Most people here, I think, know me best as "Mayliah," rather than the name of my website which is Transient Angel. :)

Thank you for posting the excellent photos, Michel! It was such a wonderful evening. :)

Thank you so much, Joe!

Mayliah

I like how Jofurowa matches the wall. :oD

Your pictures looked absolutely wonderful, Olivier! And it was very nice to meet you and Jofurowa both.

See you again very soon! ;o)

I have a brand new Canon EOS 40D and it's better than I could have imagined. It's really an amazing camera. :)

Such amazing photographs. I feel quite humbled to have one of mine among them. What a lovely Christmas surprise! :)

Best wishes from,
Stefanie!

My test shots today with my stuffed bunny came out just fine, even with gloomy lighting from the window. I had to set the ISO fairly high, but, as has been noted about he 40d, I hardly had to sacrifice quality at all. I'm feeling a bit optimistic now. :)

I only have the flash that comes with the camera itself, so I won't be able to bounce if off anywhere but the poor subject herself, which is something I will try to avoid.

I'm going to experiment with other light sources as well (as in, what I have around the house), so I have more options and a back up plan in case the weather is just as gloomy as always...

Okay, folks. Bolstered by your confidence in me, I have made arrangements to do the photo shoot on Friday at noon. Apparently the mother is bringing fluffy angel wings and such. This should be an interesting experience. I will be sure to share some of the result!

My biggest concern is still getting a decent amount of light without having to meddle with the flash, but I am going to do some test shots near my window later today, with a stuffed animal as a stand in.

Apparently, the plan is to make a calender to be given out to everyone and their friends and family for Christmas. So, no pressure on me or anything.

I told the person that this will be my first experience taking pictures of a baby! But she had seen my website and can't see how I couldn't possibly figure it out, --which is very flattering, but intimidating nevertheless.

Ah well. I shall do my best. Thank you ever so much, as usual. :)

Stefanie

I've always had a pretty laid back attitude when it comes to who comments what, when, and why on my pictures, especially knowing how time consuming it can be and how rarely I ever have time to sit down and really seriously reflect on everyone else's pictures myself.

I have so much gratitude for people who come to visit my gallery, that I'm just pleased as pie if they leave any word at all to say they've been there. Of course, the constructive criticism comments are by far the most educational..and the rarest sort of comment about, it seems. Yet I am absolutely positively sure that I have been evolving as a photographer very much as a result of the support, advice, and generally helpfulness of the people in this community. I've never had a question, either in this forum or in private message, go unanswered. :)

So thank you everyone!

Mayliah.

This looks neat! While, I don't think the code would suit my own gallery, it is really kind of you to share your work with all of us. :)

Stefanie

Congratulations to everyone whose beautiful work is featured in this weeks LWiTG.  I'm very honoured to be among you! Thank you! :)

Stefanie

I just love this feature. I see so many wonderful photos that I would otherwise have missed.

I'm also truly honoured to have one of my images included as well.  Thank you!

Stefanie

Aw, thank you! It's quite an honour to be selected here. :) Congratulations to everyone!

See, I tried that but I keep getting an error? :(

I tend to use Photoshop CS for photomanipulations or to correct the bland grey expanse that is the Belgian sky...also for the occasional border.

One program that I found to be suprisingly simple and effective is the free software Picasa, by Google (http://picasa.google.com/).  When you save an image, it does some wierd sort of compression thingy without asking, which is something that I don't particularly care for...but it's "fill light" and "glow" effects are fairly impressive, especially for something you don't have to pay for!

Stefanie