Untitled by Natalya Smirnova

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Pentax K-7

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
Exposure Time = 1/160", F/4, ISO = 100, Focal Length = 50mm

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows

Q4. Who is the model?
It's my daughter, Alex. I take pictures of her from birth. She loves this and comes up with images and stories. I just suggest her situations and accessories.

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
I love retro. Our Russian retro. I collect vintage furniture and accessories. Clothing. With photographs I reproduce the mood and the feelings that I experienced in my childhood. Many things I do not remember but saw in the Soviet movies, family photos. I do not idealize the Soviet times as many Russian people. I only show the history of life. Ordinary stories of ordinary people.

Extra Q: Please share an interesting or funny fact that happened while working on this photograph.
In this photo my daughter is in a school uniform that I wore in the 1988-89's.

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".