into the portraits.  It was overall a very fun experience doing the shoots and very tedious at times.  Flower petals do not have much friction on skin.  I had to get creative and a little crafty with my ideas to pull this series off.

I hope to do more however I am very happy this this set so far.  I hope you are as well and thank you again for the support!

Update: Thank you!

Hey,

I would personally like to thank all of you who have viewed my website, www.tomhoustonphotography.ca.  I would consider it a used success so far since I have gotten over 50 visits and over 1900 page views in the first 24 hours.  And I am not sure if there is a time lag for the analytics for my site or the large amount of traffic on the site but it is not keeping up with everyone's traffic and I take that as a huge compliment.

So thank you for your support, I am very happy with my website and hope it will only get better!

I am debating if I will post my Flower Series Shots of which I have 7.  This is because I am starting in bodyscapes and fine-art nudes potentially so I will only want to focus most of my energy on one series.  Nevertheless I think I will always be interested in doing more FS shots.  Therefore check out my website and stay posted because more is to come!

Also due to the more sensitive/sensual subject material I will be doing I may opt to stick to posting some on my blog for educational purposes and the rest on my website.  It might be the best area for the photos since Flickr and Facebook might not be the best viewing areas for these photos.

Update: Website!

Hey,

With great excitement, I want to announce that I have finally created a website for my photography!

I have been testing out layouts and what website hosting company to go with for a while now.  Then I had to pass it by a couple of friends to see if the site was easy to use and such.  I got the thumbs up by everyone so I got the domain name and all that fancy internet stuff and ta da... I have a website.

So please, check out my website and I hope you enjoy it!

www.tomhoustonphotography.ca

I thought I would do a .ca since I am Canadian so there is my website.  I will be blogging about how I did all this soon so that you can read my thoughts on making a website.  Wasn't the easiest thing however I knew nothing about making a website when I started all this so you can wing it... Kind of.

Hope you enjoy my site!