Milk today by Cath Schneider

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
I used Canon EOS 5D MarkII with Canon EF 100mm 2.8 macro lens.

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
1/200 sec - f/3.5 - ISO 160

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Canon DPP and Photoshop CS3

Q4. Who is the model?
The models are Lili (a wonderful little girl and my daughter) and Harry (a small hedgehog in our garden).

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
When I took this picture, I was walking in the garden with my daughter to do some macro photography. We saw this little hedgehog across the road and gave him some milk to drink. My daughter had never seen a hedgehog so close before and nor had I.

Contemplation by Bill Gekas

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Pentax K7, DA40 ltd lens, Westcott 50" softbox camera left with Yongnuo YN460-II flash inside at 1/4 power fired with Cactus V4 rf trigger.

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
Manual, ISO 100, 1/180 , f/6.7

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Lightroom 3 and Photoshop CS3

Q4. Who is the model?
Model is my 3 year old daughter as she's always available when an idea clicks in my head.

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
I've been sort of interested in the late 19th century paintings of child portraits and wanted to recreate something similar. Originally it was meant to be in color but the vintage B&W seemed the better choice. We shot about 20 or so frames and towards the end I got this one shot where she was looking down and we went with it.

Extra Q: Please share an interesting or funny fact that happened while working on this photograph.
Getting a 3 year old not to fool around is the difficulty. Q: So how do you bribe a 3 year old to co-operate? A: "Chupa-Chups".

Berry Princess by Charlotte Bibby

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Nikon D200 with 50mm lens and Hensel Porty 1200 lithium - one lamp from side with beauty reflector, one directly behind as hair-light (no attachment) and a gold reflector below the model

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
1/250th second, f/8, ISO 100

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Photoshop CS3 RAW editor and Photoshop CS3

Q4. Who is the model?
My eight year old sister, Erin (it was only a bit of fun! I don't normally put makeup on her!)

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
My mum bought a berry wreath for a fancy dress-costume, and I liked it and wanted to shoot a photo that wasn't a self-portrait the afternoon my mum bought it, so that's where my sister came in.

Extra Q: Please share an interesting or funny fact that happened while working on this photograph.
Erin pretends she doesn't, but she loves being in front of the camera if I am photographing her and she is really good at 'posing'. In real life she's a tomboy, so she complains if I do anything with her hair or make her wear a dress. Throughout this shoot she was complaining that the wreath hurt her head!

D is for Drama by Krista Long

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
I used a Canon EOS 20D with a 50mm 1:1.8 lens

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
Settings were ISO 100, f/6.3 at .60 sec.

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
I used Photoshop Elements 8.0 to edit

Q4. Who is the model?
The model is my daughter, Kobie.

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
This photo was taken for a group I participate in called, "Our Daily Challenge". The challenge for the day was, "the letter D". I immediately started thinking about my dramatic daughter. It was a Saturday, and we had a bunch of girls in the house playing. They really got into the costume box and came up with many dramatic looks, taking turns modeling for me in the pink chair. I had a feeling my daughter would bring the extra drama in her attitude that made the picture!